Frozen TREATS

From quick family desserts to a chic cocktail, have an ice-cold delight to please everyone

Salted caramel, chocolate and cherry sundaes

Cherry and dark chocolate are the perfect flavour combination.

Serves 6

• Ready in 15 min

75 g dark chocolate (use at least 70% cocoa solids)

18 cherries with stalks

25 g butter

125 ml double cream

1 tbsp caster sugar

500 ml tub salted caramel ice cream Wafers and flaky chocolate bar

1 Melt the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Half-dip the cherries into the chocolate and put aside on baking paper to set.

2 Gently heat the butter, cream and caster sugar in a saucepan until warmed through, stirring until well blended. Stir into the bowl of melted chocolate and remove from the heat.

3 Scoop the ice cream into 6 serving bowls. Pour over the warm sauce. Top with the chocolate-dipped cherries, and decorate with wafers and a sprinkle of chocolate.

Summer berry bombe Alaska

With our simple recipe, this dessert has the wow factor, but doesn’t have to be challenging.

Serves 14 • Ready in 1 hr 15 min, plus freezing

2 × 460 ml tubs strawberry or raspberry ripple ice cream 150 g frozen mixed berries

For the berry sponge:

100 g butter, softened

100 g caster sugar

50 g plain flour

50 g semolina

½ tsp almond essence

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs