Baked Alaska

"I love old-school kitchy desserts. Desserts like crepe suzette and bananas fosters just scream glamour to me (or basically any dessert that they light on fire, table side!) And of course let’s not forget baked alaska; layers of ice cream topped with a marshmallowy toasted meringue. It looks super fancy but it is pretty much the original ice cream cake that has been around since 1876 (that is what the Google told me at least). Since this weekend is the unofficial start to summer, I thought I would bring this retro ice cream cake back into the spotlight. Couple notes on the recipe. First, you can always, always skip the meringue part. Instead just make one killer ice cream cake. You could also do whipped cream instead, just don't torch the whipped cream. You can use store-bought ice cream and store-bought cake. If you use store bought cake, no need to have a perfect round bottom, just crumble the cake and press it onto the bottom of the frozen ice cream creating an even layer. Lastly, I know not many people have a kitchen torch but for this recipe I would recommend getting one. You could try your oven broiler but I would be afraid that it would not get it browned enough and in the meantime it would melt. "