Baked Alaska

[GarryDrold]

A dessert comprised of sponge cake topped with ice cream and covered with meringue. The dessert is then placed in a hot oven to brown the meringue before the ice cream can melt.

[Kai]

a dish consisting of a cake base with ice cream on top covered with meringue (= a mixture made of sugar and the white part of eggs) that is cooked for a very short time at a high temperature