For some, the heralding of the warmer seasons is all about new growth, sunny days and fresh beginnings. For us, it's all about the ice cream.
That's why winter feels like a whole lot of waiting around. If it's too cold to eat ice cream, no one wants to get up from the couch. You know it's true.
Spring ushers in hope and the time to break out our beloved frozen confection is nigh. Ice-cream season is here and the world can start turning again.
Speaking of turning, while ice cream is perfectly satisfactory by the scoop, there is a manner of ways you can turn it into something even better. Prepare to rise.
Image no longer available
We're diving straight in with this ice-cream sundae stuffed with fresh raspberries, peanuts, chocolate fudge and a crunchy-chewy honeycomb. Could this be too much ice cream so early in the season? Never!
Image no longer available
Just in case you had any doubts about how ready you are to go full ice cream immediately, may we present this chocolate brownie/honeycomb/fudge sauce tempter. We just want to burrow straight through the middle.
Image no longer available
We'll pull it slightly back with the inclusion of fruit in this one. Rum flambeed banana cooked in butter, sugar and cinnamon, that is. There's no fruit quite like ice-cream-worthy fruit.
Image no longer available
There is truly no greater friendship than fruit and ice cream, as this mango, coconut and lime celebration cake demonstrates. There's crispy meringue and roasted macadamias squeezed in there too. It's basically summer in a cake.
Image no longer available
The only bad thing about ice-cream cake is having to share it. This is why having your very own strawberry ice-cream cupcake is sheer delight.
Image no longer available
It's fitting that pouring oil into your ice cream mix feels rather odd because the flavour of this olive oil ice-cream cake is out of this world. Repeat, olive oil works in sweets very, very well.
Image no longer available
Ordinarily, we wouldn't include a recipe that merely puts ice cream on the side of the actual recipe. But that's not what's happening with this breakfast-riffing tart. The tart is the maple syrup, the ice cream is the pancakes... perhaps click through to the recipe because this amazing creation is just too hard to explain here. And yes, we are having this for breakfast ASAP.
Image no longer available
Another American classic that's been given an ice-cream makeover and we are here for it. Black coffee and a doughnut in ice-cream sandwich form. Don't mind if we have two!
Image no longer available
Rolling with the ice-cream sandwich theme, but this time it is baklava that's having a moment. It's basically smashing pistachio ice cream between baklava layers. Can you imagine anything better?
Image no longer available
We cannot leave the ice-cream sandwiches without mentioning this passionfruit pavlova number. You know you're onto a winner when you're squashing passionfruit ice cream between two pavs.
Image no longer available
Someone, someday decided to put ice cream into a deep fryer and it was a spark of genius up there with Bell and the telephone. Like bright light at midnight, deep-fried ice-cream shouldn't work, but oh boy, it does.
Image no longer available
Scoops of fried salted caramel ice cream smothered in homemade salted caramel, a creamy, sticky sensation. Thank you Jerry Mai for granting us the big spoon.
Image no longer available
A dessert described as a "mash-up between Turkish delight and ice cream" is always going to make the list. Not only are these timbals pretty as a picture, but they're also pretty darn irresistible.
Image no longer available
You can make your own ice-cream bars. You can! We love these pumpkin pie chocolate bars, but you can make them with whatever you fancy most. We can attest that dunking ice cream into melted chocolate and re-freezing is endlessly satisfying.
Image no longer available
This one is for all the vegans who would never say they miss ice cream, but really do miss ice cream. A mango and coconut ice-cream log is here for you.
Image no longer available
This shortcut kulfi lollies recipe lets you turn a tin of condensed milk into ice cream. How good is that!?
Image no longer available
Parfait is kind of a wannabe ice cream, but we'll allow it. Only because we're obsessed with this coffee parfait with prunes in Armagnac. We've already acknowledged that fruit is ice cream's bestie, but coffee and alcohol are its wicked pals who are up to no good whatsoever. We'll get our coats.
SBS Food is a 24/7 foodie channel for all Australians, with a focus on simple, authentic and everyday food inspiration from cultures everywhere. NSW stream only. Read more about SBS Food
Have a story or comment? Contact Us
