This cake will impress even the most demanding gourmets. It consists of a crisp meringue crust with a soft middle, whipped cream and lots of fresh berries. It requires a bit of care and more time to prepare, as you need to bake it at lower temperatures to preserve its snow-white color. I made single-serving cakes because I prefer them, but you can use the ingredients to make one larger cake.
If you want to surprise with a dessert where there is a lot of fresh fruit, you can reach for the recipe for chocolate roulade with raspberries.
Makes: 6 small cakes or
1 cake, 20 cm in diameter.
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Ingredients for Pavlova cake
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4 egg whites at room temperature (medium sized)
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200 g granulated sugar
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20 g starch
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1 teaspoon lemon juice
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2 pumps BAM vanilla paste
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200 g whipping cream
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5 g whipping cream stabilizer
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fresh or frozen berries
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Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 100 °C (210 °F). Beat the egg whites to medium peaks, then add the sugar while beating and mix at maximum speed for another 7 minutes. Add the starch, lemon juice and vanilla and beat for a few more seconds to combine the ingredients. You should now have a thick and glossy meringue – when you remove the whisk, a firm and stable peak needs to form.
- Line a cake pan with parchment paper. Transfer the meringue to a piping bag with a large, open star nozzle. Pipe the meringue in a spiral starting at the middle, forming a cone. I made my meringue cakes with four swirls, the last swirl forms the edge. Make sure that the cakes are adequately spaced out, as they rise slightly during baking.
- On top of each cake, create a small indentation with the back of a spoon for the filling. Place the pan on the bottom rack of the oven and bake for 1 hour. Turn the oven off and leave the cakes in the closed oven for 30 minutes to cool slowly. Make sure not to open the oven during baking and cooling.
- After the cakes have cooled, take them off the parchment paper and place them on the cooling rack. Whip the whipping cream with the stabilizer. Use a spoon to place the whipped cream in the indentations and decorate with berries. It is best to fill the cakes just before serving.