Baked Alaska

Ingredients

• 1 box cake or brownie mix
• 4 cups vanilla ice cream or any flavor or your choice
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• 6 tablespoons white sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Prepare cake or browny mix to the directions on the box.
Cut into square and put in freezeruntil chilled. What you will
make is an ice cream sandwich. Lower level of cake or browny,
then a layer of ice cream, then a top layer of cake or browny.
Place back in freezer to remain chilled and frozen.
Beat egg whites until frothy, add salt, almond or vanilla extract
and slowly add sugar, beating until stiff and glossy.
Spread over ice cream sanwiches, sealing edges.
Place under broiler 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) for 2 minutes or until
browned. Serve at once.

Another option to putting it under the broiler until brown is to use
a blow torch to quickly brown the surface of the baked alaska.

Serve at once. Time is working against you. Once the egg whites are browned
the moisture in the air immediately begins breaking down the
egg white, so this is a dish that you must finish immediately before
service….but you will get nothing but “BRAVO !!!!” when you make
it.