Baked Alaska

Name: Baked Alaska
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounces/454 grams) homemade or, store-bought pound cake, thawed and cut into ¼-inch thick slices, with edges trimmed; 2 tablespoons plus 1 cup (7¾ ounces/220 grams), sugar, divided; 3/4 cup, water; 2 pints, ice cream or sherbet, softened; 4 , large egg whites; 1/4 teaspoon, cream of tartar; pinch, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Frozen Desserts
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2006

At first glance, this cake may look like a giant snowball, but tap under that thick layer of toasted meringue and you've struck gold-ice cream encased in tender pound cake.

SERVES 4 to 6

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