Barbie fever has taken over the world. I was more of a tomboy and never really got into Barbie, but it did give the chance to make something cute and pretty.
These may look “rustic”, but if you can be bothered with the faff of a piping bag, you can make the meringue nests a little more uniform, and the cream in top look fancier. They can be kept undecorated in an airtight container for 3-4 days. If you’re entertaining this is useful so that you can make these on advance and assemble at the last minute.
I used the tiniest amount of rose water in the cream (less is definitely more with this stuff), but if it’s not your thing it’s fine to leave it out. Just to be whimsical I used some pink food colouring in the meringue and some dried rose petals just be fancy, but these will still taste great with out the girly touches.
Makes 6-8 meringue nests
150 Grams Sugar
3 Egg whites
Pink food colouring (optional, ideally use a gel food colouring, I added a tiny bit but can add according to how strong you want the colour to be)
For topping
300 ml Double or whipping cream
50 Grams Icing sugar
1/4 Tsp Rose water (optional)
200 Grams Raspberries
1 Tbsp Dried rose petals (optional)
Method
- Preheat your oven to 110 degree (Celsius)
- Line a baking sheet with baking parchment, and draw 6cm circles as a guide for your meringue nests . I have a silicon baking sheet with circles already drawn on which is really handy
- Using a stand mixer or electric whisk, whip your egg whites into soft peaks
- Continue whisking (if you’re using food colouring add it now) and gradually add the sugar to the egg whites until the meringue is stiff and glossy
- Using the circles on your baking sheet as a guide, spoon or pipe the meringue into the circles
- Bake for 1 hour 45 minutes and then switch the oven off and leave the meringues on the oven while it cools down
- When the meringues are completely cold, whip the cream, icing sugar and rose water together until it forms stiff peaks
- Spoon or pipe on top of the meringues and then top with fresh raspberries and sprinkle with rose petals for a little bit of fanciness
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