Baked Alaska

[stoneharborlady]

I know ice cream is involved, but could someone tell me what else? Have never had this treat, and wondered what all the fuss is about. I understand that Princess no longer does the parade around the dining room because of safety issues, is this served flaming?

Thanks, Karen

[S1drfl]

Baked Alaska is a layer of sponge cake (or similar) topped with ice cream. This is then coated with meringue and cooked very quickly in a hot over til the meringue browns. As an optional finishing touch, it can be covered with brandy and set alight.:eek:

[stoneharborlady]

Baked Alaska is a layer of sponge cake (or similar) topped with ice cream. This is then coated with meringue and cooked very quickly in a hot over til the meringue browns. As an optional finishing touch, it can be covered with brandy and set alight.:eek:

 

 

Wow, it does sound yummy. Thank you so much for the quick answer.

Karen

[ciderapple]

My mum made it once using a sponge base, topped with fruit layer, then the ice cream, then the meringue browned quickly under a hot grill.

 

Serve IMMEDIATELY!!!

[45014]

Maybe I am the only person here that does NOT like baked alaska. My husband can ahrdly wait until that is the dessert in the dining room, and I never order it. Just my opinion, but I don't think it is a big deal.

[suezyq50]

I don't care for baked Alaska. I don't care for meringue. Much rather have cheesecake or Tarimasu.

[CaribbeanBound]

I was never a baked alaska fan, however on the last Celebrity cruise I went on this past summer, they served an AWESOME baked alaska on Millenium. It was as described above, except the ice cream was encased in a thin crisp pastry crust prior to the maringue topping.

[beach2sea]

I'm a baked alaska fan. I brown mine with a small torch. Less chance of over heating the whole thing.

[pattyfrann]

:confused: Baked Alaska: Never eat it. I usually ask for another desert

[caribbean dreams]

I worked in a very well known restaurant in Alaska and we did not use meringe, all we did was take a piece of sponge cake, forn a round ball of ice cream around it, about the size of a baseball, roll it in frosted flakes, dip it in the deep fryer for about 3 seconds, put whipped cream on top and serve.

[Lthouselady]

That sounds like what we call 'Fried Ice Cream'!!!!

 

Add a little fudge sauce......YUM!!!!

[Joyfredsblondecruiser]

Baked Alaska is not Fried Ice cream or fried cream and I do like them both. On most cruises they really do not make the real version of Baked Alaska. We had a wonderful Restaurant in San Francisco that was famous for Baked Alaska it was called Ernies. Theres was the best made with real Mirangue not marshmellow cream that most of the cruise lines use. Happy Sailing, Joy

[ozarkwife]

Grand Princess did the baked alaska parade with it flaming on last weeks cruise! It was great!! Its a cake shaped like a volcano with fire on top, that once cut, has ice cream in the middle.yum

[stoneharborlady]

On the Princess board today someone posted pictures of a Crown cruise. One photo was of baked Alaska, and what looked to be a bowl of chocolate sauce taken around by the waiter. Do they really serve sauce with it? Yum!!!

Karen

[shops54]

I love making Baked Alaska and I love eating it. This is not the "traditional" recipe (please don't lecture me)but I take any flavor cake or brownies (esspresso brownies - yum) add any flavor ice cream (butter pecan), freeze well. Whip up a meringue, cover and seal in the icecream to the cake, bake in a preheated 450* oven 6-8 minutes until it is browned all over but the ice cream is still frozen inside its "blanket". Then "they" suggest using a clean egg shell half and filling it with liquor and lighting it and pouring it over the cake. I don't bother with the flame. You can make them little personal ones or a big 9x9 one.

[Sea Hag]

I know it's corny, but I really enjoy that baked alaska parade. I'm not crazy about the baked alaska, but I love the event.

[LC_txcruiser]

my wife really likes the parade as well. This is our first time in Anytime Dining though. I've heard that Princess doesn't do the baked alaska parade in anytime dining? Is this true?

 

Thanks,

[beach2sea]

Did a week on the Statendam to Alaska July1-8. They served their version of baked Alaska every night but one. Not the best. Maybe they're afraid of the eggwhites not being fully cooked. Once was plenty. The night of the parade, they just assume eveyone is dying to have it again and it is the only choice. It was also the night of the big chocolate EXTRAVAGANZA. Or something like that. If you have the second dinner and go to the second show, run on up or they'll have it disassembled by the time you get there. Very disappointing. They recycled wilted flower arrangements from other locations on the ship for use on the tables and I'm sure the bread/chocolate sculptures get an occassional dusting. My daughter, a florist, spent the second half of the week hoping someone would remove the dead or dying flowers from the arrangements. They never did. Nothing prettier than a wilted, black rose. Flowers must not be part of the FIVE STAR service they continually remind you of.

[FlCatLover]

We were on Coral in July and they did the parade the last night in anytime dining. I then tried the baked Alaska for the first time and wasn't impressed. A fun parade though.

[Shipshape2]

I am not a fan of Baked Alaska. Just give me the ice cream - or something better.