Meringue ghosts, after three tries they finally worked!

You did a fantastically awesome job Barbara! Could you fill us in on how

you made them and you said "after three tries". Can you tell us what went wrong and what you did different? I'm so impressed! Good job!

 
Ooh, perfect! And very cute! I like the whole idea of the dripping

chocolate and the red velvet cake... faces are just perfect!

 
Orchid, I tried the recipe that you linked on my original post above...

19075. It was to a My Recipes recipe. I bought egg whites because I didn't want to waste a bunch of eggs if I messed up. The first try was exactly like the recipe instructions and they all fell over the second I put them into the oven. I tried again whipping them longer and they stayed upright for a few minutes when I put them in the oven, then ker-plunk, all down for the count. So I Googled a bit and found a recipe at 1001 Cookbooks with a bit more instruction. I whipped for more than 15 minutes and used real eggs this time. More than half of the trayfull stayed upright and the others just looked "wind blown" (leaning slightly). In the end I am not sure if it was the lengthy whip or the real eaggs that made a difference. But whatever it was, it worked.

The cake came from a link Sandi In Hawaii posted to a blog called I Am Baker.

Hope this is helpful to you smileys/smile.gif

PS I left them in the oven all night after I turned it off. They remained "tacky" to the touch but they were all eaten up!

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/spooky-ghost-meringues-recipe.html

 
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