Baked Alaska
If you want to add more gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipes to your recipe box, Baked Alaska might be a recipe you should try. One serving contains 426 calories, 9g of protein, and 18g of fat. This recipe serves 12. For 75 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 18 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It works best as a side dish, and is done in roughly 45 minutes. A mixture of round cake, ice cream, egg whites, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is brought to you by Foodista. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 35%. This score is not so awesome. Baked Alaska, Baked Alaska, and Baked Alaska are very similar to this recipe.
Ingredients
round cake
1
ice cream
0.5 gallon
egg whites
6
cream of tartar
0.25 teaspoon
powdered sugar
0.5 cup
Cooking in Steps
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1Grease a 7-inch bowl (large enough to hold 1/2 gallon ice cream, but not wider than your cake round!) with flavorless oil (see note above) or unsalted butter.
unsalted butter
ice cream
cooking oil
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2Let ice cream soften until it is workable. Pack tightly in the bowl. Return bowl to freezer until it hardens.
ice cream
bowl -
3When ready to assemble, beat egg whites until foamy.
egg whites
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4Add tartar and whip until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in powdered sugar, a little bit at a time.
powdered sugar
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5Place frozen layer cake on a plate slightly larger than the cake. Unmold the ice cream by centering it on the cake. If the ice cream does not release from the bowl, see notes.
ice cream
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6Do not trim the cake. "Frost" cake and ice cream with meringue, covering completely, creating a decorative pattern by forming peaks with a spoon or spatula.
ice cream
spatula -
7Bake in preheated at 450 degrees for 6-7 minutes until meringue peaks are golden brown.
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8Store in freezer until serving time.
