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How do I make baked alaska?
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Baked Alaska is a delicious desert that is made with nothing more than ice cream and meringue. The meringue is wrapped around the ice cream and then the whole thing is baked. You would think baking ice cream would of course melt it, but not with this desert.
Baked Alaska was first invented by the French. The Chinese made a dish that was made from ice cream wrapped in pastry, so the French decided to use meringue instead and that is how Baked Alaska originated. The French named it "omelette à la norvégienne". The meringue serves as an insulator to the ice cream to keep it from melting. The dish is only in the oven a short time. The oven must be very hot and the dish is placed into it only long enough for the meringue to harden and brown.
There is a variation of Baked Alaska called a Bombe Alaska. In this version, some dark rum is splashed all over the shell of the desert and it is then lit on fire making for quite a dazzling display. "The name 'Baked Alaska' was coined at Delmonico's Restaurant in 1876 to honor the recently acquired American territory."
There are several recipes available that show you how to make Baked Alaska. This one from Sandis Recipe Corner is very easy if you would like to give it a try.
You will need
"1 package dark chocolate fudge cake mix
1 quart Neapolitan ice cream
1 package fluffy white frosting mix or 1 can prepared frosting
Bake cake mix in 2 layer pans, 8 x 1 1/2 inches, as directed on package. (Freeze one layer for future use.)
Line 1 1/2 quart bowl with aluminum foil. Pack ice cream into bowl; freeze until firm. Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place cake layer on baking sheet. Invert bowl with ice cream onto cake; remove bowl and foil. Freeze cake and ice cream until firm.
Just before serving, heat oven to 500 degrees. Prepare frosting mix as directed on package. Working quickly, completely cover cake and ice cream with frosting, carefully sealing it to foil on sheet.
Bake 3 to 5 minutes or until light brown. Trim foil to edge of frosting; transfer cake to serving plate. Serve immediately. 12 servings."
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/BakedAlaska.htm
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Baked_Alaska
http://www.sandisrecipecorner.com/recipe1703M.htm
Baked Alaska was first invented by the French. The Chinese made a dish that was made from ice cream wrapped in pastry, so the French decided to use meringue instead and that is how Baked Alaska originated. The French named it "omelette à la norvégienne". The meringue serves as an insulator to the ice cream to keep it from melting. The dish is only in the oven a short time. The oven must be very hot and the dish is placed into it only long enough for the meringue to harden and brown.
There is a variation of Baked Alaska called a Bombe Alaska. In this version, some dark rum is splashed all over the shell of the desert and it is then lit on fire making for quite a dazzling display. "The name 'Baked Alaska' was coined at Delmonico's Restaurant in 1876 to honor the recently acquired American territory."
There are several recipes available that show you how to make Baked Alaska. This one from Sandis Recipe Corner is very easy if you would like to give it a try.
You will need
"1 package dark chocolate fudge cake mix
1 quart Neapolitan ice cream
1 package fluffy white frosting mix or 1 can prepared frosting
Bake cake mix in 2 layer pans, 8 x 1 1/2 inches, as directed on package. (Freeze one layer for future use.)
Line 1 1/2 quart bowl with aluminum foil. Pack ice cream into bowl; freeze until firm. Cover baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place cake layer on baking sheet. Invert bowl with ice cream onto cake; remove bowl and foil. Freeze cake and ice cream until firm.
Just before serving, heat oven to 500 degrees. Prepare frosting mix as directed on package. Working quickly, completely cover cake and ice cream with frosting, carefully sealing it to foil on sheet.
Bake 3 to 5 minutes or until light brown. Trim foil to edge of frosting; transfer cake to serving plate. Serve immediately. 12 servings."
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/IceCream/BakedAlaska.htm
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Baked_Alaska
http://www.sandisrecipecorner.com/recipe1703M.htm
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