September starts off right with my birthday! I turned 25 this year...the big quarter-of-a-century. I have a big sweet tooth, so I love birthday treats, but I'm not a big cake fan. As a kid I ate cake but I didn't (usually) eat the frosting. I ate around the frosting. But there are two types of desserts I LOVE: brownies and ice cream cake. I found this Chocolate-Berry Ice Cream Cake recipe in the magazine Everyday Food and decided I wanted it for my birthday. Yes, I know some of you may be thinking, "Why is she making her birthday cake?" Answer: I like to cook and bake so I had no problem making this for myself.
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| Step 1: Bake cake base |
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| Step 2: Add ice cream layer and let it freeze |
The cake had three layers: a chocolate cake base, vanilla ice cream w/ blackberries center, and a raspberry sorbet top layer. It tasted wonderful. Next time I might try strawberry sorbet instead of the raspberry. I enjoy strawberries over raspberries. It was very easy, just time consuming. First you had to bake the cake. Then you add the middle layer and have to let that freeze. Finally you add the sorbet layer on top and have to let that freeze too. Overall the cake was a big success! Even my young nephews enjoyed the treat!
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| The final product! |
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Three layers of deliciousness!
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I received some nice gifts for my birthday. My sister got me a copy of The Good Neighbor Cookbook by Sara Quessenberry and Suzanne Schlosberg for my birthday. I've made one recipe out of her copy of the book so I'm excited to have my own copy (that way I don't have to keep borrowing hers). I'm looking forward trying more of these recipes. Sonny gave me an athletic watch with a heart-rate monitor. I was happy just to receive a more sporty looking watch...the heart-rate monitor was a nice bonus. Now I can keep track of my workouts and various stats. My birthday was a great time with family and brought news of a new job! Best birthday present to date. Now my schedule will be super busy between teaching, band, lessons and the grocery store! Let the chaos begin!
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