Cassata ice cream

Ingredients
Vanilla ice cream 3 liters
Almond essence 1 tsp
Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
Hot water 2-3 tbsp
Green and red glazed cherries 125gm
Glazed apricots 125gm
glace pineapple 125gm
flaked and roasted almonds 100gm

Method
Line a deep cake tin with foil, let ice cream soften then divide into three portions in different bowls. 
To one almond essence, put the ice cream in the base of the tin and smooth with a spatula, let freeze. 
Mix warm water with cocoa powder and mix in the 2nd bowl of ice cream and beat well and pour over the almond flavored ice cream and let set, when well frozen, add the 3rd portion. 
To the 3rd portion add glazed cherries, pineapples, apricots, flaked almonds and mix in well, pour over 2nd layer and let set till frozen overnight. 
Just before serving, unmold by dipping the bowl of ice cream in warm water, serve immediately.

Cassata ice cream by Zarnak Sidhwa