Categories: Desserts 
      Yield: 8 servings 
  
      1    Small Yellow Cake layer             1    Meringue 
      1 pt Ice Cream or Sherbet                3    Egg Whites 
      8    Clay Flower Pots                    6 tb Sugar 
      8    Large Soda Straws                 1/2 ts Vanilla 
  
  +-------------------------------MERINGUE--------------- ~------------- 
  NOTE:  Flower pots should be 2 1/2 in. high by 3 in. Diameter. 
    Sterilize flower pots by boiling.  Dry pots.  Place a piece of plain 
  yellow cake in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole in the bottom. Add 
  ice cream or sherbet to pots until three-quarters full. In the middle of 
  each pot, force a large ice cream soda straw and cut off even with top of 
  the pot.  Pile meringue around the inside of the pot, leaving s over the 
  soda straw open. Bake at 400 degrees until the meringue turn brown, (about 
  5 minutes). Insert fresh flowers in the soda straw. For a holiday look, use 
  holly and red roses or carnations. For the Meringue: Beat the egg whites 
  until foamy before slowly adding the sugar, beat well after each addition. 
  Beat until shiny and stiff, but not dry. Fold in vanilla. Each flowerpot 
  requires about a third of a cup of meringue Each serving, (vanilla ice 
  cream was used for analysis) contains 262 calories, 5 grams protein, 9 
  grams fat, 42 grams carbohydrate, 158 mg sodium and 38 mg cholesterol. This 
  recipe used to be prepared at the Hotel Driskill in Austin, Tx, b Ms. 
  Corbitt. According to Texas Highways Magazine, Dec 90, it is now served by 
  the hotel only at Banquets.  Ms. Corbitt passed away in 1978 but her 
  cookbook, Helen Corbitt's Cookbook is still enjoyed.