Baked Alaska Birthday We are making Baked Alaska from a Martha Steward recipe for Gusina's birthday. This is the Bake Alaska before the meringue was applied.
Birthday Girl Gusina the birthday girl helped cover the Baked Alaska with the meringue
Baked Alaska Meringue Party All hands on deck getting ready for the oven at 500 degrees.
Freshness Test Tast testing the meringue...finger lickin' good and it's not even cooked yet.
Back To Work Passed the freshness test now bck to work covering the Baked Alaska with meringue.
Missed a Spot The meringue is what protects the ice cream in the Baked Alaska from melting when baked.
Finishing Touches Making sure all exposed ice cream cake (Baked Alaska guts) are covered before going in the oven.
Into The Oven The Baked Alaska is put in the oven on broil until the merinue was just browned (3-5 minutes).
Two at a Time We put two at a time in the oven and watched closely as broil is fast and could easily burn the meringue.
HUGE Baked Alaska These were the two we ended up eating. They were intended to one per person but were too large for one person.
Half Size Baked Alaska We cut two Baked Alaska in half for the four of us.
All The Happy Faces Look at all the smiling faces. Kristina was taking the picture but she's smiling too.
One Final Shot Hurry up Kristina i want to eat this thing. It's a meringue covered ice cream cake.
Eat Up Kristina takes a shot of the first fork full of Homemade Baked Alaska.and then she joins us.
