How to Make Baked Alaska Recipe Video

sponge cake

🥗Healthier: angel food cake

💰Cheaper: pound cake

Angel food cake is lower in fat and calories.

ice cream

🥗Healthier: sorbet

💰Cheaper: frozen yogurt

Sorbet is dairy-free and lighter.

meringue

🥗Healthier: aquafaba meringue

💰Cheaper: store-bought meringue

Aquafaba is a vegan alternative made from chickpea water.

sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: honey

Stevia is a zero-calorie sweetener.

Punch out rounds of cake and arrange on a sheet pan.

Freeze for about 30 minutes.

Scoop out the ice cream and place one mounded scoop on top of each cake round.

Return to the freezer and freeze for 30 minutes, or overnight.

Prepare the meringue by cooking the sugar and water together until the sugar reaches 240ºF.

Whip the egg whites until soft peaks form and slowly pour the syrup in, whipping until stiff peaks form.

Pipe the meringue in decorative swirls around each ice cream cake.

Return the cakes to the freezer and freeze for 1 hour or overnight.

Just before serving, lightly torch the surface of the cakes with a kitchen torch.

Transfer a cake to an oven-proof plate.

Pour the Kirsch into a small long-handled saucepan and heat over the stove until hot.

Carefully ignite the Kirsch in the pot with a match and drizzle over the cake, allowing it to flame out on its own before enjoying.

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