The Mushroom Pavlova

If I were on the Great British Bake-Off, this mushroom pavlova would be my showstopper. “Mushrooms don’t belong in pavlova,” Paul Hollywood would sneer. With a battle cry of “Paul, your time is up!”, Syabira and I would rush forward with her corn-cake knife and slice him to pieces, which we would then eat with dollops of mushroom whipped cream.

Luckily, …