Baked Alaska Alongside A Lighter? You Lot Betcha!

I’ve ever wanted to create a Baked Alaska, too amongst Valentine’s Day coming up, I sentiment it would endure the perfect fourth dimension to demonstrate this show-stopping dessert. I simply didn’t anticipate coming upwardly amongst mayhap the greatest browning meringue hack inward history.

As you’ll encounter inward the video, I made ii of these, therefore I could demo you lot a yoke unlike ways to decorate. After browning the start ane amongst a blowtorch, my preferred method, I started on the second, too for whatever argue the torch stopped working.

I was simply most to plough on the oven, where you lot tin complete these at 500°F until browned, when I had an idea. I’d simply bought a windproof lighter to role when grilling inward the backyard, too wondered if the tiny jet flaming that shoots out from the tip would endure hot plenty to create the job. It was, too it did.

As far equally the actual recipe itself, there’s actually non a lot that tin become wrong. As long equally you lot freeze your H2O ice cream cake thoroughly earlier browning the meringue, too create your carbohydrate syrup to 240°F, yours volition expect simply similar mine, or better.

There are patently unlimited combinations of cake too H2O ice cream flavors you lot tin role for this, therefore I propose consulting amongst your Valentine, too giving this piece of cake Baked Alaska technique a drive really soon. Enjoy!

For 2 Baked Alaska:

Note: You tin construct these ahead, including the piping, freeze, too therefore chocolate-brown the meringue earlier serving.

1 1/2 cups raspberry H2O ice cream

1/2 loving cup vanilla H2O ice cream

2 circular thick slices chocolate cake

For the Italian meringue:

2 large egg whites

1 tsp lemon juice

- crunch to soft peak, too tardily add together 240 F. carbohydrate syrup (see below)

- larn out on beating until you lot accept strong peaks that volition concur a abrupt describe

For the carbohydrate syrup:

1/2 loving cup white sugar

1/4 loving cup water

FLAMBE NOTE: First of all, endure careful. Pour an ounce or therefore of whatever liqueur (I used brandy but cherry liqueur or Framboise would endure fifty-fifty better) into a pan too house on depression heat. When it’s warm plenty you lot tin it ignite amongst a lighter, too spoon the flaming liquid over your baked Alaska. Just endure certain to plough downward the lights!

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