Recipe - Best: Banana Split Ice-Cream Cake

4 cup Strawberry ice cream
1/3 cup Chocolate sauce, chilled
4 cup Vanilla ice cream
14 ounce Canned pineapple
4 cup Chocolate ice cream
One half cup Whipping cream
1 tablespoon Icing sugar
1 Banana, cut or sliced up

STRAWBERRY SAUCE
1 One fourth cup Frozen strawberries
3 tablespoon Granulated sugar
One half teaspoon Orange rind, grated
1 tablespoon Orange juice, or water
1 teaspoon Cornstarch

CHOCOLATE SAUCE
1 cup Granulated sugar
Three fourths cup Whipping cream, or
evaporated milk
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Vanilla
pn Salt

Chocolate Sauce: In saucepan, whisk together sugar, shipping cream, cocoa,
vanilla and salt until smooth; cook over medium heat, stirring for 810
minutes or until thickened and smooth. Let cool. [Makes 1One half cups.]

Cake:

Let strawberry ice cream stand at room temperature for about 20 minutes or
until spreadable; pack evenly into 9inch springform pan. Pour chocolate
sauce over top. Freeze for 1520 minutes or until firm.

Meanwhile, let vanilla ice cream stand at room temperature for about 20
minutes or until softened. Meanwhile, drain pineapple and pure in food
processor; mix into vanilla ice cream. Spread over chocolate layer; freeze
for 20 minutes or until firm.

Meanwhile, let chocolate ice cream stand at room temperature for 20 minutes
or until softened; spread over pineapple layer. Freeze for 20 minutes or
until firm.

[Cake can be prepared to this point, covered and stored in freezer for up
to 3 days.]

Strawberry Sauce:

Meanwhile, in small saucepan, stir together strawberries, sugar and orange
rind. Blend orange juice with cornstarch; stir into pan and cook, stirring,
over mediumhigh heat for 78 minutes or until thickened. Refrigerate until
chilled.

Whip cream with icing sugar; spread or pipe over top of cake. Remove side
of pan; garnish with banana and strawberry sauce. Serve immediately.

Source: Canadian Living magazine, Apr 95 Presented in article by Elizabeth
Baird: "Only The Best" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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