How a Philly Home Baker Turned Surviving Cancer Into Sweet SuccessAfter a life-changing diagnosis, self-taught pastry chef Alex George channeled her love of desserts into 650,000 social media followers and a new cookbook. Guided by her sweet tooth and her love of nostalgic treats, the self-taught home baker created @LilyPCrumbs, a social media platform where she documents her whimsical pastries. Reimagining my favorite desserts in other formats is another method — like taking extra curd from a lemon meringue pie and adding it to ice cream to make a lemon meringue Thai ice cream. Place one of the 8-inch blondie squares in the bottom of the parchment-lined pan, flat side facing up, and spread the two pints of softened vanilla ice cream on top. Place the pan in the freezer, uncovered, for 30 minutes so the ice cream can set.