Recipe for Chocolate Pavalova

Hi there everyone :) Have you go a sweet tooth :) do you like chocolate and cream and strawberry's????? MMMMMMMMM me too so i have come up with the most delicious Chocolate Pavalova you will ever taste you wont want to share it believe me :) 

My Creation :) 

Ingredients 

6 Large Egg White (Room Temperature)

1/4 cream tartar

1 1/4 (240g) Castor Sugar

1 teaspoon white vinegar/1tsp Vanilla essence 

1 ts Cornstarch (cornflour)

3 tablespoons (20g) Coco Powder

 2oz (55g) Chocolate Chopped

topping

1 cup (240mls) Heavy whipping cream or ordinary whipping cream or the low fat cream whatever you desire 

1 tablespoon Sugar 

Fresh strawberries or fruit on top 

Method :) 

• Preheat oven to 130 degrees and place rack in the centre of the oven.....Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and draw a circle about 8 inchs(20cm) circle on paper 
• To make the pavalova:  Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form.  Slowly Add caster sugar SLOWLY until meringue is thick and glossy and sugar is dissolved.....check this by getting a bit of the meringue between two fingers and rub your fingers together if you feel sugar grains you need to whisk more.
• Using a spatula fold in the vinegar + vanilla gently....sift in the coca + cornflour on top of meringue......lastly fold in the chocolate (chopped)
• Gently spread the pavalova inside the circle your drew on the paper (the reason i say gently all the time is the less air that goes into the meringue the better the finished pavalova with look and the lighter it will be) smooth the edges 
• Bake for 1 and half hours or until the outside is dry....let it cool with the oven door open (Never take a pavalova straight out of the oven or it will craic everywhere and collapse on you) 
• Just before serving whip the cream and sweeten with sugar then mound the cream into the centre of the Pavalova decorate with fruit 

And VVVWAAAALLLAAAA you have your own home baked Chocolate Pavalova 

you will find this is quite luscious or but the meringue just melts in your mouth 

If you prefer Pavalova without chocolate just repeat the ingredients above but without the chocolate :) 

Chocolate Pavalova 

This is my Plain No Chocolate Pavalova :)) 

Well thats it from me everyone let me know how you get on if you try this recipe and i hope you enjoy i know i do :) :) 

If you like to see more recipes please ask away 

until next time 

cya soon 

love nina carry 

Recipe Homemade Cupcakes :)

Hey Hey everyone got a Childs Party Coming up or just fancy a nice little treat with your cuppa?  Today im sharing a simple recipe for Plain & Chocolate Cupcakes ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ingredients 

You Will Need :

175g/6oz/6 tablespoons Self Raising Flour 

125g/4oz/4 Tablespoons Caster Sugar

125g/4oz/half block of margarine

2 eggs

2 tablespoons of cold water 

Optional: to make chocolate cupcakes add 2 heaped tablespoons of Drinking chocolate and an extra 2 tablespoons of water 

Also optional have a packet of choc chips handy 

Method

• Preheat Oven @ 200 degrees ensure its full preheated 
• Place bun cases onto tray 

•    Put Flour, Butter, Margarine & water into the bowl altogether and whisk until smooth 
• OPTIONAL at this stage you could add your chocolate chips into the mix.  

• Also Optional is to add 3 heaped tablespoons of drinking chocolate to the mix to make chocolate flavoured cupcakes........add the water if necessary 

• Put Heaped teaspoons of the mix into the bun cases half fill each bun case 
• Place on the top shelf of the oven and bake 10-15 mins or until golden brown 

The Result of my Plain Cupcakes 

The result of My Choc Cupcakes as you can see 2 is missing just out of the oven 

There you have it everyone simple recipe for you and you can even put you own designs on the lip cut the top of put a dollop of cream on it and make butterfly cakes 

or you can make some coloured icing on the top and put some sprinkles on it 

be creative and enjoy 

thats it from me today 

until next time 

lots of Irish Hugs and Kisses 

Love Nina Carry