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6 of the best... delectable desserts

By Marj Osborne Food Blogger @FoodGoldCoast

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A dessert is the sweet end to any meal. No matter how

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full you are when the meal finishes, most of us can find that little bit of space, if only for a spoonful of dessert.

The store’s retro powder blue and white booths and vintage memorabilia reference not only their father’s bar but also the value of whole food. Their ice cream is made with old school goodness using local Norco Scenic Rim milk with no artificial additives or stabilisers to make their range of over 50 unique ice cream flavours and milk shakes. Their flavours range from dark chocolate and orange ice cream to lemongrass vanilla ice cream with tropical fruit, each dessert plate styled as a Masterchef creation. 3. The Cottage Restaurant Ipswich from 53 reviews. Inspired by a restaurant they fell in love with in Scotland, hospitality veterans Angela and Mark Naoum returned home to Ipswich and bought Darver Cottage, an 1861 heritage-listed building, to house their first restaurant. Three years later, The Cottage Restaurant is recognised as one of the finest restaurants in town. Their bitter-sweet chocolate velouté with beetroot ice cream and candied ginger is a delight, the short biscuity cinnamon a great foil for the not-too-sweet molten chocolate of the velouté, sweet beetroot ice cream and a hit of

We decide to road test the Happy Vegan 2.0 dessert, a handmade churro bowl filled with salted caramel and honeycomb gelato, dark chocolate gelato, vegan milk chocolate, strawberries and an Oreo. It’s unashamedly, decadently, drippingly delicious! Who would have guessed that a vegan dessert could be so much fun! 5. Indian Tadka Augustine Heights from 36 reviews. Although Indian and ice cream are not words we’d automatically put together, kulfi is a delicious traditional Indian dish, denser and creamier than ice cream. Chef Sam Siddharath has been experimenting with Indian fusion cuisine for several years and finally, after more than 15 attempts, he succeeded in making a delicious activated charcoal ice cream. Sam’s charcoal kulfi is rich and creamy with caramelised toffee notes and a slightly grainy texture. It’s a must try cultural experience. 6. Little Mode Cupcakery Ipswich When it comes to cupcakes, Irene McCudden really takes the cake. Not only are her cupcakes pretty, but they’re also the best we’ve tasted. Moist and full of flavour, each cupcake wears its own hat of icing, some with extra decoration on top. “It took me more than six months to perfect the recipe,” Irene tells us as she hands out mini size cupcakes for free to first-time customers. Turkish Delight, Rocky Road, Iced Vovo, Pink Lemonade and Choc Mint are just a few of the 50 flavours Irene has created. Cupcakes can be bought individually with a cup of tea or coffee, or by the box.

1. Homage Grandchester

from 135 reviews. Spicers Hidden Vale resort suffered from the elements when in April 2018, the historic 100-year-old homestead that formed the centerpiece of the resort and the site of Homage Restaurant burnt to the ground. However, fire leads to new life and regrowth, including a rebuild and the use of other dining areas across the property – including a refurbished barn. Fire is now the preferred method of cooking, imbuing flavours impossible to achieve by other methods, including to our dessert: mandarin, marigold, wood-fired slapjack. In a mandarin skin bowl, a chargrilled mandarin half hides a base of butterless mandarin curd. It’s accompanied by a wood-fired flapjack laced with flower syrup, the chef’s play on a crèpe suzette. 2. Ungermann Brothers Ipswich from 71 reviews. When Ben Ungermann finished the finals on Masterchef 2017, he headed back to his hometown. Using the momentum gained from the show, the contestant dubbed “the ice cream king” decided to start a business. Joining up with his brother Danny, Ungermann Brothers was born.

ginger on the side. It’s pure heaven! 4. San Churro Springfield Central from 28 reviews.

If you’re yet to try them, let us recommend churros to you. Made to an authentic Spanish recipe, San Churro cooks their churros fresh to order. Crispy and golden like a long stick of doughnut, the churros are then dusted in cinnamon or icing sugar ready to be filled or served with a choice of dip-cups or extras.