Identify two problems that may occur when preparing soft meringues. When preparing soft meringues, two problems that can occur are shrinking of the meringue and beading which can be caused by overcooking and or having undissolved sugar.
Soft meringues are lightly sweetened and used on top of pies and desserts, like floating island. Hard meringues are made with more sugar and are baked at very low temperatures to dry them out.