Elle's Kitchen: Brennan's Birthday Bombe

My "baby" turned 19 today and I made him

his traditional Birthday Bombe.  It is made

from two of Brennan's favorite food groups ~

brownies & ice cream.

Make a 9" x 13" pan of brownies and

press a small Pyrex bowl (about 7" in diameter)

 into the brownies when cool.  This will mark the

size of the base you will need for the bombe. 

Set aside.

Soften 3 small containers of ice cream.

Crush a Kit Kat and a Butterfinger candy

bar in separate sandwich bags.

Empty a carton of ice cream into a small

bowl and stir to combine since the ice cream

will soften unevenly in the carton.  Then place in

the bottom of the small Pyrex bowl.  Add a layer of

the crushed Butterfinger then another layer of a

 different ice cream, a layer of the Kit Kat and the

final layer of ice cream.

Carefully place the circle of brownie as

the final layer.  Cover with plastic wrap

and freeze for at least 5 hours.

When ready to serve, fill a large bowl with

hot water and submerge small bowl up

to an inch below the rim.  Do not allow the

water to get into the ice cream bowl.

Remove from the warm water bowl and

wipe off water from the exterior of the

bowl.  Run a knife around the edge of the

bowl, then place a plate on the top of the

brownie layer and flip the plate and bowl

over.  Try to remove the bowl, if the contents

do not come out on the plate you can stick

a knife along the inside of the bowl and

move the ice cream and it should then fall

out onto the plate.  Quickly coat the bombe

with Magic Shell, add cherries and sprinkles

on the top.  If this is for a bithday ~ don't

forget the candles!

Here is the birthday boy about to make

a wish.  The bombe is a bit melted in

this photo because we had to run through

2 back gardens so we could celebrate  with

Brennan's 89 year old Grammie.

Brennan begins his college career on Sunday

at Indiana University as a Cox Research

Scholar.  Best wishes for a wonderful year

Brennan!  I'm sure it will be filled with

excitement and wonder.