Baked Alaska

This task is about using science ideas, pictures and models to understand how a recipe for Baked Alaska works.

Question 1Change answer

 
a)  Why doesn't the ice cream melt while it is in the oven?

Question 2Change answer

b)  Why can't you make baked Alaska and keep it for later?

Question 1Change answer

A chilly bin is used to keep food and drinks cold when you go on a summer picnic. Mary says that the chilly bin is like a baked Alaska. She draws diagrams of the baked Alaska and the chilly bin to show how they would look if you could cut a slice from each of them.

Baked Alaska                                                        Chilly bin
c)  The meringue and the sponge are like the chilly bin. Explain how.