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Baked Alaska with hot chocolate sauce
Photo: Charisse Kenion

Baked Alaska with hot chocolate sauce

12 ingredients 1 hr + 1 hr Serves 8-10 openrecipes
Baked Alaska with hot chocolate sauce

A simple chocolate cake topped with your choice of ice cream – which is then smothered with soft meringue and lashings of chocolate sauce. Surely this 70s classic is due a revival?

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

985
Calories
22g
Protein
38g
Fat
126g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Ice Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Coffee not in our table 0
Brandy not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 litre/1¾ pints vanilla, coffee or chocolate ice cream
  • 50g/1¾oz dark chocolate
  • 125g/4½oz butter
  • 125g/4½oz caster sugar
  • 2 free-range eggs
  • 125g/4½oz self-raising flour
  • 3 free-range egg whites
  • 200g/7oz caster sugar
  • pinch cream of tartar
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • 200g/7oz dark chocolate
  • 1–2 tbsp rum or brandy

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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