Mini Baked Alaska

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box cake mix or 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream or 1 quart chocolate ice cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f, line a standard jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
• 2 mix the cake mix, 4 egg yolks, oil and water in bowl, blend for 2 minutes.
• 3 pour into pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• 4 remove the cake from the oven and cool completely before turning it out of the pan.
• 5 invert into a flat, clean working surface, carefully peel off the parchment paper
• 6 with a 2 1/2-3 inch cookie cutter, cut out cake into rounds.
• 7 dust off crumbs and place on a clean baking sheet lined with more parchment paper.
• 8 top each cake with a scoop of ice cream and put the pan in the freezer until ice cream is firm.
• 9 leave in the freezer until just before you wish to serve.
• 10 beat 4 egg whites until soft peaks form, slowly add the sugar and vanilla extract and continue to beat until firm peaks hold.
• 11 turn on broiler (high heat).
• 12 remove ice cream cakes from the freezer and quickly frost with the egg meringue.
• 13 insert pan into the broiler for about 1 minute, just until the meringue begins to brown. don't let ice cream melt. note: if you have a blowtorch use that instead. serve immediately on chilled plates.