baked Alaskas

Torched ice cream

Baked Alaskas is the plural of baked Alaska, a dessert of ice cream on sponge cake, covered in meringue and briefly baked or torched.

The meringue insulates the ice cream from melting during the flash of high heat.

The name evokes frozen wilderness emerging from fire: The waiter brought out flaming baked Alaskas for the table.

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ice cream cake · oven · torch · celebration · soufflé · tableside · fine dining · dinner party · dome · sponge cake · sweet · parfait · egg whites · sundaes · egg · pavlova · soft · tiramisu

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culinary complexity

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Wafer containers for gelato

ice cream scoops · Jell-O · pudding cups · popsicles · ice cream sandwiches

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Cold-set cream cheese dessert

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thermal cooking method

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Cold sweetened treats served solid

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