Baked Alaska

4 servings

40 minutes

Baked Alaska cake is an unusual dessert, which is ice cream under a meringue cap. According to one version, it was invented in one of the New York restaurants in 1867 in honor of the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire. It was then called "Alaska, Florida", which, obviously, more accurately described the essence of the dessert: cold ice cream and hot meringue. It is not difficult to prepare such a cake, follow our instructions, the main thing is serving. Serve the Baked Alaska cake immediately after the oven, before the top layer has had time to cool, and the ice cream inside, on the contrary, has not begun to melt.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 468.6
• Proteins: 12.9g
• Fats: 15.1g
• Carbohydrates: 71.2g

Ingredients

• Dark chocolate: 40 g
• Chicken egg: 2 pc
• Sugar: 100 g
• Wheat flour: 40 g
• Vanilla ice cream: 200 g
• Chocolate ice cream: 150 g
• Egg white: 3 pc
• Powdered sugar: 60 g

Cooking steps

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.

2. Place a bowl over a pot of boiling water and melt the chocolate in it.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dark chocolate: 40 g

3. Beat the eggs with sugar until a pale color.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 2 pieces
   • Sugar: 100 g

4. Then add the melted chocolate from a water bath and mix. Finally, add the flour and knead into a uniform dough.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dark chocolate: 40 g
   • Wheat flour: 40 g

5. Pour the batter into a round mold greased with vegetable oil, 12 cm in diameter. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Then let it cool completely.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dark chocolate: 40 g

6. Line a hemisphere or round bowl with a diameter of 12 cm with food wrap. Transfer softened ice cream into it. You can layer ice cream of different flavors.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vanilla ice cream: 200 g
   • Chocolate ice cream: 150 g

7. Cover the ice cream with cooled biscuit, wrap it with film edges, and send it to the freezer overnight.

8. After 12 hours, whip the room temperature egg whites first to a fluffy foam, then gradually add powdered sugar while whipping at low speed until stiff peaks form.

   Required ingredients:

   • Egg white: 3 pieces
   • Powdered sugar: 60 g

9. Take the ice cream with biscuit out of the freezer, flip it biscuit side down onto a large plate. Quickly cover it completely with meringue, place it in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 3-5 minutes or torch it.

   Required ingredients:

   • Egg white: 3 pieces
   • Powdered sugar: 60 g

10. Serve immediately.