Name: Sand castle ice-cream cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 litre vanilla ice-cream, softened; 1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut; brown and yellow colouring; 12 chocolate sea shells; 1 small flag

Ingredients

3 litre vanilla ice-cream, softened

1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut

brown and yellow colouring

12 chocolate sea shells

1 small flag

Method

1.Press ice-cream into clean, dry 2 litre plastic sand castle bucket; cover with foil, freeze overnight.

2.Dip base of bucket into hot water for a few seconds, invert ice-cream onto foil-covered tray; freeze 3 hours.

3.Meanwhile, place coconut, brown and yellow colouring in small plastic bag; rub colouring into coconut until evenly coloured.

4.Transfer ice-cream to 30cm-round prepared board. Quickly, press coconut all over cake, sprinkle remaining coconut around base of cake; freeze until required.

5.Just before serving, arrange chocolate sea shells around cake and position flag on top of cake.

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