Amazing Iced Desserts Tortes Gateaux Terrines and more!

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There are some desserts that make you want to just skip the main meal and head straight to the last course, and any dish that combines delicious ice creams and sherbets with wonderful ingredients such as rich chocolate, crumbly cookies or melt-in-the-mouth meringue, is bound to do just that.

Amazing Iced Desserts contains over 50 fabulous recipes that will soon have friends and family clamoring for second helpings. For special occasions, there are fabulous bombes, tortes, and gateaux, which look stunning and taste divine, but are surprisingly simple to make. Many can be made in advance and require only last-minute assembling on the night -- perfect for easy entertaining.

There are also wonderful, quick ideas for simple, elegant desserts that make the most of clever presentation, Ice cream can be scooped into glasses and topped with a sweet glossy sauce, wrapped in heart-shaped chocolate cases or, mixed with fruit, herbs and spices -- even flowers -- to produce colorful and irresistible results. There are ideas for folding pretty lace pancakes around vibrant cranberry sherbet, filling poached pears with a refreshing water ice, or using a coconut shell as a tropical serving dish for coconut ice cream with mango sauce.

For passionate ice cream lovers, there are suggestions for hot ice cream desserts that are perfect to eat on cold winter days, and refreshing iced drinks brimming with color and flavor that are ideal for outdoor dining on lazy summer afternoons. Or, why not treat yourself to a luxurious breakfast in bed with Ice Cream Croissants with Chocolate Sauce - and see who joins you!

Beautifully photographed, and brimming with irresistible icy creations, amazing iced desserts will appeal to food lovers everywhere.