A broken birthday cake of sorts ..... {Fruit Pavlovas}

Today we celebrated my brother's birthday. I love having a big brother and I'm lucky to have such a wonderful one; lucky to have such a shining example of what a good man is and how they should behave, lucky that I have always had his unfailing support and his infinite knowledge of films. Pavlova is his favourite and pavlova is what I made him. in fact I made him two as the first one was a bit flat. I could have made three as the 2nd one broke a bit. But the joy of pavlova is once you've dolloped cream and fruit on it will always look good, so just relax and go with it and realise that two pavlovas will always be preferable to one and there is beauty in all imperfections.....Happy birthday dear brother of mine, the best of all the brothers. 

Fruit Pavlovas 

3 egg whites 

175g caster sugar

1 TSP cornflour

330ml double cream

2 TBSP icing sugar

fresh fruit - I used raspberries for one and strawberries and kiwis for the other

Heat oven to 150C. Using a pencil, mark out a circle on baking parchment - I use a dinner plate to draw round. Whisk the egg whites in a clean metal bowl until they form stiff peaks, then whisk in the sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, until the meringue looks glossy. Whisk in the cornflour. spread the mixture into the circle to make a nest. Cook for around 1 1/2 hours and once it's finished leave to dry out in the cooling down oven.Whisk the cream and icing sugar until whipped and then pile onto the meringue tumble the fruit on top. Looks amazing but is oh so simple.

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