These sandwiches are easy to make and great to have on hand in the freezer. When assembling them, make sure the ice cream is just soft enough to scoop.
For an excellent vanilla taste, choose pure vanilla: It may be more expensive, but a little of the good stuff goes a long way toward great flavour. This creamy, pale sunshine-coloured ice cream is delicious on its own, or with added flavours stirred in before the final freezing.
Rum, chocolate, nuts and ice cream come together in this dazzling pleaser. Chocolate sprinkles or grated chocolate dress up the cake. Commercial grated chocolate is available at cake decorating shops, or look for Van Houten or Cocoa Vlokken.
Crunchy and nutty, these sandwiches taste like indulgent ice cream truffles. If you can't have nuts, substitute with extra chocolate chips and toffee bits.
Angel food cake hiding a circle of ice cream, smothered in whipped cream and served with fresh strawberries is a true celebration of early summer. Best of all, this dessert can wait patiently in the freezer for the happy occasion.
Beer takes on a new role in this sweet sauce served over rich ice cream. Choose brightly coloured, shiny cherries and consider investing in a cherry pitter: It makes for less mess and half the work. This sauce calls for kriek (a Dutch word for cherries) lambic beer.
My advice at Bacchus: save room for desserts. They are decadent — and shareable. Here, tangy lemon ice cream fills a crisp tuile playfully shaped like Italian pasta.
To make things really easy, scoop the ice cream up to three hours ahead of time and place it on a parchment paper–lined baking sheet. Then, transfer the sheet to your freezer until you're ready to serve.
