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Flowerpots (Baked Alaska) Helen Corbitt - Texas Highways Mag

A home-style Flowerpots (Baked Alaska) Helen Corbitt - Texas Highways Mag made with Yellow Cake Layer Ea Meringue, Ice Cream Or Sherbet Ea Egg Whites, Clay Flower Pots Tb Sugar, and Soda Straws Ts Vanilla. Serves 8. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

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Ingredients

• 1 pc
• 1 pt
• 8 pc
• 8 pc

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Sterilize flower pots by boiling.

2. 2

   Dry pots.

3. 3

   Place a piece of plain yellow cake in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole in the bottom.

4. 4

   Add ice cream or sherbet to pots until three-quarters full.

5. 5

   In the middle of each pot, force a large ice cream soda straw and cut off even with top of the pot.

6. 6

   Bake at 400 degrees until the meringue turn brown, (about 5 minutes).

7. 7

   Beat the egg whites until foamy before slowly adding the sugar, beat well after each addition.

8. 8

   Beat until shiny and stiff, but not dry.

9. 9

   Fold in vanilla.

10. 10

    Each flowerpot requires about a third of a cup of meringue