What is the name of the dessert shown in the photograph?

This light and delicious dessert is pavlova. Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. The meringue-base is often made with egg whites, sugar, white vinegar, cornflour, and vanilla extract. A whipped cream base is added on top of the base to keep fresh fruits in place.

The dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. The nationality of its creator has been a source of argument between the two nations for many years. In 2008, Helen Leach published The Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand's Culinary History, in which she argued that the earliest known recipe was published in New Zealand. Later research by Andrew Wood and Annabelle Utrecht suggested the dessert originated in the United States and was based on an earlier German dish.