IS IT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? Ice cream, cake, and meringue wrapped up in one dessert and baked in the oven; how can this be? Here we break down this scientific wonder of a dessert, and hopefully convince you to try your hand at it.
This delectable dessert is said to have been created to commemorate the U.S. purchase of Alaska in 1867. The secret behind this culinary masterpiece is in its construction. Cake and ice cream are frozen together, then smothered in meringue and baked. The meringue acts as insulation, protecting that delicious ice cream from melting under the heat of the oven. Putting ice cream in the oven sounds like a mess, right? Not the case here. The brief time in a hot oven browns the meringue and causes a crunchy exterior while the
