Six Foot Sundae

By margiekyle

Ingredients

• 1 quart vanilla ice cream
• 1 quart mint chip ice cream
• 1 quart strawberry ice cream
• 2 recipes Dark Chocolate Brownie Bites, recipe follows
• Strawberry Sauce, recipe follows, for drizzling
• Hot Fudge Sauce, recipe follows, for drizzling
• Rainbow sprinkles, for sprinkling
• Canned whipped cream, for topping
• Maraschino cherries, for topping
• Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing the pan
• 4 sticks (2 cups) salted butter
• 10 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 6 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 pounds strawberries, hulled
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups dark cocoa powder
• 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter

Preparation

Step 1

Special equipment: a 6-foot piece of guttering

Several hours before you're ready to assemble the sundae, portion out 12 scoops of each type of ice cream--vanilla, mint chip and strawberry--onto baking sheets (36 scoops total) and freeze them. This will make it much easier to handle.

Line the guttering with heavy-duty aluminum foil.

To assemble, place a layer of Dark Chocolate Brownie Bites in the bottom of the guttering. Top with the ice cream scoops and scatter over more brownie bites. Drizzle with Strawberry Sauce and Hot Fudge Sauce. Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles. Squirt mounds of whipped cream across the sundae and top each mound with a cherry.