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Amazing Pavlova With Dulce de Leche

July 29, 2020 by Tiffany 24 Comments

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This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Amazing Pavlova With Dulce de Leche

If you’re from Miami, you’ve probably tried this scrumptious dessert from that famous bakery in Key Biscayne. I remember the first time I had a bite I was simply in love.

There’s so many flavors and textures going on in your mouth: the crunchy walnut meringue (the star of the show), the smooth deep flavored dulce de leche, the creamy whipped cream that balances out all the other flavors, and finally the fresh and tangy strawberries.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Every time my cousin Taly bought this Pavlova I kept telling her that I could recreate it, but of course, never got around to doing it until now.

2 weeks ago I did a survey on my Instagram page asking followers about their favorite dessert. This was the top pick. There was no excuse, I had to make it. The next picks will be posted soon 🙂

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

My husband helped me make it, the process is not difficult at all but I recommend making the meringue the day before so it has a chance to dry out in the oven overnight. The next day is just basically adding the dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. So keep that in mind before you start baking.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Also, I recommend serving it within 24 hours of making the cake to ensure the freshness of the strawberries. You can, of course, add different types of fruit to suit your palate: berries, stone fruit, tropical fruit, etc.

When Carmelo, my husband posted the Pavlova on his Instagram feed, a lot of his followers said they like to substitute the dulce de leche for Nutella. You can do that too!

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Allergic to nuts? Omit them. Don’t like walnuts? Use almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, cashews, or peanuts instead. Basically, this dessert is customizable to your liking.

It’s worth mentioning that this cake feeds 16 people. If you have a smaller family simply divide the recipe in 2.

The whipped cream in this recipe is less sweet than I normally make it, that is because I want the dulce de leche flavor to come through at first bite.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Below you will see step by step pictures of the Pavlova With Dulce de Leche:

Fist we whip our egg whites with some powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff and shiny.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

We gently fold in our walnut pieces. I chose to leave them in different sizes to give it additional texture. It is important not to overmix because that would deflate our beautiful egg whites.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Pipe it into a rectangle. Mine is approximately 9×12″

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Your meringue should have a 1/4″ to a 1/2″ thickness (approx)

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

We bake it a 215 F for 2 hours. After the time period has passed, turn off the oven and leave the meringue to dry overnight.

The next day we add a layer of dulce de leche over the meringue.

 This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Then a layer of whipped cream

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

And finally slices of strawberry. To get a pretty pattern start from the middle and work your way out.

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

See? No biggie!! Get baking!

I hope you can try this delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet.


3.9 from 47 votes
This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream, and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!
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Pavlova with Dulce de Leche
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
2 hrs
Drying Time
8 hrs
Total Time
11 hrs
 

This delicious Pavlova With Dulce de Leche is made with walnut meringue, dulce de leche, whipped cream and strawberries. Just like the famous Miami Dessert!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Australian, Latin
Keyword: gluten free desserts, Miami desserts, pavlova
Servings: 16
Calories: 263 kcal
Author: Tiffany bendayan
Ingredients
For Walnut Meringue
  • 7 oz Egg Whites 6-7 large egg whites
  • 10.5 oz Powdered Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 5.3 oz Walnuts finely chopped
For Whipped Cream
  • 1 3/4 cup Whipping Cream
  • 2 tablespoons Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Assembly
  • 13.4 oz Dulce de Leche
  • 3 pints Strawberries sliced
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
For Walnut Meringue
  1. Preheat oven to 215 Farenheit

  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper

  3. Using the whisk attachment of your mixer, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form

  4. Slowly add the powdered sugar and the vanilla

  5. Whip until egg whites are stiff and shiny

  6. Using a spatula, gently fold in the walnuts. Add them in 2-3 installments. Do not overmix or the egg whites will deflate

  7. Pipe the mixture into the parchment paper creating a 9x11 inch rectangle

  8. Smooth the mixture out and bake for 2 hours

  9. Turn the oven off and let the meringue dry overnight. Do not open the oven during this process

For Whipped Cream
  1. Using a mixer, whip the cream until soft peaks form

  2. Slowly add the powdered sugar and vanilla and whip to medium peaks

Assembly
  1. Spread the dulce de leche over the baked meringue

  2. Spread the whipped cream over the dulce de leche

  3. Starting from the middle, stand the strawberries slices on top of the whipped cream creating a flower pattern

Recipe Notes

A few readers had been having trouble with the meringue sticking to the parchment paper, I recommend using a Silpad to avoid this from happening 

Nutrition Facts
Pavlova with Dulce de Leche
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 36mg12%
Sodium 32mg1%
Potassium 217mg6%
Carbohydrates 29g10%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 24g27%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 393IU8%
Vitamin C 52mg63%
Calcium 41mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. Maria Teresa Figueiredo says

    April 5, 2021 at 11:53 am

    1 star
    The taste was great but it was a disaster. It stuck to the parchment paper and was impossible to serve, super cheery too. Maybe you might want to adjust you recipe. Ruined my Easter dinner.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      April 5, 2021 at 12:38 pm

      Oh I am sorry that happened Maria Teresa. I’ve never had a problem with the parchment paper sticking before. When you say cheery what do you mean?

