Baked Alaska Florida" in 1894, apparently referring to the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish is also known as an "omelette à la norvégienne" or "Norwegian omelette", which similarly refers to the cold climate of Norway. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding, and topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for a brief time, long enough to firm and caramelize the meringue. In 1969, the recently invented microwave oven enabled Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurti to produce a
Monte (dessert) Monte (dessert) Monte is a milk cream dessert brand, made by the dairy company Zott. It is a dessert made of milk, chocolate and hazelnuts. Zott Monte advertises with the slogan "full taste, full power, full fun!". Monte is worldwide one of the most famous brands of Zott and it is delivered in over 40 countries. Monte is a dessert with the combination of milk cream, hazelnuts and chocolate. Monte product range varies within the different countries. Monte was introduced April 1, 1996 in Germany. Within the following years (1997–2001) Zott established Monte in these countries: Czech Republic, Austria, Russia,