Queen Elizabeth II sitting at a desk

One Popular Dessert At Buckingham Palace Was A Decadent Coffee

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By KATHRYN STEANE

Queen Elizabeth II was a fan of coffee. According to Darren McGrady, her personal chef for 15 years, coffee played a leading role in a decadent treat she liked sharing with guests.
McGrady shared with Coffee Friend, "At banquets when the Queen was entertaining, the most popular dessert on the menu often was an ice cream bombe."
An ice cream bombe is essentially ice cream molded into a dome shape using a bowl lined with plastic wrap, often with a layer of sponge cake or pie crust acting as a base.
He continued, "We did a bombe glacée coppelia, which was coffee ice cream filled with praline and decorated with whipped cream and liquor coffee beans."
The Queen also had a customized version, named Bombe Glacée Princesse Elizabeth, in her honor. It was made with strawberries grown specifically by palace staff inside a hothouse.