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A single mini Easter pavlova, topped with green coconut and cadbury mini eggs and a pink Peeps marshmallow.
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Easter Pavlovas

These Mini Easter Pavlovas may not be the most traditional pavlova, but they're super cute, fun to make, will be a hit with the whole family!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Cooling time2 hours
Total Time3 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Australian
Diet: Gluten Free
Servings: 6 Pavlovas
Calories: 458kcal

Equipment

  • Large Baking Sheet
  • Parchment Paper

Ingredients

The Meringues

  • 4 Large Egg Whites
  • Pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Super Fine / Castor Sugar *
  • 2 teaspoon Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

The Topping

  • 1 ¼ cups Sweetened Flaked Coconut
  • Green food coloring or blue and yellow food colouring
  • Cadbury Mini Eggs
  • 6 Peeps optional

The Whipped Cream

  • 1 ¼ cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
  • Green Food colouring optional

Instructions

The Meringues

  • Get ready: Preheat your oven to 250 degrees.
  • Line a baking (cookie) sheet with parchment paper. Optionally, use a large round cookie cutter to trace 6 circles on the parchment paper, about 3" in diameter. Flip the paper over, marking side down, on the baking sheet, set aside.
  • Fit your electric mixer or stand mixer with the whisk attachment. Remove eggs from fridge, separate out the whites, and allow to warm to room temp (about 5 minutes).
  • In your mixer bowl, beat egg whites together with salt until glossy peaks form.
  • Slowly add in the sugar, and continue whipping until stiff peaks form. Turn off mixer, remove bowl.
  • Sprinkle vinegar, cornstarch, and vanilla extract over meringue, gently fold in till combined.
  • Divide the meringue evenly between the circles. Use the back of a spoon to swirl each meringue pile into a round shape that’s a little concave in the middle. You may go a bit bigger than the traced circles - I just look at them as a rough guide for shape and placement.
  • Bake the meringues for 50 minutes,
  • Once your timer goes off, turn the oven off - without opening the oven door - and let the meringues cool in the oven for several hours. The baking of the meringues can be done the day before, if needed!

Assembly

  • Place your coconut in a small plastic baggie, along with 15 or so drops of food coloring. Gently shake or massage to evenly distribute the colour.
  • Just before serving, prepare the whipped cream - Use an electric hand mixer - or stand mixer with a whisk attachment - to whip heavy cream until soft peaks form.
  • Once heavy cream is whipped to the desired thickness, add the vanilla extract and food colouring, mix until well incorporated.
  • Mound a little whipped cream on each pavlova, gently spreading it evenly over the top.
  • Sprinkle whipped cream with dyed coconut, top with mini chocolate Easter eggs, and Peeps, if you’re using them.
  • Serve immediately!

Notes

* Super fine / castor sugar is granulated sugar with a much finer grain size than regular granulated sugar. It is NOT powdered / icing sugar! Super fine sugar is usually sold near the sugar in the baking aisle, in small boxes – sometimes resembling milk cartons.
If you aren’t able to find actual super fine sugar, you can process regular granulated sugar in your food processor until fine. Measure AFTER you process!

Nutrition

Calories: 458kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 729IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg