Festive Ice Ring

Name: Festive Ice Ring
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 ice ring.
Ingredients: 5 cups water, divided; Assorted fruit (cranberries, cherries, orange and lemon slices); Mint sprigs

Use this colorful, fruit-filled ice ring from our Test Kitchen to keep your favorite punch cold during a holiday party.

Ingredients

5 cups water, divided
Assorted fruit (cranberries, cherries, orange and lemon slices)
Mint sprigs

Directions

Lightly coat a decorative tube cake pan or gelatin mold with cooking spray; add 1/2 cup of water. Arrange fruit and mint in pan as desired. Freeze until solid.
Gently add remaining water; arrange more fruit and mint as desired. Freeze until ready to use.
To unmold, wrap bottom of solidly frozen mold in a warm towel until loosened, or dip mold in a pan of warm water. Float ice ring, fruit side up, in a bowl of cold punch.

Editor’s Note: If preparation time for the ice ring is short, add all the water to the pan, the arrange the fruit on top. Freeze until solid.

Originally published as Festive Ice Ring & Cube in Taste of Home Christmas Annual 2009

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ajdwyer

Dec 1, 2013

Can also using tea, fruit punch or any kind of juice instead of water so ice ring is not diluted. Other fruit such as peach slices, strawberries, raspberries and/or grapes.