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Baked Alaska with hot chocolate sauce
Cooking ingredients
125g/4½oz
caster sugar
125g/4½oz
self-raising flour
, sifted
200g/7oz
caster sugar
pinch
cream of tartar
Biscuits, snacks and sweets
50g/1¾oz
dark chocolate
, in drops or broken into pieces
200g/7oz
dark chocolate
, in drops or chopped into pieces
Dairy, eggs and chilled
125g/4½oz
butter
, softened, plus extra for greasing
2 free-range
eggs
, beaten
3 free-range
egg whites
200ml/7fl oz
double cream
Other
1 litre/1¾ pints vanilla, coffee or chocolate
ice cream
1–2 tbsp rum or
brandy
(optional)
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