With the Christmas season upon us Central Coast based celebrity Chef Daniel has teamed up with Cakes by Kyla to celebrate with a delicious short video to wrap up 2022.
CCN has teamed up with the ever energetic chef to bring the love of food, family and friendship to our readers and viewers over the summer.
In the week before Christmas Daniel invited the local Cup Cake Queen Kyla Daniels to his kitchen studio in Gosford to whip up a Aussie favorite desert.
Daniel’s Christmas guest was the wonderful Kyla Daniels from ‘Cakes by Kyla’ helping Chef Daniel with a Christmas special on ‘How to make a pavlova wreath or grazing board.’
“Chef Daniel is such engaging and knowledgeable chef with a mountain of knowledge about cooking traditions and customs, so I jumped at the opportunity” said Kyla
Chef Daniel says, “When I talk about food, I always get so passionate because every day I see how good food brings people together.”
“I wanted to start his upcoming food series with an Aussie Christmas favourite – the pavlova”.
Now with the new video instruction, instead of just buying one from the supermarket and putting your own fruit on it, he’s encouraging readers and viewers to make it from scratch.
Kyla started out making specialised cupcakes in her home kitchen for her children who had dietary needs and then for friends and family. The orders started piling up so she started her own business, since then she’s never looked back and makes over 4,000 cupcakes a week. She’s won many state and national baking awards for her elebotate and tasty construcitons.
Chef Daniel has had restaurants and catering companies over his 20+ years in the industry as seen on TV, cruise ships and his podcast.
He has a passion for community engagement and growth and runs programs for youth, the Dept of Education and more.
Pavlova Recipe
- 6 eggs separated egg whites
- 270g caster sugar
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 1 tsp vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 120 °
- Whisk eggs and sugar until firm
- While whisking add cornflour and vinegar slowly combine well
- Flat baking paper tray
- Glass in centre and pour mixture around for wreath
- 120 ° oven for 1.5 hours
- Turn off oven and rest for an hour before serving
Tips
As tempting as it may be to open the oven after the cooking time is up, keep it closed for another hour before opening or your pavlova flop.
For best results use thickened cream or pure cream.
Daniel’s new online series called, ‘Pinch of salt’ invites local celebrities and special guests to cook with him either something they have always wanted to know how to cook or something that has been in their family for generations.
Head over to CCN’s YouTube Channel for Daniel and Kyla’s Christmas Pavlova video @CentralCoastCommunityNews