Instead of Peaches & Cream I've got peppermint ice and espresso cream for you. Given that summer is not yet completely over and I was able to restack my peppermint ice cream supply, I made this last summerly Poffee creation.

What you need:

- peppermint ice cream

- cream (liquid, not whipped cream)

 (By the way, why is it both called cream? In Germany this has different names. Eiscreme and Sahne. However...)  

- 1 teaspoon espresso powder

- half a teaspoon of cacao powder

- decoration: mokka beans, coffee chocolate, basically anything you'd like as a topping

How it's done:

I guess I don't have to explain how to get ice cream into a bowl, so let's skip that. You need a mixer to get the cream stiff (I don't know how to say that in English. If I translate the German phrasing directly, it would be 'to beat the cream', but I guess that's even more weird.). When it's slightly fluffy, add the espresso and cacao powder. The first is for the taste, the second for the color. The cream is done when it no longer loses its shape when you pull out the mixer.

Now, put the ice cream and the espresso cream (See? Two times cream; it's confusing...) into the bowl and add the mokka beans or whatever topping you'd like. I guess Oreo cookies or After Eight sticks could be nice. I'm a sucker for espresso chocolate, so I added some of that.

I hope you enjoy the bitter-sweet late summer kiss!

My recommendations:

Use less espresso cream than shown in the picture (I used 100ml). I overdid it a little... Also, if you don't like your cream too bitter, you can try adding some peppermint syrup to sweeten it up. Moreover, don't combine it with chocolate ice cream. The soft peppermint flavor is too weak to stand out against the strong chocolate one; rather use something like stracciatella.

Mokka beans are a funny invention. They're chocolate beans with a soft coffee flavor. I love them.