Prepare the chocolate Place the chopped chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Make a cornstarch and egg slurry Put the cornstarch and salt together in a medium bowl and whisk to make sure there are no lumps. Slowly whisk in the cream, making sure there are no lumps. To be really sure, reach into the bowl and gently rub out any lumps between your fingers. Stuffed Portobello Mushroom there. Whisk in the egg yolks. Warm the milk In a 3 quart 2. L saucepan over medium heat, whisk the sugar into the milk. Warm for 3 to 5 minutes, until the sugar dissolves, bubbles form around the edges, and the entire sur face of the milk begins to quiver. Turn off the heat. Temper the slurry Pour 1 cup 2. The mixture should come together smoothly, with no lumps. If you see any, add a little more liquid and whisk them out. Pour it back into the pan, counting to 1. Thicken the pudding Turn the heat back on to medium and bring the mixture to a simmer, whisking frequently and vigorously, working all the angles of the pot and scraping the bottom. Continue whisking for about 5 minutes, until the custard becomes very thick and starts to boil, with large bubbles that slowly pop up to the surface. Boil for 2 minutes, whisking constantly. Flavor the pudding Turn off the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Stir the chocolate into the pudding and let sit for 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk gently until the pudding is smooth and glossy and has fully absorbed the chocolate. Chill the pudding Immediately pour the hot pudding into a shallow container. Place plastic wrap or buttered wax paper directly on the surface of the pudding if you dont like pudding skin. Cover and refrigerate. Assemble the Smores icebox cake. Smear a thin layer of custard in the center of a 9 by 1. Cover the bottom with a layer of graham crackers and spread a third of the custard on top of the crackers. Sprinkle a third of the marshmallows over the custard, and torch them lightly with a kitchen torch, until soft and browned. You can also put them under an oven broiler for 4. Repeat twice with an ending of graham crackers. There will be four full layers of crackers, and three of pudding. Warm the marshmallow creme in the microwave or in a saucepan. Pour it over the top of the cake and spread while it is still warm. Refrigerate the cake for at least 2 hours, until the crackers have softened to a cakelike texture test this by inserting a thin knife along the side and bringing up a few crumbs. This cake can be made up to 2. When youre ready to serve, use a kitchen torch or the broiler to brown the top of the cake until its tan and toasty. Recipe reprinted from Bakeless Sweets Pudding, Panna Cotta, Fluff, Icebox Cake, and More No Bake Desserts by Faith Durand Stewart Tabori Chang, 2. See more photos of the recipes in the book at Bakeless Sweets website. Smores Ice Cream Cake. Heat oven to 3. 25F. Crush 8 12 crackers to form fine crumbs break remaining crackers into rectangles. Place cracker crumbs in medium bowl. Add butter and sugar mix well. Press onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan. Bake 1. 2 min. or until lightly browned. Cool completely. Meanwhile, microwave chocolate and COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 to 2 12 min. Let stand 1. 5 min. Spread chocolate mixture over crust. Stand cracker rectangles, top sides facing out, around edge of pan, pressing gently into chocolate mixture to secure. Freeze 2. 0 min. or until filling is firm. Cover with ice cream. Freeze 4 hours or until ice cream layer is very firm. When ready to serve dessert, reserve 2 cups marshmallows. Microwave remaining marshmallows and milk in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min. Cool 1. 0 min. Heat broiler. Place dessert on baking sheet top with melted marshmallow mixture and reserved marshmallows. Broil, 6 inches from heat, 1 min. Remove rim of pan before serving dessert.