Homemade Ice Cream Recipe

Ice Cream Makers - Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Homemade Ice Cream Recipes -
Utensils
Heavy saucepan
Ice cream maker
Ingredients:
8 ounces chopped unsweetened chocolate
4 cups evaporated milk or half & half
2 1/2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 eggs
3 cups heavy cream
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method
Combine chocolate and half & half in a heavy saucepan.
Melt chocolate over moderate heat until melted and smooth (about 5 minutes).
Combine sugar, flour and salt in a small bowl.
Whisk dry ingredients into the melted chocolate slowly and bring to boil.
Turn heat down to moderately low and cook, whisking occasionally.
Whisk eggs briefly in a medium bowl.
Whisk in half of hot chocolate mixture slowly then transfer to the chocolate still in the saucepan.
Cook approx. 5 minutes, until thick, smooth, and steaming.
Remove from heat.
Stir in heavy cream and vanilla.
Leave to cool to room temperature then chill until cold.
Pour into ice cream makers and freeze.
Transfer to container and freeze for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Simple Black Forest Cake Recipe

Cake Recipes - How to Make Black Forest Cake

Simple Cake Recipes

Black Forest Gateau aka Black Forest Cake are English names for the Schwarzwald Torte or Schwarzwald Kirschtorte (literally "Black Forest Cherry Cake") - a type of chocolate cake with cherries and whipped cream.

Black Forest gateau is several layers of chocolate cake, with cherries and whipped cream between each layer - decorated with extra whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings. Traditionally, Kirschwasser - Cherry Brandy - is added but in the USA Black Forest cake is usually made without alcohol. The following is a traditional but simple Black Forest cake recipe.

Ingredients:
265 gms - All-purpose flour
200 ml - Milk
400 gms - Caster sugar
3 Eggs
100 ml - Vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
65 gms - unsweetened Cocoa powder
1 tsp - Vanilla extract
1 tsp - Salt
3 tbsp - Cherry brandy

Filling:120 ml - Thick whipping cream
120 gms - Caster sugar
1 can - Cherries
1/2 tsp - vanilla extract
1 tbsp - Cherry brandy
A pinch of salt

Topping:Thick whipped cream, bittersweet chocolate shavings and maraschino cherries

InstructionsPreheat oven to 175°C.
Grease two 9? baking dishes (round) and place to one aside.
Sift together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Set aside.
Add the mixture, plus sugar, salt, milk, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Mix together well.
Pour batter into greased baking dishes and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Leave the cakes to cool.
When cool, cut each layer horizontally in half in order to pbtain 4 layers in total
Sprinkle Cherry brandy on the layers.

For the filling, whip the cream to stiff peaks in a bowl.
Add vanilla extract, cherry brandy, sugar and salt.
Mix well.
Spread 1/3rd of the filling onto the first layer of the cake.
Spread 1/3rd of the cherries.
Place a 2nd layer on top of this layer
Repeat for three layers.
Place the 4th layer.
Cover sides and top of cake with whipped cream.
Sprinkle chocolate shavings on sides and top of cake.
Place maraschino cherries on top of the cake.

For an alternative Black Forest Cake Recipe with picture of the beautiful Nigella Lawson see - Black Forest Gateau a la Nigella
For a Simple Cookies Recipe see - How to Make Cookies
For How to Make Ice Cream see - Ice Cream Makers
For How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs see How to Make Chocolate Easter Eggs at Home
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