PAVLOVA

Ingredients

Egg whites 4

Sugar 1 cup

Corn flour 1 tsp

Vanilla essence ½ tsp

Vinegar ½ tbsp

Cream 1 cup

Kiwi-fruit 5 (2 passionfruit optional)

Method

Place egg whites in a bowl and blend with a hand-held electric mixer, incorporating the sugar slowly until soft peaks form.  Fold in the corn flour, vinegar and the vanilla essence.  Place the mixture in a flat baking tray and cook in a moderate oven (150 deg) for 15 minutes.  Keep cooking for at least one more hour.  Reduce the oven temperature, if the pavlova is getting too brown.  It must form a crust on top and be soft inside.  When cooking a pavlova, the oven temperature is very critical.  Beat the cream until soft but still firm.  Spread the cream on top of the pavlova.  Peel the kiwi-fruit, slice into even pieces and use to decorate the cake.   For decoration, you can also use passionfruit, strawberries, banana etc.