Individual Fruit Baked Alaska
An individual dessert featuring a fruit and sponge cake base, topped with ice cream and meringue, then baked.
Ingredients
sponge cake base (about 1/2 inch larger in diameter than the fruit)
1 slices
fruit (such as peaches, pears, etc.)
to taste
ice cream
1
Italian meringue
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the base
Prepare a sponge cake base about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) larger than the fruit being used.
2
Assemble
Place the fruit on top of the cake base.
3
Add ice cream
Cover with a scoop of ice cream.
4
Freeze
Place in the freezer for about half an hour.
5
Broil
Cover with Italian meringue and place in a hot oven to quickly brown the surface.
6
Serve
Serve immediately.