      Reply
      • Maria Teresa Figueiredo says

        September 13, 2021 at 9:10 pm

        I meant Chewy, sorry for the long time to reply. I really want to make it right this time. When you say dry it out in the oven overnight you meant leave it there with the oven off? Do you ever remove the parchment paper before assembly?

        Reply
        • Tiffany says

          September 14, 2021 at 12:21 pm

          yes! leave them in the oven without opening the door so the residual heat will dry them out (make the meringue crunchy)
          You can leave the parchment or use a silpad

          Reply
  2. Michael Lowe says

    April 20, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    I think they meant chewy*

    Reply
  3. Rachel says

    April 21, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    5 stars
    This was delicious! I just couldn’t get the walnut meringue base quite right. The middle would always come out sticky and would break into pieces getting it off the parchment paper. And it would be chewy when eating. What am I doing wrong? I’m following the recipe above, using parchment paper on a baking liner, baking at 215 for 2 hours and leaving overnight in the oven, unopened, about 12 hours.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      April 21, 2021 at 3:28 pm

      Hi Rachel yes, the meringue was not cooked enough, it may be that the temperature in your oven needs to be calibrated. If that’s the case try cooking them longer or a higher temperature. Try 245 for 2.15 hours

      Reply
  4. Pili says

    May 8, 2021 at 9:47 am

    4 stars
    The taste was very good, but I had the same issue. The merengue stuck to parchment paper. Serving was almost impossible. But to your defense, you don’t wait until the day of to try a mew recipe that you may need to tweak.
    Trying round two today..

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      May 10, 2021 at 8:42 am

      Oh no! thanks for letting me know Pili. I might need to urge readers to use a silpad instead of parchment paper since many of you have had the same issues.

      Reply
  5. Eliza Pinto says

    October 7, 2021 at 11:30 am

    Hi !! I my whipped cream is always falling off the pavlova, idk what I’m doing wrong ? Do you have some tip for me ?

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      October 7, 2021 at 12:11 pm

      Hi Eliza, it may be your creamy is too runny. Underwhipped

      Reply
  6. Viviane says

    January 25, 2022 at 10:05 pm

    5 stars
    Pavlova was perfect! I’ve been looking for this recipe for a long time. This was my first time doing it and everything went perfectly well. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this knowledge with us.
    I highly recommend it!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      January 26, 2022 at 1:52 pm

      Glad you liked the recipe Viviane! thanks for your feedback!

      Reply
  7. Ely Gables says

    February 6, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    Hi Tiffany.
    I made this Pavlova, your recipe, and it was a hit. Such a big hit that I have to make 5 for Valentines. But I have no clue how to even start. The meringue sticks at the parchment paper. Even after leaving it overnight in the oven. The second one I made it with wax paper and stuck very little. How do I get to make five merengue and keep them fresh til I dress them up Cannot leave them overnight in the oven. Help me please
    Thank you
    Ely

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      February 7, 2022 at 2:34 pm

      Hi Ely! meringue tends to catch humidity and go soft when you make it a few days in advance. Wrap it well in plastic paper

      Reply
      • Ely says

        February 9, 2022 at 3:18 pm

        Thank you Tiffany.
        I’ll let you know how it comes out.
        Have a great Valentines

        Reply
        • Tiffany says

          February 23, 2022 at 12:05 pm

          you as well!

          Reply
        • Becky says

          November 17, 2022 at 3:36 pm

          Ely, how did they come out?

          Reply
  8. Becky says

    November 17, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    After leaving it in the oven overnight, what do I do with the meringue in the morning until I can tend to it in the evening? Do I just leave it in the oven? Do I put it in the fridge? Do I have to finish making it in the morning?

    I can’t wait to make it!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      November 22, 2022 at 10:35 am

      yes! leave it overnight or for a couple of days in the oven. Think of it like a big cookie jar 🙂

      Reply
  9. Lily says

    November 26, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    5 stars
    Great recipe – it was delicious. I didn’t have an issue with the parchment paper, but what I am having issues with. is when I’m storing the leftovers in the fridge the Dulce Leche bleeds and oozes over the sides. in a watery texture. I made my own dulce leche by boiling a can of condensed milk so not sure if that is an issue or is it that it just doesn’t keep well in fridge ? It’s happened twice..I also dry the strawberries as best as i can.
    I used regular sugar in recipe in case that matters.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      December 21, 2022 at 12:55 pm

      I’ve never had a problem with dulce de leche oozing out, maybe when you make the dulce de leche from scratch is may need to be cooked longer so it becomes thicker

      Reply
  10. Rosario Santana says

    December 27, 2022 at 9:23 am

    5 stars
    Great recipe and will make. My question is, when spreading the dulce de leche, do you soften it before spreading ove the meringue?

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      January 11, 2023 at 3:46 pm

      Hi Rosario, there’s no need to heat it up! it spreads nicely

      Reply

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