Brown outside, ice cream insideSourced
Baked Alaska combines opposing temperatures
Baked Alaska covers cake and ice cream with meringue. Brief heating browns the exterior without giving the ice cream time to melt substantially. The contrast of a cooked surface and a cold centre is part of the dessert’s construction.
The heating step has to preserve the cold centre.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05