The recipe
Lore
Candice’s final bake turns a meringue into a crown and gives it a Queen Victoria-inspired centre of gravity. Mango and strawberry bring colour, perfume, and acidity to a format that can otherwise become overwhelmingly sweet. The royal-picnic framing matters: the bake had to read as celebratory from across the tent while still delivering a clean, delicate meringue dessert.
Source note
Public recreation / fan method — not the baker’s original formula. https://www.relaxedrecipes.com/all-recipes/mango-strawberry-pavlova.
Ingredients
- egg whites, white and golden sugar, vinegar, vanilla, cornflour; mango, eggs, sugar, butter and lime; strawberries, prosecco, cream and pistachios
Method
- Whisk white and golden meringue batches, pipe graduated discs and crown pieces, bake at 140°C/120°C fan for 75 minutes and cool in the oven. Cook and cool mango curd; macerate strawberries. Layer with whipped cream, fruit and curd.
Baker’s tips
Keep the components cool where directed and serve at the texture described by the source.
