Ingredients
- 1/4 sheet Sponge cake, sliced
- 1/2 cup Meyer's rum or Amaretto
- 2 qrts. Ice cream, may be assorted flavors
- 8 Egg whites
- 2 cups Granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup Grand Marnier
Directions:
Sprinkle rum or amaretto evenly over sponge cake slices.
Construct an ice cream sandwich 12" X 5' X 5" by layering ice cream inside sponge cake on a cardboard base. Reserve in freezer.
Meringue:
- Whip egg whites together with sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Remove ice cream sandwich from freezer and coat with meringue. Decorate the top using star tube and additional meringue.
- Brown in 450 oven or with a propane torch.
- In a small sauce pan, warm Grand Marnier to 110 f. (the temp of moderately hot tap water)
- Light the Grand Marnier on fire and pour over the Baked Alaska.
Serve immediately while flaming.