Ice cream recipes

Black Forest ice cream cake: two layers of moist chocolate-coffee cake sandwich a slab of vanilla ice cream, frosted with whipped cream and crowned with cherry pie filling. A frozen showstopper.

Toffee ice cream pie with a cinnamon chocolate-cookie crust, layers of coffee-toffee-crunch ice cream, and a rich espresso ganache sauce. Make-ahead frozen dessert that holds for two weeks.

A thick, creamy banana milkshake blended from ripe bananas, vanilla ice cream, and a handful of ice. Four ingredients, one blender, and a frosty banana treat in about five minutes.

Rainbow ice cream cake layers jello-coated angel food cake pieces with strawberry, lime and orange-pineapple flavors, fruit and vanilla ice cream. A showstopping no-bake frozen dessert.

Three layers of homemade cocoa brownie stacked with strawberry ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce. This frozen brownie loaf is a make-ahead showstopper that feeds 10 to 12 with zero fuss at serving time.

Light chocolate sponge cake rolls around softened ice cream, then freezes into impressive slices. Homemade chocolate sauce drizzles over each serving.

7-layer brownie ice cream cake with thin homemade brownie rounds stacked with vanilla ice cream and frozen in a springform pan. A make-ahead frozen dessert that slices like a dream.

Homemade caramel banana ice cream with chocolate chips, made from real caramelized sugar, heavy cream, egg yolks, and smashed bananas. Rich, custardy, and worth the churn.

Homemade vanilla custard ice cream topped with a deep morello cherry sauce simmered with lemon, vanilla bean, and the cracked cherry stones for almond-scented depth. Old-world Italian dessert work.

Hot fudge sundae ice cream pie layered with vanilla wafers, vanilla ice cream, and a rich homemade fudge sauce of chocolate chips, marshmallows, and evaporated milk. A crowd-pleasing freezer dessert.

Sugar-free strawberry-pineapple-orange ice cream churned in a home freezer with light milk and a sugar substitute. Diabetic-friendly summer dessert sweetened by fresh and canned fruit.

Crustless apple crunch pie with a brown sugar crumble and homemade cinnamon ice cream. Juicy, sour apples baked until tender and served warm with a quick no-churn cinnamon ice cream.

Here is a classic sweet cream base for making a variety of ice creams. Nice a rich with eggs, great for a french vanilla ice cream.

Ice Cream Crown Oatmeal tops a bowl of hot oats with a scoop of ice cream that melts into a creamy, sweet sauce. Includes tips for flaky or creamy oatmeal and topping ideas.

Old-fashioned maple walnut ice cream made with real maple sugar, maple syrup, heavy cream, and chopped walnuts. Custard-free, hand-cranked, deeply maple-rich.

Two-ingredient cream cheese icing sweetened with maple syrup and blended smooth. No powdered sugar needed. Ready in 10 minutes and pairs with carrot cake, banana bread, and more.