Baked Alaska is a dessert food consisting of ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue.The most common claim about the name "Baked Alaska" is that it was coined at Antoine's, a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, by its chef de cuisine Antoine Alciatore in 1867 to honor the acquisition by the United States of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 10 that year. However, no contemporary account exists of this fact, and the name would not be used until some years after the Alaska Purchase. Ranhofer himself called the dish an "Alaska, Florida" in 1894, apparently referring to the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish is also known as an "omelette à la norvégienne" or "Norwegian omelette", which similarly refers to the cold climate of Norway. Wikipedia
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