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If preparing the meringue from scratch, follow this step first.
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Preheat oven to 150, prepare a 9 inch spring form pan, by buttering and lining with parchment paper.
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in a medium bowl, beat egg whites until very stiff, gradually adding sugar.
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Pour mixture into the prepared pan and bake until very dry and crispy.
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The meringue should not brown too much at this temperature.
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This baking time will take approximately 1.
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5 hours.
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Remove the parchment paper with the meringue from the springform pan.
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Peel the parchment paper from the bottom of the meringue disk, and chill at room temperature.
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You will use this same pan for the crust, in order to ensure the layers will match in size.
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prepare the crust by mixing all the ingredients together.
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raise oven temperature to 375 degrees.
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Bake in the 9 inch pan for 10 minutes.
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cool crust completely.
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to prepare cream filling, whip the cream, sugar and coffee granules in a small bowl until stiff.
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When crust is completely cool, pour filling into the crust still in the pan.
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top of the cake with the meringue disk.
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if using store bought meringue cookies, arrange them nicely on top.
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drizzle cake with chocolate syrup.
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Refrigerate 24 hours before serving.
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enjoy!
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This cake will be a little crumbly when slicing, but don't let that deceive you.
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it's very good.
