Once the height of elegance and sophistication, this complicated frozen dessert with origins in the 1800s has fallen largely ...

Constructing the Baked Alaska was easy; the cake was the right size and the ice cream slid out of the mold perfectly. Then I went to pipe my meringue and it all went, well, messy. My meringue didn't ...

The queen of ice cream cakes, baked Alaska is an extravaganza. The oh-so-sweet dessert also has an impressive backstory. Though its American namesake is the 49th state, desserts combining ice ...

There may not have been glory that time, but after Alaska, the almond chiffon cake, cooling in its tube pan, suspended upside down on the neck of a wine bottle, was, well, a piece of cake.

1 cup fine granulated sugar. 1 quart vanilla ice cream. Cut pound cake into 3/4-inch slices. Line the bottom of a 12- to 14-inch oval pan with some of the cake slices.

Baked Alaska (the spruceeats.com) 4 cups ice cream, softened, about 2 pints (mix flavors/colors for your preferred look and flavor). 1 single-layer sponge cake — yellow, white or chocolate ...

This Baked Alaska Ice Cream Pie is simple. Shape a pie crust from sliced poundcake, fill it with your favorite ice cream, top with meringue, broil or torch and freeze until firm.