Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Erken's meringue torte from Stor kokebok (1914): three meringue layers of 12 egg whites and 750 g confectioners' sugar dried in a warm oven and layered with cream whipped with vanilla sugar; garnished with fruit jelly or pistachios. Can also be shaped into meringue shells filled with cream or ice cream.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 516 (falt i det fri)
The meringue torte is one of the party cakes in Erken's dessert chapter: three dried meringue layers assembled with vanilla cream. The recipe also shows how the same batter can be shaped into meringue mounds (shells) filled with cream or ice cream.
Make the paper molds
Cut three equally large round bases from thick, white paper following a torte mold, with a raised rim about two fingers wide. Dust them very lightly with flour.
Whip the meringue
Add the salt to the egg whites and whip gently at first (a wire whisk is best). Whip harder and harder as the whites stiffen, until they are completely stiff.
Add the sugar
Whip in 2 tablespoons of sifted confectioners' sugar. Once incorporated, add 2 more spoonfuls, and repeat once more. Then fold the rest of the sugar – about half – lightly but quickly into the mixture.
Shape and dry the layers
Spread the batter about an inch thick in the paper molds. Place them in a warm oven (about 100–120 °C (250 °F)) and dry them on both sides; turn them over onto a sheet lined with paper and dusted with sugar.
Cream and assembly
Whip the cream completely stiff and stir in the vanilla sugar. Spread the cream between each meringue layer.
Garnish
Garnish the top with fruit jelly or sprinkle finely chopped pistachios over it.
Variation: meringue shells
The batter can also be spooned as oval or round mounds onto a sheet lined with lightly floured white paper. Dust with sugar and dry in a barely warm oven for about 1 hour. Loosen them carefully from the paper, scrape out the moist batter in the center and place them in the oven with the opening up to dry. When they are dry and cold, fill them with cream or ice cream and press another meringue mound on top.
Quantities have been converted to modern measures (grams, dl, tsp/tbsp). Unclear fractions in the OCR have been interpreted as the nearest reasonable amount. "Warm oven" is given as 100–120 °C (250 °F), and the method has been divided into numbered steps in modern Norwegian.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Revised 1949 recipe
From the revised edition of the Big Cookbook.

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Mengder er omregnet til moderne mål (gram, dl, ts/ss). Utydelige brøker i OCR er tolket til nærmeste rimelige mengde. «Lunken ovn» er angitt som 100–120 °C, og fremgangsmåten er delt i nummererte trinn på moderne norsk.
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