Flower Pot Ice Cream Sundae
By: Patti at Worth ...
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:24pm

Ingredients




1 cup favorite ice cream
1 slice of chocolate cake, or 2 brownies or about 4 chocolate 
tablespoon Optional: 1  Kahlua, 1 Tbsp. chocolate chips, 1 Tbsp. choppe

Preparation

1 Wash out flower pot.  Using a hunk of frozen frosting or one sandwich cookie half, seal the drain hole at the pot bottom. 2 Crush up cake, brownies or chocolate cookies, reserve about 1/4 cup for the top “dirt.”  Press the remaining in the bottom of the pot.  Place in the freezer to set. 3 In a medium bowl, soften the ice cream.   Add any optional ingredients (Kahlua, chocolate chips, nuts) and blend with a spoon until smooth.   Spread the ice cream layer into the pot.  Insert the plastic straw in the middle of the ice cream, cut off top to leave about 1-inch.  Place back in freezer to set (about 15 minutes). 4 Once ice cream is firm, spread the top layer of “dirt” in the pot.  Refreeze.  When ready to serve, add a fresh flower and a few leaves.

About


This tiny treat is just plain cute.  A great step-by-step demo of this project on The Pioneer Woman Cooks! blog got me thinking about the solo slice of leftover chocolate cake in the freezer.  Hey, maybe readers might like a foolproof something to make for Dad’s upcoming day, and I could reinvest that cake slice into tonight’s dessert.
Honestly, you cannot screw this up, and I took fewer steps to reach the same goal as Pioneer Woman.  For example, chunks of frozen frosting on my cake became corks for plugging the flower pot drain holes.  I smashed up the rest of the cake for the “dirt.”  Being as we are DINKs (Double Income, No Kids) I added a grownup splash of Kahlua to soften the ice cream.   Larry thought the overall concept was weird, yet he still enjoyed his flower pot.

Comments:
Helen Pitlick

This is absolutely adorable- I can see some adding some gummy worms for kids or serving this as a clever dessert at a garden party.