{"id":1007,"date":"2025-04-11T14:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:39:06","slug":"vegan-meringue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/11\/vegan-meringue\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Meringue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am making some cupcakes that required a meringue shell to use for decoration. I had used some chickpeas earlier this week for a curry, but kept the aquafaba (chickpea water) to use to make meringues. I&#8217;d not done this for a while, so looked for a recipe online and found <a href=\"https:\/\/lovingitvegan.com\/vegan-meringue\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lovingitvegan.com\/vegan-meringue\/\">this one<\/a> from Loving it Vegan which works perfectly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061431000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061431000.jpg 692w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061431000-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was only using the meringue to crush up, I just plopped the mixture into blobs on my baking trays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061659989-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061659989-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061659989-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061659989-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_061659989.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And they baked AMAZINGLY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_080050213.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_080050213.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_080050213.PORTRAIT-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_080050213.PORTRAIT-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_080050213.PORTRAIT.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had loads spare, so decided I&#8217;d take some to family this weekend. I dipped some in dark chocolate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_095232968.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_095232968.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_095232968.PORTRAIT-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_095232968.PORTRAIT-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_095232968.PORTRAIT.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120002987.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120002987.PORTRAIT-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120002987.PORTRAIT-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120002987.PORTRAIT-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120002987.PORTRAIT.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and then I sandwiched a few of those with leftover &#8220;buttercream&#8221; from the Severance cake I did this week too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120351148-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120351148-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120351148-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120351148-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_120351148.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the random mix all boxed up to give away tomorrow.<br>&#8211; &#8220;Plain&#8221; (vanilla) meringue shells<br>&#8211; Chocolate meringue shells<br>&#8211; Sandwiched chocolate meringue shells<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am making some cupcakes that required a meringue shell to use for decoration. I had used some chickpeas earlier this week for a curry, but kept the aquafaba (chickpea water) to use to make meringues. I&#8217;d not done this for a while, so looked for a recipe online and found this one from Loving &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/11\/vegan-meringue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vegan Meringue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}