3 meringue and kirsch cake Recipes

vegetable oil for greasing, all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting, granulated sugar, egg whites, at room temperature for 30 minutes, almonds or hazelnuts, toasted (see cooks note, below), chopped, and finely ground in a food processor (3/4 cup), fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped, water, instant-coffee granules, chilled heavy cream, confectioners sugar, kirsch or cognac, garnish: grated bittersweet chocolate or chocolate curls

whole eggs, sugar, buttermilk, vanila, cake & pastery flour, non sweetened cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, vinegar, cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, unsalted butter, vanilla, kirsch optional, icing sugar approx ., sugar crystal (wilton type), meringue, sufar, water, egg whites, tartar cream, vanilla