Baked Alaska recipe

Ingredients (nutrition)

• 2 pt vanilla ice cream
• 1 butter sponge cake
• 4 egg whites
• 2 1/2 oz caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon raspberry jam

Preparation (instructions)

1. Freeze the ice cream in the freezer.
2. Cut sponge cake to match the top of the ice-cream tub.
3. Freeze sponge cake on a baking sheet for 20 hours.
4. Preheat the oven to 450 degree F.
5. To make meringue, whisk eggs whites with an electric hand held mixer to form soft peaks.
6. Slowly whisk in sugar until form stiff peaks. Set aside.
7. Spread jam on sponge.
8. Turn out ice cream to sit on top of the jam.
9. Smooth meringue over ice cream with a palette knife.
10. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes.
11. Serve hot.

Servings: 6

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