Flowerpot Parfait Recipes

FLOWERPOTS (BAKED ALASKA)

Steps:

• NOTE: Flower pots should be 2 1/2 in. high by 3 in. Diameter.
• Sterilize flower pots by boiling.
• Dry pots.
• Place a piece of plain yellow cake in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole in the bottom.
• Add ice cream or sherbet to pots until three-quarters full.
• In the
• middle
• of each pot, force a large ice cream soda straw and cut off even with top of the pot.
• Pile meringue around the inside of the pot, leaving s over the soda straw open.
• Bake at 400 degrees until the meringue turn brown, (about 5 minutes).
• Insert fresh flowers in the soda straw.
• For a holiday look, use holly and red roses or carnations.
• For the Meringue:
• Beat the egg whites until foamy before slowly adding the sugar, beat well after each addition.
• Beat until shiny and stiff, but not dry.
• Fold in vanilla.
• Each flowerpot requires about a third of a cup of meringue