Mary's pavlova is topped with pretty berries ... Mix the vinegar and cornflour in a cup until smooth, then stir into the egg whites. Spoon the meringue onto the ring drawn on the baking parchment.

Blend the vinegar and cornflour together in a cup and mix until smooth ... one hour), or until it easily comes off the paper. The pavlova will be a pale creamy colour rather than white.

On a dry, MN winter day, I made meringue at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and we ate assembled pavlova at 8 p.m. By 10 o’clock, when I was storing the leftover meringue cups, they were getting soft.