Baked Alaska

A dessert that plays with the hot and the cold. The baked alaska is ice cream with meringue.
Ingredients
12
Servings
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla essence
  • 3/4 cups flour
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 2 liters chocolate ice cream
  • 6 egg whites
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tablespoons vanilla essence
Preparation
1h
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  • Preheat the oven to 160 C. Grease with Pam a 23 cm container to bake cakes.
  • In a deep bowl beat the 4 whole eggs, 1/2 cup of sugar and vanilla.
  • Put the mixture in a bain-marie for 2 minutes until it is slightly hot.
  • In an electric mixer beat the mixture quickly to form thick peaks (about 7 minutes).
  • Slowly add flour and butter and finish whisking.
  • Pour the cake mixture into the bowl and bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown.
  • Cover a deep glass container with egapak (plastic paper). Put the chocolate ice cream in the bottom of the bowl and carefully put the freshly baked cake on top.
  • Freeze the cake and ice cream at least 4 hours (or leave overnight).
  • In an electric mixer beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt.
  • Add sugar and vanilla in tablespoon.
  • Remove the ice cream and the cake from the freezer and turn over a foot mold that is large enough (the cake is below the ice cream).
  • Quickly cover the cake with the meringue making spikes with a spoon and chill in a freezer for half an hour.
  • Just before serving Baked Alaska in a 260 C oven previously heated for 5 minutes.
  • Serve immediately

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