For a dessert that nobody has eaten in real life since the era of Cinzano Bianco and chicken-in-a-basket, one pudding causes more drama on TV than any other the Baked Alaska.
It’s now seven years since a Great British Bake Off contestant infamously dumped his sloppy Alaska into a bin, accusing a rival baker of sabotage.
Bearded engineer Iain Watters claimed his ice cream dish was deliberately removed from a freezer and left to melt an accusation hotly denied. There has not been such controversy on the Bake Off since . . . perhaps because Paul Hollywood & Co have wisely ensured that no one ever attempts the Alaska again.
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