This baked Alaska recipe with caramel sauce is one of my favorite desserts, teaming delicious, refreshing ice cream with perfect meringue. I love serving it with caramel sauce to make the dessert even more decadent.
Baked Alaska is served cold, and the meringue completely covers the ice cream inside, making it look like a big iceberg, hence the name. In this recipe baked Alaska is easy-peasy to make!
What is a Baked Alaska Dessert?
Although you can make individual baked Alaska desserts, I like to make one big one, using a small ready-made chocolate sponge cake. The dessert also includes a topping that with 2 kinds of ice cream, and then on top is the sweet, sticky meringue mixture.
I bet you can’t wait to try this baked Alaska recipe with caramel sauce.
You can use another kind of ice cream if you want, although the vanilla and caramel flavors do go nicely here. Sometimes I make this with vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice cream for a classic baked Alaska flavor, but anything you want to use is good.
Tips for Baked Alaska Recipe with Caramel Sauce
You will need a candy thermometer to check on the temperature of the meringue mixture, so get one if you don’t already have one. I added hazelnuts to it, but you can swap them for almonds or another nut, or even leave them out if you prefer a nut-free baked Alaska recipe with caramel sauce.
The caramel sauce is made using cream, butter, sugar, molasses, and syrup. Again, you can use another kind of syrup if you want, even a bottled strawberry or fudge syrup. It will work just as well in the finished recipe.
And if you have a sweet tooth, you might also enjoy my simple creme brulee – once you know how to make it, you’ll definitely want this dessert often!
Victoria Haneveer
Baked Alaska Recipe with Caramel Sauce
This delicious combination of ice cream and meringue is simple to prepare. I’m using chocolate cake, two flavors of ice cream and meringue, along with a homemade caramel sauce to complement it.
