Baked Alaska

I've been thinking virtually doing a Baked Alaska for a long fourth dimension now. I simply honey how they await , alongside all that H2O ice cream hidden underneath.
Have I told you lot how much I honey H2O ice cream? Well I do.
And of degree , since this i is a stunner , I had to brand a lilliputian video. Sparklers too all.
The vocal inward the video is i of my favorite songs ever. It's called Kingdom of Spain too it's written too sung (and played of course) past times my super talented fiancé Christian.








Baked Alaska

What you'll need
-A bowl or jelly mould alongside 1 quart capacity
-1 quart (about 1 liter) H2O ice cream , whichever you lot prefer (I used 1/3 vanilla , 1/3 huckleberry sorbet too 1/3 lemon)
-1 laid upward made cake layer -I had some left over cake inward the freezer , mensurate the bowl/mould making certain the cake isn't likewise modest
Meringue frosting
Creme brulee burner


Putting it together
If you lot desire to live able to larn the cake out of the mould easier , encompass the within alongside plastic twine too allow it hang over the edges!

Start past times putting the vanilla H2O ice cream inward room temperature until soft serve consistency. Scoop into bowl or mould , polish top alongside a spatula too set inward freezer for virtually xxx minutes. Meanwhile , convey the huckleberry sorbet to room temperature. Scoop sorbet on top of vanilla H2O ice cream , polish top alongside a spatula too set inward freezer for some other xxx minutes. Bring lemon H2O ice cream to room temperature. Scoop lemon H2O ice cream on top of huckleberry sorbet too polish top. Put inward freezer for xv minutes. Put a layer of cake (trim the edges if needed) on top , making certain it sticks to the H2O ice cream. Cover alongside plastic twine too freeze for virtually half-dozen hours.
Remove the H2O ice cream cake from the mould past times either pulling the plastic twine (if you've covered the inside) or running hot H2O along the exterior of the mould. If doing the latter , you lot demand to re-freeze the cake for at to the lowest degree iv hours or the meringue frosting won't stick. When the cake is completely frozen - piece of occupation out ahead too brand the meringue frosting.

Meringue frosting
v large egg whites
200 g sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix egg whites too carbohydrate inward a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Whisk alongside a manus whisk continously until the mixture reaches 65°C (149F). Remove from heat. Start whipping the egg whites alongside a stand upward or manus mixer until the mixture becomes fluffy too white too the bowl is cool , this tin flame accept virtually 10 minutes.

Cover the entire cake alongside meringue frosting too hence purpose a creme brûlée burner to chocolate-brown the meringue. Put the cake dorsum inward the freezer if non serving correct away.