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Baked Alaska

Baked Alaska

Beverly Hernandez

Baked Alaska is cake covered with ice cream and meringue that is browned quickly in the oven. The name "Baked Alaska" was coined at Delmonico's Restaurant in 1876 to honor the recently acquired American territory. Baked Alaska is also known as omelette à la norvégienne or Norwegian omelet.

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