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Baked Alaska
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Orange Sponge Cake (see below)
Cut cooled cake into 6 servings. Hollow out a slight depression to hold the ice cream, in each serving of sponge cake. Fill with ice cream, allowing about 1/2 cup to each serving. Then, completely cover the ice cream in each cake with meringue made by beating the egg whites until quite stiff, and then adding 6 tbsp. sugar gradually, while continuing to beat until stiff. Bake in a hot oven of 450 degrees for 4-to-5 minutes until delicately browned. Serve immediately. Makes 6 servings. Orange Sponge Cake * Ingredients:
2 eggs
Beat eggs with a hand or electric beater until very thick and lemon colored. Gradually add the sugar, continuing to beat with the beater until sugar is well blended. Add the orange rind, orange juice, and water, then beat with a beater for 1/2 minute. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt, 3 times, and fold into the egg mixture. Bake in a greased and floured 8" x 8" x 2" cake pan in a moderate oven of 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or until done. Invert pan on a cake rack until cold before removing cake from pan. ************************************** The Good Housekeeping Cook Book, 1944
Before there was Global Warming, the Snows of Kilimanjaro were intact, the snow levels in the Alps were down where they belonged, and Greenland wasn't melting into the sea. Here's something from those vintage days – It's a recipe from the 1944 Edition of The Good Housekeeping Cook Book, and it stands the test of time.
1-1/2 pint vanilla ice cream
3 egg whites
6 tbsp. granulated sugar
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Lovely & Delicious!
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1 cup sifted granulated sugar
1 tblsp. grated orange rind
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup cold water
1-1/4 cup sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
* Preparation:
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