About the dish
An ice cream dessert topped with meringue and briefly browned in an oven or with a torch.
Typical ingredients
- ice cream
- meringue
- cake
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History of the dish
United States
- Origin
- United States
Read more
Baked Alaska, also known as Bombe Alaska, is a dessert consisting of ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish, lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding, and topped with meringue.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Baked Alaska” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0
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