Forgotten Torte - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 pt. whipping cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450\u00b0.
Butter bottom only of tube pan.
Have whites at room temperature.
Add salt and cream of tartar.
Beat until almost stiff. Add sugar slowly, 2 tablespoons at a time, and continue to beat.
Beat in vanilla last and spread evenly in buttered pan.
Put in oven. Close door and turn off heat at once. Forget until the next morning.
Loosen edges and turn out in plate.
Frost with stiffly beaten cream. Serve with fresh sliced strawberries.