Meringue

The Lemon Meringue Bar is packed with meringue pieces made from free-range eggs, and a hint of zesty lemon.

Also can be done with meringue and it is called meringue horn.

But I was all in with “Teensy…” who wrote: “Nana puddin’ (extra points for correct spellings) should include homemade custard…layered between banana slices and wafers and…baked with meringue on top.

Finally, we ended our lunch with a lemon meringue tart.

For dessert we each received a trio of lemon meringue tart, cheesecake, and tiramisu cup.

Make meringue: Whisk all ingredients together in bowl of stand mixer.

Meringue on top or whipped cream, or neither?

My favourite growing up was lemon meringue pie: it was what I’d always ask Mum to make on my birthday and though I didn’t make the connection until years later, it was a lemon tart I had at Chez Nico that made me want to be a chef.

Spoon the cream filling into the center of each meringue, followed by several spoonfuls of the fruit.

To make the meringue, mix the two sugars together.

With makrut lime meringue, it’s not as tart as you might imagine but silky on the tongue.

Here's how to make Mary Berry's "impressive but easy" lemon meringue ice cream with lemon balm.

Homemade sticky toffee pudding, meringue and fruit, a knickerbocker glory, fudge sundae, cheesecake of the day and Bicocchis ice cream are among the pudding options.

Intriguing flavours include; Turkish delight, Cherry Amaretto, Lemon meringue and their three star award winning raspberry sorbet.

It’s perfect for whipping up like cream, which causes it to foam and expand into a pillowy mass that looks and tastes just like meringue.

Some bakers attest that Swiss meringue, due to the addition of egg whites, makes it a more stable option over traditional buttercreams, particularly during warm weather.

The pie struck a delicate balance between the layers of meringue and lemon filling, not too sweet but just what a late-night craving calls for.

This mini lemon meringue pie Matthews Cotswold Flour and only takes 45 minutes to prepare, plus chilling, and has a baking time of 15 to 18 minutes.

To end on something bittersweet, it was time for ‘summertime sadness’: British strawberries with whipped oolong custard, frozen meringue and crushed caramel wafer (£9); and naifs’ chocolate mousse with blood orange chocolate and lemon curd (£9).

When visiting my son’s in-laws in Copenhagen, I was so pleased to be served nearly the same meringue as my childhood, but this time studded with roasted hazelnuts and chunks of bittersweet chocolate, cutting its sweetness.