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Banana Split Ice Cream Cake

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Course Dessert
Servings 10 people

Equipment

  • Ice cream maker
  • Springform pan (25 cm diameter)

Ingredients
  

Banana Bread

  • 1 egg
  • 75 g sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 60 g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 35 g butter
  • 2 bananas
  • 35 g dark chocolate

Vanilla Ice Cream

  • 2 dl whole milk
  • 1 dl sugar
  • 4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 3 dl heavy whipping cream

Chocolate Ice Cream

  • 2 dl whole milk
  • 2 dl sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 1/2 dl unsweetened coca powder
  • 4 dl heavy whipping cream

Strawberry Ice Cream

  • 1 dl whole milk
  • 1/2 dl sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 160 g frozen strawberries (about 2 dl)
  • 1/2 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 1 dl heavy whipping cream

Decoration

  • 50 g dark chocolate

Instructions
 

Banana Bread

  • In a bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, and vanilla to a fluffy mixture
  • Melt the butter and add it to the mixture, stir till even
  • Add the flour and baking powder to the mixture as well, stir till even
  • Mash the banana and chop the chocolate. Add both to the mixture. Stir till even
  • Grease the springform tin with a bit of butter and add the mixture
  • Bake for about 20 min at 175o C in the oven on the lowest shelf
  • Let the banana bottom cool on the kitchen counter while making the ice cream, which takes about 1 1/2 hour. Put it in the fridge to speed up the process

Vanilla Ice Cream

  • In a saucepan, heat the milk and add the sugar and vanilla. Whisk once in a while till the sugar has dissolved
  • Add the egg yolk, while whisking. Add the heavy whipping cream as well. Keep whisking till the mixture hits 76 degrees C. Remove from heat
  • Wait till the mixture is at room temperature again
  • Transfer the mixture to your ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions
  • Save 1/5 of the ice cream for decoration on top of the cake (put it in an airtight container and put it in the fridge for now)
  • Transfer the rest of the ice cream to the springform pan. Make sure that it is evenly distributed
  • Place the springform pan in the freezer till the next batch of ice cream is ready

Chocolate Ice Cream

  • In a saucepan, heat the milk and add the sugar and vanilla. Whisk once in a while till the sugar has dissolved
  • Add the egg yolk, while whisking. Keep whisking till the mixture hits 76 degrees C. Remove from heat
  • Mix the milk and coca powder in a bowl till there are no more lumps of cocoa
  • Add the heavy whipping cream to the mixture as well, stir briefly
  • Wait till the mixture is at room temperature again
  • Transfer the mixture to your ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s
    instructions
  • Transfer the ice cream to the springform pan. Make sure that it is evenly distributed
  • Place the springform pan back in the freezer till the next batch of ice cream is ready

Strawberry Ice Cream

  • In a saucepan, heat the milk and add the sugar and vanilla. Whisk once in a while till the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat
  • Set aside 7 strawberries for the decoration
  • Blend the remaining strawberries and lemon juice in a food processor (or mash with a fork or potato masher, if you prefer a non-smooth ice cream)
  • Transfer the strawberry-mixture to a bowl and add the milk mixture. Stir till even
  • Add the heavy whipping cream and stir briefly
  • Transfer the mixture to your ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s
    instructions
  • Transfer the ice cream to the springform pan. Make sure that it is evenly distributed
  • Place the springform pan back in the freezer till the chocolate is ready to be poured over the cake

Decorating the Cake

  • Melt the chocolate in a water bath and pour it in a piping bag. Pour it in strips over the cake
  • Put the vanilla ice cream set aside for the decoration in a piping bag with a star-shaped icing nozzle and make 7 drops of ice cream. Depending on how long it took to make the cake, the vanilla ice cream might have become hard. In this case, wait till the ice cream has defrosted enough for you to work with
  • Place the strawberries on top of the drops of ice cream
  • Let the cake sit in the freezer over night before serving

Notes

Take the cake out of the freezer about 10 min before serving. Remove the cake from the springform pan after 10 min and put it on a platter.