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Louise Cake

Name: Louise Cake
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 200g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 100g Butter; 130g Sugar; 2 Egg; 150g (raspberry) Jam; 60g Shredded Coconut; A pinch Vanilla Extract

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Shortbread base layered with raspberry jam and coconut meringue — a New Zealand tea sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Louise cake is a humble square bake made in New Zealand since the early 20th century. A buttery base is spread with raspberry jam and topped with coconut meringue before baking. Moist below and light and crisp on top, it's essential at church fairs and home tea times.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a table at a church fair, homemade square bakes are laid out on paper plates as older women sell them with tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

All-purpose flour 200g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Butter 100g
Sugar 130g
Egg 2
Jam 150g (raspberry)
Shredded Coconut 60g
Vanilla Extract A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cream the butter and 30g sugar, then add 2 egg yolks and the vanilla.
Sift in the flour and baking powder, bring together, and press into a pan.
Spread the jam over the base.
Whip the egg whites, add the remaining sugar to make a stiff meringue, fold in the coconut, and spread over the jam.
Bake at 170°C for 30 minutes and cut into squares once cool.

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