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Mum’s Chocolate Pavlova. (3 parts, the pav, the chocolate mixture and the cream). (From her notes in the red cook book, which refers to the Edmonds cook book. This is my interpretation!) 6 egg whites 4 tbsp cold water 2 teacups of (castor?) sugar 2 tsp vinegar 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla essence 4 heaped tbsp cornflour (fold in last) Preheat oven to 150°C. Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until stiff. Add water and beat again. Add sugar very gradually while still beating. Slow beater and add vinegar, cinnamon, vanilla essence, and cornflour. Put baking paper on an oven tray. Make your shape with the mixture, use a spatula or knife? Bake for 55 minutes (Edmonds says 45mins for half the recipe). Leave in oven to cool. Chocolate topping to put on top, once Pavlova is cool and on serving plate: 6 egg yolks 1 cup hot water (separate, not used, just to make the heating slower and safer and not burn chocolate) 1 cake chocolate Mix up and 4 minutes in microwave. I would try one minute (to 30 seconds?) at a time, mixing each time. Then beat cream,(with a little melted chocolate mixed in at the end), and decorate the top and sides? It would help if someone found a photo!