Frozen Dessert

Any favorite ice cream can be used in these treats. Both the walnut cookies and the "sandwiches" themselves can be prepared several days in advance.

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 1 1/4hr

This softly set ice cream isn't churned, so you don't need an ice cream maker.

Brandysnaps are popular in Scotland, and lemon curd is a British fixture. Here is a double treat of lemon curd: Some goes into the ice cream; the rest is offered as a sauce.

A luscious caramel-lime sauce makes this dessert a real star.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Kids and adults alike will get a kick out of this tower of ice cream. It makes a spectacular-yet easy-dessert for summer birthday celebration.

Alternating layers of strawberry and white chocolate mousses form stripes in this creamy frozen dessert.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, but requires additional unattended time.

A festive and refreshing dessert.

The vitamin C tablet in this recipe keeps the apple juice from turning brown.

Refreshing peppermint ice cream is sandwiched between the delicate heart-shaped meringues and then served in a pool of rich fudge sauce.

The contrasting colors of mango and boysenberry are lovely. If you like, serve the sorbets in frozen "mango boats," made by scooping out the centers of halved mangoes and freezing the shells.

As Italian restaurants continue to grow in popularity, so does tiramisù. We updated this dessert made of triple cream cheese from Italy (mascarpone), ladyfingers, espresso and cocoa powder by adding nuts and tangerine juice and serving it frozen.