Black Forest Pavlova

The next couple of days you will see a lot of recipe videos on the blog. In my last post, I shared the orange spiced christmas cookie video that I shot for Bake with Shivesh in collaboration with TeaBox Tea. Today I am sharing the video for this decadent three layer Black Forest pavlova that Shivesh developed for Big Banyan.

As a child I have had my share of black forest cakes. In India, when I was growing up, cake options from bakery were limited to primarily two flavours- pineapple or black forest, both of these cakes as a result graced many occasions. Recipe for the swiss version of the black forest cake has previously been posted on my blog and you can check it out here.

Pavlova has been a more recent addition to my taste buds, although since my mom baked quite a bit I had seen it in her baking books, though my mom not a fan of meringues always looked past it. I only got to taste a pavlova when I was living in Morenci, Arizona. Lucky for me, it was at an Australian’s house so it was as authentic as could be.

Black Forest Pavlova

My first attempt at a meringue based cake was the mascarpone meringue cake I baked for Daring Bakers, one which surprisingly came out well. The picture in that post were taken at a time when food photography was not one of my strengths, and they really don’t do justice to how divine it tasted.

Having tried my hand at meringue based cakes, I attempted a chocolate pavlova which was delicious and posted about it here. A black forest cake version has been on my list ever since I saw it on Meeta’s blog and even though I did not make this, at least I got to shoot it for someone who did.

Shivesh used the Merlot from Big Banyan in the cherry filling, instead of the traditional Kirsch, and I am not complaining. I am not the one to drink while I am on a shoot, but then somebody had to drink that glass of poured wine. 😀

Black Forest Pavlova

The recipe for the Black Forest pavlova can be found on Shivesh’s blog here, and you can learn more about the wines from Big Banyan here.

Check out the video below and let me know what you think. And in case you missed out on the Christmas cookie video you can check it out here.

Black Forest Pavlova from Shumaila Chauhan on Vimeo.

Credits:

  • Video: MuddyChoux Photography/ The Novice Housewife 
  • Recipe: Shivesh Bhatia, Bake with Shivesh
  • Brand: Big Banyan
  • Music: Our Place- Arrow & Olive

8 Thoughts on “Black Forest Pavlova: Video for Bake With Shivesh and Big Banyan

  1. Everything is just so beautiful – lovely post! I can actually ‘smell’ your pavlova. 🙂 But, we must not forget the photographs – equally beautiful.
    Have a wonderful peaceful and safe Christmas.
    I will be back in the new year! 🙂 🙂
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  2. Awesome Job … Shumalia. Nice set up.

  3. What a gorgeous dessert! Perfect for entertaining this holiday season – show stopper!
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  4. Absolutely gorgeous photos! I love the first one with the sauce drizzling off the spoon. This looks incredible. I haven’t made a pavlova yet, but definitely want to now.
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  5. I love making pavlovas but never made a black forest flavored one. This is going to be so good!

  6. A wonderful looking dessert that sounds absolutely delicious. A fabulous combination of ingredients for a very special looling treat.

  7. I love this idea! Much lighter than a traditional black forest! And more fun!

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