The Knickerbocker Glory consists of vanilla ice cream fresh strawberries whipped cream and a fan waffle and is a true summer classic in the UK.
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How to Make a Classic Recipe for Banana Spilt and Knickerbocker Glory
Serious Mealtimes / Larisa Niedle
With layers of vanilla ice cream fresh strawberries whipped cream and a fanned waffle the knickerbocker glory is a summer classic in ice cream parlours and seaside cafes across the UK. I first encountered the knickerbocker glory in 2019 when I moved to London to study pastry and began an ongoing quest to eat my way through the repertoire of classic British desserts. Although I discovered this sundae on the British side of the Atlantic the name immediately made me think of home. It turns out there was a good reason for that mental connection because this dessert almost certainly has its origins in New York.
In his 1809 History of New York former U.S. ambassador Washington Irving writing under the pen name Diedrich Knickerbocker referred to the descendants of the city's first Dutch settlers as "knickerbockers." This may be why numerous New York buildings businesses and landmarks including a Brooklyn subway station a hotel a neighborhood and of course the city's famous basketball team have adopted this curious moniker. As a New Yorker I was not surprised to learn that a sundae called the "knickerbocker glory" originated not in Britain but in the Big Apple. While the exact history of the knickerbocker glory remains vague it likely dates to the early 20th century. A recipe for a similar dessert called "The Knickerbocker" appears in The Dispenser's Formulary of Soda Water Guide a soda fountain manual published in New York in 1915. With ice cream chocolate syrup raspberries cherries whipped cream and rose extract "served in a tall narrow thin 10-ounce glass" the dish could very well have been the blueprint for the knickerbocker glory that eventually crossed the ocean.
