It's actually a cross between The Pioneer Woman's Flower Pot Dessert and Domestic Goddess's Flower Cookie Cupcake.

Very pretty and cute yup! I made them for my good friend's sister birthday! His sister, D, is turning 12 tomorrow so I thought of making these very adorable 'birthday' cake. It has icecream, oreo crumbs and a sweet sugar cookie. I hope she likes it!

The entire process was quite fast and easy. I like the sugar cookie recipe I used (adapted from Sweet Melissa Sunday's bakers!) I added more sugar since they reviewed the recipe to be a little bland. I also used rose extract instead of vanilla to the cookie dough so that they not only look but also taste and smell like flowers.

I filled the pots strawberry icecream and pink icing for the cookie based on her favourite flavour and colour :) Happy Birthday to D in advance!!

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ICECREAM CANNOLI. LOL! Haven't you heard of that?? Of course it's possible, it's FABULOUS! :D

The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.

Cannoli are known as Italian-American pastries, although the origin of cannoli dates back to Sicily, specifically Palermo, where it was prepared during Carnevale season, and according to lore, as a symbol of fertility. The cannoli is a fried, tube-shaped pastry shell (usually containing wine) filled with a creamy amalgamation of sweetened ricotta cheese, chocolate, candied fruit or zest, and sometimes nuts. Although not traditional, mascarpone cheese is also widely used, and in fact, makes for an even creamier filling when substituted for part of the ricotta, or by itself.

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Looks like I hadn't got enough of strawberry treats. Actually there weren't many (fruit) options at the supermarket for me either, but I love strawberries, so that's okay! Bringing its flavour into desserts is way easier than other lighter/mildy flavoured fruits :) Besides, I'm deeply in love with their bright, red colour!! It's extremely attractive and since they taste really sweet, it's a bonus :D

So.., did you guess what I made correctly? I'd call it Berries IceCream Cake. IceCream! That's right. I LOVE ICECREAMS. I wouldn't mind living on them for a week =P It consists of an oreo cookie base, strawberries, raspberry swirled icecream and a little blueberries for garnish. If you try it out once, I promise you'll do it again! It's incredibly easy, it can be done within 30minutes (plus a few hours for the freezing time) and quite importantly, it can be made ahead :D (this dessert is a keeper!)

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