This afternoon has been blessedly calm. I was busy all morning, and I didn’t get lunch until an hour later than usual, but things have been mellow this afternoon.

DC and I were watching the Food Network, and we saw a cool multi-layered ice cream dessert on Barefoot Contessa. DC was enthralled, and I thought it looked pretty good too, so I made a small one last night.

What I did: bought a pint of mango-pineapple sorbet and some vanilla ice cream. Then I took a large soup bowl, lined it with plastic wrap, and smooshed the sorbet into the bottom and sides. Then I took a smaller bowl and mashed it into the sorbet to make it a smooth well. Then I froze it for half an hour.

Next, I took out the inner bowl (I had to thaw it a little by putting hot water in), and filled in the bottom and sides with vanilla ice cream, much as I had with sorbet on the previous layer. Then I took a measuring cup (from the set you gave me, Em–thanks!) and smoothed out the indentation. Then I froze it some more and took the measuring cup out.

Finally, I smooshed up some vanilla ice cream with raspberries from our garden, which have been quite prolific lately. I used that to fill in the final well. Now it’s chilling happily in the freezer, just waiting for us to get home and eat it.

Wow, I can’t believe it’s ten till five already. The day has gone fast.