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a dessert consisting of ice cream on a cake base, placed briefly in a hot oven to brown its topping of meringue.[1905-10, Amer.]
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Baked Alaska — de banana. Baked Alaska (también conocido como Tortilla noruega y Tortilla sorpresa o en francés como Glace au four y Omelette à la norvégienne) es un postre a base de helado colocado en un molde que contiene láminas de pastel o pudín de navidad… … Wikipedia Español
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baked Alaska — baked′ Alas′ka n. coo a dessert of ice cream on a slice of cake, covered with meringue and browned quickly in a hot oven • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
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