Christmas Tree Pavlova Cake, a spectacular Christmas dessert made with meringue discs and decorated with cream and berries, as per tradition. If you have made Pavlova before, you will have no trouble preparing it, and if you haven’t, here is a reason to learn, it’s just constructed differently.
The base is a French meringue, I created four discs of different diameters to create the tree, placing a cream of whipped cream and mascarpone between each disc, filled with berry jam, raspberries, and red currants, easier to do than to say. The finished look is fantastic as well as delicious, for an unforgettable Christmas lunch
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: International
- Seasonality: Christmas, New Year
- Energy 448.47 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 30.77 (g) of which sugars 26.72 (g)
- Proteins 3.05 (g)
- Fat 36.21 (g) of which saturated 7.28 (g)of which unsaturated 0.02 (g)
- Fibers 0.41 (g)
- Sodium 27.47 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 133 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
French meringue
- 2 egg whites
- 2.8 oz sugar
- 2.8 oz vanilla powdered sugar
- 2.1 cups heavy cream
- 8.8 oz mascarpone
- 0.7 oz powdered sugar
- 1 oz raspberries
- 0.9 oz red currants
- 4 tablespoons jam (berry)
Tools
- Mixer KitchenAid 5K45SSEWH Classic Stand Mixer, 10 speeds, 4.3 L, White 14×14.6x9in
- Piping Bag Wenburg Premium Piping Bag for Sweets – 7 Large Tips – Cotton Piping Bag 13.7 in – Professional Stainless Steel Tips for Cake, Cupcake and Cookie Decoration – Gift Box Included
- Spatula TSHAOUN Icing Spatulas Set 3 Stainless Steel Spatulas with 3 Plastic Cake Scrapers for Spreading Cream, Cake Decoration (Pink)
Steps to make Christmas tree pavlova cake
Here you find the preparation of French meringue. Before preparing it, I drew 4 circles on a sheet of parchment paper, with different diameters, 2.75 in, 4.33 in, 5.5 in, 6.7 in. So they can be stacked to create the tree. Base your largest circle on the diameter of the stand or plate you intend to use.
Turn the paper over, and fill the circles we have drawn with the prepared meringue. Place the mixture in a piping bag with a large round tip about 0.6 in, and starting from the center of the circle, draw stripes to cover it entirely. Make 2 layers of meringue per round, the base must be at least 0.8 in thick. Smooth the surface with a spatula, proceed like this for all the circles. Put in a static oven at 212°F for 20 minutes, then lower to 194°F for about 1h and 15 minutes. After that, insert a wooden spoon in the oven door to leave a gap, and bake for another hour. Then switch off. If you have a dehydrator you can use that, set to 140°F for 10 hours
Whipped cream and mascarpone cream. Prepare the cream to fill the cake, in a bowl put the mascarpone, mix with a spoon to make it softer, add the cream, and whip it all with an electric mixer. Halfway through the preparation add the powdered sugar, whip until you have a cream with a firm consistency. Wash the fruit and dry it well
Assemble the tree. Place the largest meringue base on a plate. Put the cream in a piping bag with a large star tip, cover the entire disc, put a generous amount. In the center add 2 tablespoons of jam and some fruit, repeat the process for the remaining layers. Complete the tree with a small meringue and place a raspberry on top. Keep some fruits aside to decorate the tree externally. Serve
Tips, notes for Christmas tree pavlova cake
The tree can be kept in the fridge for a day; in fact, it would be better to complete it on the day of lunch or dinner. You can prepare the meringues the day before and store them in a dry place, not in the fridge. The leaves you see in the photo are rosemary, for a purely decorative effect. If you have leftover meringue, prepare small meringues that you will bake together with the discs
