Nutty Chocolate And Coffee Ice Cream Cake
- 8 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 tbsp instant coffee granules, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water
- 3/4 cup Viennese almonds, chopped
- 3.5 oz dark chocolate, melted
- 1 tbsp creme de cacao liqueur
- 3.5 oz white chocolate, melted
- 2/3 cup unsalted pistachios, toasted, chopped
- Lightly grease a 7 inch springform pan and line base and sides with parchment paper.
- Divide ice cream into 3 portions. Return 2 portions to freezer. Place remaining portion in a bowl and let stand at room temperature until softened. Fold in coffee and 2/3 of the almonds. Transfer to prepared pan and freeze for 2 hours, or until firm.
- Remove another portion of ice cream from freezer and let soften at room temperature. Fold in dark chocolate then microwave on HIGH (100%) for 1 min. Add liqueur and whisk until smooth. Freeze until almost firm, stirring occasionally.
- Spread almost-frozen chocolate mixture over coffee layer and freeze until firm.
- Soften remaining ice cream at room temperature then fold in white chocolate. Microwave on HIGH (100%) for 1 min then whisk until smooth. Fold in 2/3 of the pistachios then freeze until almost firm, stirring occasionally.
- Spread almost-frozen white chocolate mixture over dark chocolate layer and freeze until firm, at least 2 hours (preferably overnight).
- To serve, turn ice cream cake out onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with remaining almonds and pistachios.
vanilla ice cream, coffee granules, viennese almonds, dark chocolate, crueme de cacao liqueur, white chocolate, unsalted pistachios
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