“He’d spent several hours thinking about what had happened between them. It had come as something of a surprise to discover that he really wanted to marry her. They had nothing in common except a firm wish to be in charge on both their parts. But he found himself remembering her loyalty, her honesty as she asked to touch him, and her great passion. What more could a man ask for in the woman he wanted to spend his life with?
He could see them together, not in his New York hotel, but in the wilderness, in a small rough cabin beside a roaring winter fire, making love. Alaska and Portia both called to him in a way he’d not felt in a very long time. Exciting, passionate, each with great promise to one who understood what was being offered.”
-From SWEETWATER by Sandra Chastain, available in most ebook platforms
Today is National Baked Alaska Day!
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil (for brushing)
1 pint raspberry sorbet (softened)
1 pint vanilla ice cream (softened)
1 quart chocolate ice cream (softened)
1 c crushed Oreos
1 loaf pound cake
1 c egg whites (about 6 at room temperature)
1 t cream of tartar
1 c sugar
Brush large metal bowl with oil and line with plastic wrap. Fill the bowl with random scoops of the raspberry sorbet, vanilla ice cream, and half of the chocolate ice cream. Press firmly to remove spaces between scoops. Sprinkle with crushed Oreos. Spread the remaining chocolate ice cream over the crumbs.
Slice the pound cake into ½ inch strips. Cover the chocolate ice cream base with pound cake (may have cake left over. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 3 hours (2 days max).
Once frozen, whip the cream of tartar into the egg whites for 2 minutes. Slowly beat in the sugar and continue to whip until the meringue forms stiff peaks.
Remove the frozen cake/ice cream mound from the bowl by pulling on the plastic wrap and invert it onto parchment paper. Cover the mound with meringue (making sides of dome thicker). Freeze for 2 hours.
Turn oven to Broil. Bake cake for 3-4 minutes until meringue browns. Let soften for 5 minutes and serve immediately.
