Louise Cake

Name: Louise Cake
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 125g butter; 1.5 cups flour; 1/2 cup raspberry jam; 1.5 cups desiccated coconut

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About this dish

A layered slice with a shortbread base, raspberry jam, and a coconut meringue topping.

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Ingredients

🧈125g butter

🌾1.5 cups flour

🍓1/2 cup raspberry jam

🥥1.5 cups desiccated coconut

Method

Serves 4

Cream butter and sugar, then mix in flour to form a shortbread base.

Press into a baking tin and spread with raspberry jam.

Whisk egg whites with sugar and desiccated coconut into a thick meringue.

Spread the coconut meringue over the jam layer.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) until the topping is golden, then cool and slice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Louise cake is a traditional New Zealand baked slice, popular at school and church fundraisers.

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