Add some ice cream and you have a complete taste of summer right there on your plate. If you don’t want to heat the oven (and thus the whole house), try a chocolate icebox cake reminiscent of cookies and cream ice cream. Speaking of ice cream — and since it is summer and really hot outside — do serve any of these pies or tarts a la mode. Time 1 hour Yields Serves 8 to 12Chocolate Icebox Cake If you like cookies-and-cream ice cream, you’ll love this simple cake. Time 20 minutes Yields Makes 2 quartsLavender ice cream For this lavender ice cream you'll need fresh lavender blossoms and leaves and, of course, an ice cream maker.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 06, 2021 12:56 UTC