A knickerbocker glory is a layered ice cream sundae that is served in a large tall conical glass, and to be eaten with a distinctive long spoon, particularly in Great Britain and Ireland.

Layers of these different sweet tastes are alternated in a tall glass and topped with different kinds of syrup, nuts, whipped cream and often a cherry.

[2] The existence of these layers, which create red and white stripes, distinguishes the dish from a tall sundae and lends the knickerbocker glory its name.

During the early 1900s, the hotel was pink-and-cream-colored, and well-known to the denizens of New York.

[5] At some point in the 1920s, the dish was introduced into the United Kingdom, where it attained wide popularity.