This is a deliciously decadent dessert to make to serve after a meal and is the best of three worlds as its ice cream, sponge and light fluffy meringue.
What is Whipping It Up Baked Alaska?
Whipping It Up Baked Alaska is a lovely light sponge base topped with ice cream and covered in Whipping It Up Meringue. You have a Hot and Cold dessert in one as when you break through the lovely warm meringue and sponge base you meet with cold ice cream. This recipe makes 4 large portions.
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Ingredients Sponge Cake Base
- 100g Self Raising Flour
- 100g Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar or flavour of your choice.
- 100g Margarine.
- 4 Eggs
For the Ice Cream
- 75g Sugar and Crumbs Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar of your choice.
- 100 ml of Condensed Milk
- 300 ml of Double Cream
For the Meringue Topping
- 125g Whipping It Up! flavour of your choice
- 60ml Warm ( Room Temperature ) Water
- 1/2 Tsp White Vinegar
Instructions
Ice Cream.
1. Put all the ingredients into your mixing bowl and mix on medium speed.
2. As the mixture starts to thicken this is the time to colour your mixture if desired.
3. Once the mixture has thickened decant into a freezer container.
4. Freeze the ice cream overnight.
Cake Mix
1. Sift the flour and set to one side.
2. Place the butter into your mixing bowl, and beat the butter on high speed until light and fluffy. Add the Sugar and Crumbs naturally flavoured icing sugar and beat on high until creamed together well. Scrape your mixing bowl ensuring all ingredients are incorporated, then mix again.
3. Add 1 whole egg at a time, beating well after each addition until both whole eggs are mixed in.
4. Now add the flour to the mix and fold in gently ensuring all the flour is incorporated into the mixture.
Do not overmix this batter. The batter will be smooth, velvety, and slightly thick.
5. Divide the batter between 2 x 4-inch mini tins that have been lined and greased.
6. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until the cakes are baked through. Test to see if they are baked using a cocktail stick or cake tester. Allow cakes to cool completely in the pans set on a wire rack.
To Make The Meringue
- Add the Whipping It Up to your mixing bowl and add 60ml tepid water.
- Whisk on low speed until all the mix has been incorporated into the water.
- Once the mix has started to thicken add the white vinegar and turn the mixer on high speed until the mixture has reached stiff peaks
- Prepare a piping bag with a 1M piping tip, and fill with your meringue.
Now assemble your Baked Alaska
- Cut the Sponge Base you have made into 2 halves.
- On each Half spoon a good portion of your ice cream onto the top, making sure you leave a 1cm gap around the edge of the sponge.
- Pipe the meringue around the edge of the sponge making sure you have covered all of the ice cream and continue up the ball of ice cream until all of it has been covered.
- Put in the oven for 5-8 minutes until the meringue has a golden glow to it, remove and serve immediately
