Baked Alaska, do it yourself

The highlight of a cruise for many  passengers is the Baked Alaska Parade. So, when you want to have this cruise highlight without going on a cruise, you can prepare your own Baked Alaska at home.

I did some research and came up with this recipe.
One day, we might have a baked Alaska competition organised by www.cruise.co.uk If you would like to participate in that, let me know. And you can, if you would like ,come to our office and offer your Baked Alaska to us for initial “testing” :-).

Servings per Recipe: 16

Ingredients
1055 g vanilla ice cream, softened
510 g white cake mix
1 egg
3 ml almond extract
8 egg whites
0.5 g cream of tartar
1 g salt
200 g white sugar

Directions

• Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round mixing bowl or deep 8-inch square container with foil. Spread ice cream in container, packing firmly. Cover and freeze 8 hours or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 20×20 cm (8×8 inch) pan.
• Prepare cake mix with egg and almond extract. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven according to package instructions, until center of cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Beat egg whites with cream of tartar, salt and sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment or heavy brown paper. Place cake in center. Turn molded ice cream out onto cake. Quickly and prettily spread meringue over cake and ice cream, all the way to paper to seal. Return to freezer 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 220 degrees C (425 degrees F)
• Bake the Alaska on the lowest shelf, 8 to 10 minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned. Serve at once.

Please make sure that you do not try to set the Baked Alaska on fire at home. This requires specialist skills!