floating islands
Poached meringue dessert
Floating islands are a dessert of soft meringue poached in milk and served atop vanilla custard sauce.
The meringue puffs float on the liquid custard like islands on water: The restaurant's floating islands were drizzled with caramel.
The term also describes actual masses of vegetation that drift on lakes or rivers, and appears in fantasy and video games as landmasses suspended in the sky.
- Lake TiticacaHigh-altitude Andean lake
- pondSmall still body
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- ManipurIndian state, northeast corner
crème anglaise · buoyancy · castle in the sky · reed boats · islet · roots · dreamlike · bain-marie · archipelagoes · mud · aquatic · peat bogs · water hyacinth · hovering · drifting · weightless · ecosystem · suspended
- surrealist artmelting clocks, dream worlds, impossible geometry, elephant legs, faceless figures
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
- game environmentsdungeons, arenas, mazes, open worlds, labyrinths
- dreamscapesimpossible stairs, melting clocks, flying dreams, falling sensation, labyrinth
- fantasy locationsenchanted forest, dragon lair, castle, wizard tower, haunted castle
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, fantasy realm, dream world
floating islandspound cake
Dense buttery loaf dessert
fruitcake · cheesecake · brownie · fudge · bread pudding
floating islandslayer cake
Stacked frosted dessert
biscotti · shortbread · gateau · baked Alaska · tart
floating islandsmainland
Principal connected territory
continent · bedrock · terra firma · volcanic island · mountain
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