Hey folks. Hope everyone is enjoying their tuesday, er, I mean sunday. Yah, that's it...enjoying their sunday. I know I am late with this one. Normally they post on sunday as the name implies. I just thought it was too silly a subject matter for a 9/11 post so I decided to delay it this week. So here it is in all it's wonderful ice creamy glory.Few weeks left for these posts until they morph into slow cooker sundays. I shall be sad to see them go and will look forward to their return in the spring. I shall still make and post ice cream occasionally over winter. Part of me doesn't want to stop doing these posts. It's one of my faves to do. That and farm fresh fridays are probably my top 2 faves.So since I had more time *scoffs loudly* I thought I'd do two versions of this one. It's sort of spectacularly (that's a word right?!) wonderful so I just had to do it. Mini-me has a very basic taste palette. She tends to like simple things. So most of my ice creams have not appealed to mini-me. So one of these recipes was made for her with her assistance in choosing the ingredient. I wanted to do a candy themed one so we hit walmart for school supplies (my bank account is now sufficiently drained) and made a side trip to the candy aisle. So recipe one is mini-me's ice cream. Recipe two is for the rest of us. I figured I owed her for all the ones she didn't eat. So this post is for mini-me who doesn't eat anything. All the rest were for B who eats everything in massive quantities. Having a 23 year old at home is like cooking for a diner I would think. They are always hungry, they finish every one's plates off, then ask for more. I swear he has a hollow leg. They both do. How can itty bitty little kiddies eat so much? It's the 8th wonder of the world if you ask me.
Mini-me's Cake Batter n Sours Ice Cream:Ingredients:
1 cup whole milk
¾ cup sugar
Pinch of vanilla salt (regular salt is a-okay)
2 cups heavy cream (this is whipping cream is your a Canuck, I have yet to see heavy cream here)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup cake batter
1 and ½ cups sour candy (we used red and blue tangy zangy sours, red is strawberry and blue is raspberry)
Directions:
In your stand mixer combine your whole milk, sugar and salt. Mix until sugar dissolves.
Add your heavy cream and vanilla and cake batter, mix again for a couple minutes.
Cover your bowl (I use tinfoil) and stick it in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
Remove from fridge and transfer ½ the mixture to ice cream maker freezer bowl.
Set the bowl on the machine, turn on and mix for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Add your sours, making sure to add them one or two at a time so they don't clump, and mix for a couple minutes more.
Oddly the color does not bleed so hand mixing with this particular candy is not necessary.
You can serve immediately or stick the bowl in the freezer until ready to eat. Just remember to take it out about 10 minutes before serving.
MINI-ME'S REVIEW OF THIS ICE CREAM- "REALLY GOOD BUT HARD TO EAT CUZ THE CANDY GETS REALLY HARD. BUT REALLY GOOD. BUT REALLY HARD TO EAT. YAH".*mini-me walks off*
M + M Cake Batter Ice Cream:
Ingredients:
1 cup whole milk
¾ cup sugar
Pinch of vanilla salt (regular salt is a-okay)
2 cups heavy cream (this is whipping cream is your a Canuck, I have yet to see heavy cream here)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup cake batter
2 cups M + M candies
Directions:
In your stand mixer combine your whole milk, sugar and salt. Mix until sugar dissolves.
Add your heavy cream and vanilla and cake batter, mix again for a couple minutes.
Cover your bowl (I use tinfoil) and stick it in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.
Remove from fridge and transfer ½ the mixture to ice cream maker freezer bowl.
Set the bowl on the machine, turn on and mix for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Add your M + M's by hand and fold in gently. The color will bleed on this one so you want to do it at the last minute.
You can serve immediately or stick the bowl in the freezer until ready to eat. Just remember to take it out about 10 minutes before serving.
Both ice cream recipes are based on the basic vanilla recipe from Cuisinart. I use that as a jump off point for most of my ice cream creations. I have to say I really loved the m&m one. The pics were oodles of fun to shoot.
So folks, enjoy your week, eat lots of ice cream and if you're having nice warm weather still you should soak up every minute of it. It will be gone soon and replaced by cool weather which leads to cold weather which leads to freezing temperatures which leads to snow which leads to frustration which leads to fright driving anywhere. I need to move to Hawaii....stat! The end is near. I fear winter. Don't make me spend another winter in this cold Canuck land. Someone send help, or at least a snow globe of Hawaii so I can pretend this is not where I live.
Toodles and smoochies. xx
Recipe shared at These Chicks Cooked!
Alida
The ice cream melting picture is fantastic!! I love when ice cream gets just a little melty - so good! Your cake batter ice creams sounds delicious, though I'm partial to M&Ms. Great post!
Dzoli
Yes it is relay artistic..the melting icecrem..so much licking to do with that one.They anyhow look all yummy yummy
Ann
Oh, that was an AMAZING picture! I just love it! I'm not much of a cookie dough person, but I LOVE cake batter...this one is right up my alley! I think I would pick the M&Ms! Stunning photos!
ping
Oh wow!! What a great selection of ice creams! I love the one with the melty ice cream over the glass ... it's a work of art!! I've just started to discover the possibilities of making ice creams of different types even without a proper ice cream machine. I like the idea of the cake batter base ... definitely less ice crystals there I would presume. And thanks for linking me.
the caked crusader
Your ice cream photos are too cruel when I'm sitting here ice cream-less! Love the "melting" photo and that mixed berry sorbet looks divine.
Terri @ that's some good cookin'
Love that picture. Well worth letting the ice cream just to see all of the colors!
Apron Appeal
There are some foods that know no season at my house. If I had an ice cream maker, ice cream would be one of them, another is GRILLING. We do it all year long, even in the dead of winter.
Nami | Just One Cookbook
Ohhh I love how ice cream start to melt but it looks actually pretty!! I hope the cleanup wasn't too bad. =P You have good ice cream recipes here and I will be back next year for recipes!
Adriana
I had never seen such a pretty goblet of colorful, melty ice cream.
Kathy
Sounds so delcious and looks equally wonderful! Ice cream is a big downfall!! What a fun post, thanks!
Lizzy
Oh, you've made so many fabulous ice creams!! But this one with the cake batter, M & Ms and that photo of the rainbow colors dripping from the glass make it my favorite!!!
Pretend Chef
I wanted to lick my screen Willy Wonka style. Yummy!
Rosann
Wow, who knew making ice cream could be so fun and so tasty?! You have me totally craving ice cream right now! YUM! Maybe I'll try to make some with the kiddos on Friday. We always have family movie night on Friday's. I think making ice cream would be a special treat to enhance our tradition. Thanks for the inspiration...
Blessings,
Rosann
Erin
OMG, this post was sheer torture. Those pictures!! Every time I thought one was my favorite, the next one would make my mouth water even more. Can I just say YUMMY!!
Thanks for the calories!
~Erin
Great Beauty Buys
Wow - these pictures are sinful. Now I need to get an ice cream maker. I'm following from VB Friends to Remember. Hope you are having a great week.
Dayna
BigBearswife
I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of those ice creams! and yes I do feel the need to lick that glass!
Ciao Mama's
OK this was like food porn...I am so in the mood for a sweet right now...Following you from vB hope you can come by and visit my site.....Ahhhhh ice creaaaam
Spilled Milkshake
Wow, that was just sheer torture! Those all look so delicious and now I'm going to have to go get some ice cream (I'm not up for making it today, but I am saving your recipes!!)
The pictures are awesome!! I definitely want to lick the melting ice cream.
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kristy
The cake batter looks awesome and sour candies are my favorites!!!
Erin
I might have a new favorite of your ice creams! This cake batter with candy is just amazing!!