Ice cream/5 recipes

Silky vanilla Bavarian cream pie with an egg custard base, melted ice cream, and billowy whipped cream set in a baked pie shell. Old-school elegance that wobbles on the fork.

German chocolate poke cake drenched in sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch, then scattered with crushed Heath bars and whipped cream. Five ingredients. Zero restraint.

Brazilian iced chocolate with melted unsweetened chocolate, double-strength coffee, milk, and chilled cola poured over ice. A fizzy, caffeinated chocolate drink topped with whipped cream or ice cream.

Rum truffle dessert cocktail: dark rum, crème de cacao, and hazelnut liqueur blended with chocolate ice cream and crowned with whipped cream. Served in a brandy snifter for a sip-it-slow sweet finish.

Classic peach Melba: vanilla ice cream crowned with a poached peach half, glossy raspberry-currant sauce, crushed macaroons, and a piped collar of whipped cream. Auguste Escoffier's signature dessert from 1893.

Oreo crumble cake with a crushed cookie base, chocolate-pecan fudge layer, and whipped vanilla ice cream top. A layered frozen dessert that slices like an ice cream cake.

Rhubarb tart with orange glaze layers tart-sweet rhubarb over buttery puff pastry, then gets brushed with a reduced citrus syrup. Two rectangles, one sheet pan, one of the easiest stone-fruit-season desserts going.

Frozen tri-color cake with split angel food layered with chocolate ice cream and raspberry sherbet, frosted in almond whipped cream. No-bake make-ahead dessert.

Creamy frozen peach drink blended with peach ice cream, coconut cream, and soda water, served in a chilled glass with fresh mint. A tropical non-alcoholic treat.

Round Island Hummer is a frozen cocktail blending vanilla ice cream with creme de cacao and creme de almond into a rich, creamy after-dinner drink.

Classic French profiteroles with choux pastry puffs, vanilla ice cream filling, and warm chocolate sauce. Make-ahead dessert that scales for a crowd.

Gross-out Halloween milkshake made with buttermilk, vanilla ice cream, pineapple juice, and brown sugar. Topped with heated milk skin for a slimy mucous effect.

Coffee soda built with chilled double-strength coffee, half and half, coffee ice cream, and a top-up of fizzy soda water. The grown-up float you'd find at a 1950s soda fountain counter.

Flowerpot desserts layer yellow cake, ice cream, and golden meringue in clay pots with real flower stems poking through the top. A showstopping party trick that looks wild and tastes like baked Alaska.

Frozen mocha toffee dessert with coffee-spiked vanilla ice cream and crushed toffee bars in a ladyfinger-lined springform pan, topped with Kahlua whipped cream. No-bake and make-ahead.

Elegant cranberry twist on Peach Melba with poached peach halves, vanilla ice cream, and a pureed cranberry-kirsch sauce. A stunning dinner party dessert served in stemmed glasses.