Ice Cream Cakes...

Continuing with the chilly theme...I have for you...Ice cream cakes! No, not the cake baked in a cone we all know and love. Actual cakes made with ice cream.

Observe...

Ice cream my friends, is simply a combination of eggs, sugar and some kinda fat.


Cake, is simply a combination of eggs, sugar, some kinda fat and flour. So how does one make a cake using ice cream? Simply add some self-raising flour to your favourite ice cream of course :D




I chose Hagen-Daz Dulce de Leche ice cream because it's rather tasty.

Simply let it melt, scooped out 6 tablespoons of the lovely stuff, added 6 tablespoons of self-raising flour, mixed it all together (ate a bit) scooped it into cases, baked for 15 minutes and tudaah! Cupcakes made from ice cream :D The easiest cupcakes to bake, ever. No creaming, no egg cracking, just a tub of ice cream and a bag o' flour.














And the best part is you get to lick the bowl and the ice cream tub...

Iced with a tasty honey flavoured buttercream

Enjoy!

On the Run in the Costa del Sol...

Sun, Sea and Ice Cream Cakes!

'Ice Cream Cakes?!' I hear you cry! Yes...ice cream cakes. In a bid to fool those cunning cupcake army troops I have masqueraded my cakes in the form of ice creams! They now lurk inside cones hiding underneath a mound of Vanilla meringue icing topped off with a Flake/Sprinkles/Cherry for extra camouflage.

Approach with caution, and don't tell Mr.Whippy...

Still thinking...'But they're ice creams?!' Well my friends, let me tell ye a tale.

A simple but delicious cupcake mix is born but, as all cupcake cups are currently under surveillance, the mixture is instead placed inside a flat bottomed cone where it sits undetected by the Cupcake Army. These cones are then baked in...The Oven, a magical place where every cupcake mix aspires to end up where they can evolve into a beautiful little Cupcake.

Under the watchful eyes (Fan) of The Oven, the secret cone mix rises within its little coney house and awaits further instruction. Meanwhile, The Kitchen Aid (creator of all delicious cupcake mixes) beats up (in a loving way) the new and top secret meringue based icing which is then transferred to the glorious Piping Bag and piped upon the Cupcake Cone. Still looking a little naked, each undercover cupcake is then given a rather flash accessory being a flake, sprinkle or cherry to completely throw the Cupcake Army. Let's just hope they don't notice their lack of melting under extreme heat...

So there you have it! The Ice Cream...that's not actually an ice cream, Cake!