Peppermint Ice Cream Cake
1st Layer:
1/3 lbs graham cracker crumbs
1 cup chopped nuts
Spread crumbs in 9x13 pan and sprinkle nuts on top of crumbs.
2nd Layer:
1 cup butter - divided
3 squares bitter chocolate
4 cups powdered sugar
1 t vanilla
Dash salt
6 egg yolks *
6 egg whites – beat stiff
Melt chocolate in microwave with ¼ cup butter. Beat in mixer with the rest of the butter, sugar, vanilla and salt (dough will be quite thick at this point). Add egg yolks. Gently fold in egg whites. Spread evenly over the 1st layer and put in freezer until hard.
3rd Layer:
2 quarts peppermint ice cream
Soften a little and spread over frozen chocolate mixture. Drizzle with chocolate if you like. Freeze until serving time.
Serves 20
Illustrated Directions (for those of us who are visual learners):
Make your crumbs in your blender - I chop my nuts here too!
Nuts can be coarse in texture.
Beat the whites while the chocolate is melting and set them aside.
Add the melted chocolate. Notice that I didn't bother to clean the leftover egg whites out of the mixing bowl. Just leave them there.
Before you add the yolks the mixture is very thick.
Fold in the whites very carefully to keep them light and fluffy.
Pour mixture over the crumb/nut base and freeze until hard.
Scoop ice cream on top of frozen base and then let it soften until it can be spread evenly.
"Limited Edition". This is still in stores! Go buy 3 cartons now (1 1/2 for the recipe and the rest for leisure eating). This also makes a pretty and yummy Valentine's treat!
The child closest to age 10 in your family can drizzle the chocolate (we used Hersey's syrup).
Nuts can be coarse in texture.
Beat the whites while the chocolate is melting and set them aside.
Add the melted chocolate. Notice that I didn't bother to clean the leftover egg whites out of the mixing bowl. Just leave them there.
Before you add the yolks the mixture is very thick.
Fold in the whites very carefully to keep them light and fluffy.
Pour mixture over the crumb/nut base and freeze until hard.
Scoop ice cream on top of frozen base and then let it soften until it can be spread evenly.
"Limited Edition". This is still in stores! Go buy 3 cartons now (1 1/2 for the recipe and the rest for leisure eating). This also makes a pretty and yummy Valentine's treat!
The child closest to age 10 in your family can drizzle the chocolate (we used Hersey's syrup).
* Because this contains raw eggs you will want to warn any pregnant ladies or super old people and give them a bowl of peppermint ice cream instead.
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