baked Alaska

Syllables: baked Alas·kaUK/beɪkt əˈlaskə/US/ˌbeɪkt əˈlæskə/

baked Alaska noun: a dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.

Noun

baked Alaska (countable and uncountable, plural baked Alaskas)

A dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.
- I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of...1879 December 5, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “Fashion and Food in New York”, in America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. …...
- Baked Alaska. […] Make meringue of eggs and sugar as in Meringue I., cover a board with white paper, lay on sponge cake, turn ice cream on cake (which should extend one-half inch beyond cream), cover with meringue, and spread smoothly. Place on oven grate and brown quickly in hot oven. The board...1896, Fannie Merritt Farmer, “Ices, Ice Creams, and Other Frozen Desserts”, in The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, pages 375–376
Synonyms:

Alaska//alaska

Examples of baked Alaska in a sentence

Looking very regal indeed is this view of Baked Alaska being temptingly dished up for serving during the holidays.1957, Ice Cream Review, volume 40, Minneapolis, Minn.: Miller Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 33:
What could be more whimsical than Baked Alaska, the flamboyant assemblage of hot meringue and cold ice cream?1997, Sarah Eppenbach, Baked Alaska: Recipes for Sweet Comforts from the North Country, Anchorage, Ak.: Alaska Northwest Books, →ISBN:
It was the I-give woman serving up her breasts like two baked Alaskas on a platter that took all the kick out of looking into the boy's eyes.1997, Toni Morrison, Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage International, Vintage Books, March...
The baked Alaska prototype is believed to be French in origin.2011, Ann Treistman, “Baked Alaska”, in Who Put the Devil in Deviled Eggs?: The Fascinating Stories Behind America's Favorite Foods, New...

Synonyms of baked Alaska

Alaska//alaska

Forms of baked Alaska

plural	baked Alaskas

Origin of baked Alaska

Said to have been coined by Charles Ranhofer (1836–1899), the French-American chef de cuisine of Delmonico’s, a restaurant in New York City, New York, United States, to mark the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on 30 March 1867. However, there is no contemporary report of this fact, and in his book The Epicurean (1894) Ranhofer referred to the dish, versions of which pre-dated the Alaska Purchase, as an “Alaska, Florida”, apparently because of the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish appears to have been first called an Alaska or baked Alaska some time after the Alaska Purchase.

Questions about baked Alaska

What does baked Alaska mean?: Baked Alaska means a dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.
How do you use baked Alaska in a sentence?: Looking very regal indeed is this view of Baked Alaska being temptingly dished up for serving during the holidays.
What part of speech is baked Alaska?: Baked Alaska is a noun.
How do you pronounce baked Alaska?: Baked Alaska is pronounced /beɪkt əˈlaskə/ (UK).
What is the plural of baked Alaska?: The plural of baked Alaska is baked Alaskas.

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