We picked out a range of flavors, including the "grasshopper" (chocolate cake filled with fudge and topped with mint cream-cheese frosting, cake crumbs, chocolate chips and a buttercream rosette) and the "Elvis" (vanilla cake filled and frosted with banana-cream-cheese icing, with a swirl of peanut butter and peanut-butter chips).

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Try the warm Valrhona chocolate cake with malted-milk-ball ice cream.

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The recipe called for a simple yellow cake to be split and filled with a whipped-cream filling stabilized with cornstarch and mixed with canned gooseberries.

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Beat each ice cream occasionally until frozen (Strong alcohol usage will prevent the ice cream from freezing solid.) This presentation is served with sugar-glazed sponge cake with almond flakes.

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For dessert, try coconut invasion (coconut layer cake, mango ice cream and warm chocolate sauce).l La Ripaille--605 Hudson St.

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The best of an array of excellent desserts are the rich, buoyant chocolate mousse and a golden-crusted almond cake, each topped with a generous dollop of dense whipped cream.

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Here, cool young things eat from a brief, weekly-changing menu (vividly green foraged herb soup, almond cake with spruce ice cream) under a vaulted, peeling ceiling.

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