Ice-Cream Cakes

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Ingredients

6 Canned pear or peach halves, then spoon on

Preparation

LUXURO CAXE: Split spongecake layer into 2 layers. Spread bottom cake layer with favorite ice cream; top with second cake layer. Sprinkle with fruit sugar and salted pecans or almonds. Pass chocolate sauce.

MELBA CAKE: Spoon 1 pt. ice cream onto spongecake layer or square; top with

PARTY ICE-CREAM CAKE: Two days ahead: Press 1 qt. vanilla ice cream into waxed-paper-lined 9" layer pan; freeze. Day ahead: Whip 1 cup heavy cream.

Split 1 9" plain-cake layer into 2 layers- place 1 layer on waxed paper- place ice-cream layer on top; spread with 1/4 cup jelly, jam, or drained canned crushed pineapple; top with second cake layer. Now work quickly: Spread sides of cake with whipped cream; on top, spread thin layer jelly; then decorate cake with whipped cream in pastry tube. Freeze till cream is set- freezer-wrap; freeze. To serve, thaw in refrigerator about 1 hr.

CHOCOLATE RIPPLE: Spoon 1 pt. pistachio ice cream onto chocolate-cake layer; drizzle chocolate sauce over ice cream.

SWEETHEART CAKE: In 2 waxed paper lined heart-shaped layer pans, bake cake made from cake mix. Cool- remove from pans. Press 1 qt. raspberry sherbet into same waxed-paper-lined pans; freeze. Unmold each sherbet layer onto one cake layer; set one on top of other. Freeze-wrap; freeze. To serve, thaw in refrigerator about 1 hr.- then frost sides with 1 pt. heavy cream, whipped.