Ice Cream Treats: Easy Ways to Transform Your Favorite Ice Cream into Spectacular Desserts [Hardcover]

Charity Ferreira (Author), Leigh Beisch (Photographer) (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004

Mmmm . . . imagine all that yummy ice cream just waiting to get yummier. All it takes is some store-bought ice cream and this fantastic little book to churn out 65 sweet sensations worthy of dinner parties, birthday celebrations, and unexpectedly fancy treats any day of the week. These cool ideas for layering cakes, filling pies, blending frothy shakes, and stacking sandwiches will have jaws dropping and spoons lifting all around the table. And in the quick-fix category, scoop up some of these scrumptious sundae suggestions -- they rival the best ice cream parlor in town. With beautiful photographs and a neopolitan design, this creamy treat is as easy on the eyes as it is deliciously inspiring.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Food writer and "ice cream person" Ferreira explores the possibilities of store-bought ice cream with recipes ranging from a richly decadent eggnog ice cream torte to an airy raspberry sorbet sandwich with cocoa meringues. While the author admits that ice cream is difficult to improve upon, she maintains that even the subtlest addition—a twist of orange zest, a white chocolate drizzle—can make a big difference. There needn’t be much arm-twisting here—the mouthwatering photography does the dirty work for her. Along with recipes for cakes, inventive shakes and malts, hand-held treats and a variety of toppings, Ferreira offers a buying guide and tips on the basics, such as softening and shaping ice cream. For the reader who wants to try something more daring, the book also contains recipes for homemade ice cream in traditional flavors like coffee, dark chocolate and vanilla bean.
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About the Author

Charity Ferreira is a staff food writer and recipe developer at Sunset Magazine. Her work ahs also appeared in Gourmet , Bon Appetit , and the Los Angeles Times . A graduate of the California Culinary Academy and former pastry chef, she lives in Oakland, California.

Leigh Beisch is a San Francisco-based photographer. Her work has appeared in many magazines, as well as in Olives, Anchovies, and Capers (0-8118-2494-2) and Cooking for the Week (0-8118-2128-5).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811841022
• ISBN-13: 978-0811841023
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star desserts!, May 22, 2006

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A. Case (Troy, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ice Cream Treats: Easy Ways to Transform Your Favorite Ice Cream into Spectacular Desserts (Hardcover)

I bought this book because my husband and I love anything ice cream. A friend of ours loves German chocolate cake so I made the German chocolate ice cream cake and his family loved it. It does take a few hours to make the cakes but the recipes are easy and YUMMY!!!! If you love ice cream then you will love this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mmmmm, March 23, 2009

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Rachel Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ice Cream Treats: Easy Ways to Transform Your Favorite Ice Cream into Spectacular Desserts (Hardcover)

This was bought for me by someone who believed that it was mostly a book of various homemade ice creams. Though there are four listed in the back, this is not the strong suit of the book - I recommend David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop for that - I really enjoy the book, so far. There are several nice recipes, for cakes and other 'ice cream accessories' - I love the idea of a lemon meringue pie with lemon sorbet - cool riff on a baked alaska. There are many good recipes for ice cream sauces.

My only complaint would be that some of the recipes are rather uncreative - espresso milk shake is coffee ice cream, milk, and espresso. Genius.

But those are in the minority. Every ice cream sandwich recipe includes a recipe for some kind of cookie or something. Some of them are the usual, but many of them are really cool. I haven't tried them yet, but the cocoa nib meringues look delicious, especially the way they are pictured with raspberry sorbet.

This is great for ice cream desserts, like they say, but don't look for ice cream recipes here.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrum-Didley-Umptous!, June 26, 2006

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M. L. Rojas (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ice Cream Treats: Easy Ways to Transform Your Favorite Ice Cream into Spectacular Desserts (Hardcover)

I don't know if this is cheating, but I just bought the book yesterday and have not tried anything out of it. HOWEVER, with all the photos and the ingredents listed, I don't think you can go wrong. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves ice cream and desserts.