 Cooking time: 10 to 15 minutes Servings: 4 Preparation time: 15 to 20 minutes Ingredients 1 fat less sponge cake 1/2 litre vanilla ice cream 5 egg whites 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1/4 cup Sugar Orange juice as required and 1 brandy ladle Method: -Line a bowl with cling film, put ice cream in it and set in the refrigerator. -Halve the cake and place one half on a serving plate. Cut the remaining half into arcs and place around the piece on the plate. -To make the meringue, beat the egg whites in a processor. Add vanilla essence and sugar and continue to process till the egg whites are stiff and form peaks. -Moisten the cake with a little orange juice. -Upturn the ice cream over the centre of the cake in the plate leaving the edges. Pour the meringue over the entire cake. Keep it in the refrigerator for a while. -You can bake it in the oven at high temperature till the meringue turns light golden. Or you can brown it with a brulee torch. -Pour brandy into a heated steel ladle and heat it again till it catches flame. Pour it immediately over the baked Alaska and serve immediately once the flame settles. |
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