Black Forest Pavlova
Ingredients
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- Milk chocolate for shaving or curls
Cherry Topping
- 1 can dark sweet cherries
Whipped cream
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp confectioners sugar
- ½ tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- In a mixer with whisk attachment, whip up egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar till frothy.
- Slowly add in sugar. Whip till stiff peaks.
- Mix in cocoa powder and vanilla.
- Line a pan with parchment paper. Add four dots of pavlova to corners to act as glue and secure parchment.
- Plop a dollop of mixture in middle of pan. Shape pavlova into an 8 or 9 inch circle with a spatula. Keep adding rest of batter on top in center. Make the center a little lower to make a shallow bowl.
- Turn oven down to 275 Bake 1 hour.
- After an hour turn of oven and crack oven door open. Let cool another hour.
- Strain cherries and save liquid.
- Cook liquid in sauce pan till coats back of spoon and is syrupy. About 5 minutes. Add back to cherries. Set aside in fridge.
- Whip up heavy whipping cream, confectioners sugar and Vanilla. Chill in fridge till ready.
- Shave or curl chocolate for topping.
- When pavlova is cool. Gently spoon on whipped cream, try not to spread it or apply pressure.
- Spoon on cherry mixture and garnish with chocolate.
- Best eaten right away. Store rest in refrigerator.