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Ice Cream Cake

Maria Emmerich
Servings 18
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • CAKE:
  • 3 cup blanched almond flour or 1 cup coconut flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp Redmond Real salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon optional
  • 6 eggs 12 eggs if using coconut flour
  • 1 cup Natural Sweetener or equivalent
  • 3 TBS coconut oil or butter melted
  • 3 TBS unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk 1/2 cup if using coconut flour
  • 1 1/2 cups grated raw zucchini
  • 1 tsp vanilla or other extract like raspberry
  • ICE CREAM LAYER
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tbs coconut oil organic butter if not dairy sensitive
  • 4 tbs SKINNYFat MCT oil *needed to create a smooth ice cream
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or water
  • 4 whole eggs
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 vanilla bean scraped clean or 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup Allulose keeps ice cream soft
  • 1/2 tsp salt *helps keep ice cream soft
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL:
  • 1/2 cup natural peanut butter softened
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
  • 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener or 1 tsp stevia: to desired sweetness
  • CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or coconut oil
  • 1 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate chopped
  • 6 tablespoons heavy cream or full-fat coconut milk
  • 1/4 cup powdered natural sweetener
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Combine almond or coconut flour, salt, cocoa powder, cinnamon and baking soda into medium-sized bowl.
  • Beat eggs and natural sweetener for about 2-3 minutes.
  • Add in melted coconut oil, almond milk and extract to the egg mixture.
  • Grate the zucchini. Squeeze out the water of zucchini if it seems wet, then add to the egg mixture.
  • Stir the wet and dry ingredients together, only stirring enough to combine.
  • Spray 2 8 inch cake pans with coconut oil spray. Pour mixture into the pans and bake about 20-30 minutes, or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • TO MAKE THE ICE CREAM LAYER: In a blender (I used my blendtec), place the coconut oil, MCT oil, eggs, yolks, almond milk/water, vanilla bean seeds (discard the pod), natural sweetener, salt and cocoa powder. Blend until very smooth. Place into ice cream maker and watch the magic happen!
  • Meanwhile, make the peanut butter swirl by combining the peanut butter, coconut oil/butter and natural sweetener in a small bowl. Combine until smooth. Cool in fridge until ice cream is almost done.
  • NOTE: IN THE PHOTO, I DID ANOTHER BATCH OF PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM WITH DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL.
  • Swirl into the ice cream maker for the last 30 seconds.
  • Turn off ice cream maker.
  • While the ice cream is churning make the chocolate coating.
  • Place the butter and chocolate in a double boiler over medium heat (or in a heat safe dish over a pot of boiling water). Stir well until just melted (don’t burn the chocolate!), then add the cream, sweetener, and 1 teaspoon of extract. Stir until smooth and thick. Remove from the heat. Allow to cool in the fridge for a few minutes.
  • TO ASSEMBLE: Once cake is done, allow to cool. Once it's fully cooled, use a knife to loosen around the edge and tip over and pop out the cake. Take a sharp large knife and cut the cake in half. Take cake and stick in the freezer to be assembled whenever ready. Or assemble immediately after this step and then freeze.
  • When ready to assemble, take the one sliced layer of cake and set in the bottom of a pan, (I used springform pan so I could remove the sides and display) After the first cake layer is set in, then scoop ice cream on top and spread. Once the ice cream is level, place the 2nd layer of cake and then add another layer of ice cream to the top. Freeze overnight. Once frozen, add the ganache to the top and put back into the freezer to set. this is just one option of layering. You could also put one cake layer in the bottom of the pan, add all the ice cream in the middle and then add the second cake layer to the top and add ganache on top.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Ice Cream Cake = 494 calories, 35.2g fat, 5g protein, 69g carbs, 2g fiber
"Healthified" Ice Cream Cake = 380 calories, 35.2g fat, 11.3g protein, 9.4g carbs, 4.5g fiber
(82% fat, 10.5% protein, 7.5% carbs)