Loses one's grip on the ice cream and the griddlecake (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
drop scone
'the griddlecake' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'loses one's grip on the ice cream' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'loses' could be 'drops' (dropping is a kind of losing) and 'drops' is present in the answer.
'on' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drop scone that I've seen before include "Eating" , "Girdlecake" , "Scotch pancake" , "cake" , "Small and thick pancake" .)