Baked Alaska-Ettes

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, unbeaten
• 3/4 cup light cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pint ice cream
• 9 marshmallows, cut in half crosswise

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375F and grease muffin pan.

2. 2

   Sift dry ingredients together.

3. 3

   Beat the egg and cream together; add vanilla.

4. 4

   Pour into the dry ingredients, beating thoroughly.

5. 5

   Bake until cakes test done (approximately 20 minutes) and remove to a cooling rack.

6. 6

   When cupcakes are cold, hollow out center and fill with ice cream; level off with the back of spoon and completely blanket the top with halves of marshmallows.

7. 7

   Preheat broiler.

8. 8

   Place cake under hot broiler for 30 seconds, or until marshmallows are puffed and brown.

9. 9

   Serve at once.