Surprise your birthday guest of honor with the ultimate celebratory dessert: a Baked Alaska. It's got three flavors of ice cream, moist chocolate cake, nutty ganache, and fluffy brûléed meringue.

Try Mary Berry’s baked Alaska - the ultimate showstopper ... spread the jam over the circle of sponge cake, then arrange scoops of ice cream in a pyramid shape on top, leaving a 1.5cm/½in ...

Baked Alaska is a decadent dessert made with cake and ice cream covered in meringue that conjures feelings of opulence and celebration. But where did it originate? Funny enough, it wasn't Alaska ...