Lemon Meringue Cake

Name: Lemon Meringue Cake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup, lemon juice (4 lemons); 1/2 teaspoon, unflavored gelatin; 4 , large eggs (2 whole, 2 separated); 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams), sugar; , Salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces and chilled; 1 , recipe Classic Pound Cake (or 1 store-bought pound cake); 1 tablespoon, light corn syrup; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2015

What’s better than lemon meringue pie? Cake, of course. Buttery pound cake, tangy lemon curd, and swaths of fluffy, burnished meringue make this a winner.

SERVES 12 to 16

TIME 55 minutes, plus 6 hours chilling

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