I heart ice cream

Remember this post:  Can Ice Cream Change Your Life?  And this one:  Infused Vodka?   We've been at it again.  My husband had the brilliant idea to extrapolate our vodka infusing to include bourbon.  He did his thing and made a peach-infused bourbon that is definitely something to write home about.

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Afterwards, we were left with bourbon-infused peaches.  We didn't want to just throw them away.  Originally I thought we could eat them as an after-dinner treat.  But, after tasting one and getting slightly tipsy from it (who knew fruit could absorb SO MUCH liquor), we decided to go in a different direction.  This is where homemade ice cream entered the thought process.  

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I used the same decadent  vanilla custard base as usual.  After much thought, I decided to add in silky, salted caramel,  crunchy, sugared pecans , and the bourbon-infused peaches.  yum, YUM, YUM!  I can't get enough.  I just wish I had made twice ten-times as much.

Hugs to our followers,

LC

Cake Batter Ice Cream

For my daughter's second birthday, I made her an Elmo cake (Super easy using a cake mold!  Thanks Katie!)  The mold uses more than one, but less than two, boxed cake mixes.

Luckily, I had planned ahead and used an egg substitute in the batter.  That way, I could enjoy the batter without the fear of poisoning myself or my soon-to-be son.  I started by swiping my finger across the lip of the bowl to clean it off. 

 ::delicious:: 

Then, I'm a little ashamed to admit that my temptation got the better of me, and I dipped all five fingers into the batter and licked each one in pure bliss.  Then, I pulled myself together and thought about my options.

1.  Grab a spoon, the bowl and You've Got Mail.  Enjoy a guilt-free night with my guilty pleasures (followed by a guilt-filled week of, "Why, oh why, did I eat ALL that cake batter?")

2. Make cupcakes

3. Make cake batter ice cream.

I went with option 3.  At least this option is a more socially acceptable way of eating the cake batter with a spoon.

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I found this recipe for cake batter ice cream and modified it since I had already added oil and water to the cake mix.  I used the recipe to make a yummy custard and then used my ice cream maker to turn it into magic.  I waited to poured the extra cake batter into the frozen custard until the last two minutes of the cycle hoping to create a delicious swirl of batter and custard.  

Unfortunately, a delicious swirl of batter and custard is not what I got.  The custard and batter mixed and neither taste is predominate.  This experiment was a failure! I would have enjoyed the cake batter much better simply from the bowl with a spoon in hand and my eyes fixated on Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks doing their thing. 

On the bright side, I didn't (and won't) eat ALL THAT CAKE BATTER.  And a guilt-free week might make this whole experience worth while.

Hugs to our followers (especially those that can relate, even if they won't admit it, to dipping their whole hand into a delicious batter),

LC

31 Cent Scoop Night

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 Baskin Robbins is hosting its annual 31 Cent Scoop Night to honor America's firefighters.  The company is donating $100,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation™ (NFFF).

The event runs from 5 to 10 p.m.

See you there!

Hugs to our followers,
LC

Can Ice Cream Change Your Life?

I love appliances.  If my house was bigger, I'd have a lot more of them.  In fact, on my wish list is a bread maker and a juicer.  More than my love for appliances is my love of ice cream.  Combine them together and what do you get?  An ice cream maker! Last year, my husband and I bought this one as our anniversary gift to each other.  Not very romantic, but very practical (perfect way to describe me!).  We've tried out a few concoctions such as Chocolate Habanero and Cinnamon Heath Bar.  But last week, I discovered the recipe for the MOST amazing ice cream I've ever eaten (and I eat A LOT of ice cream).  It was Salted Vanilla and Brownie.  I started with the recipe from David Lebovitz, who wrote The Perfect Scoop (currently in my cart at Amazon.com), and made a few modifications (only used half of a vanilla bean, added a dash more salt, accidentally combined steps four and five, and added bites of boxed brownies).  My husband and I sat on the couch gobbling up our bowl and cone (respectively) of ice cream in complete bliss.  About halfway through my cone, I realized I wanted to blog about this experience.  Here is what was left (and then devoured a few seconds later).

The answer to my title question is yes.  Not only will I compare all future ice cream to this one, but this flavor could make me my first million.

So, watch out Ben and Jerry's, Baskin Robbins, and Cold Stone.  I may just take the ice cream world by storm.

Hugs to our followers,

LC