5-minute Ice Cream

Step 3 Eat!

Your ice cream is ready to enjoy!
Eat now if you can't wait, or freeze for firmer texture.

Should there be any leftovers (ha!), they can be frozen for up to a week.

I can't wait to try this with chocolate syrup incorporated!

Comments

[jimmiek]

Good Instructable! Now to figure out what fruits I can use for low-carb ----- the wife and son are on Atkins ;) the Sugar will be substituted with organic Oligofructose (no aftertaste ;) THX, scootchmaroo

[barryjacob]

Very nice, but the fruit (i think) is just for flavor. so you can do it without that, and it would be vanilla

[tkjtkj]

Guys, the frozen fruit is providing not only the flavor, but the 'coldness' !! And the end-point consistency , usually called: texture ... Yummy! PS: without the frozen fruit, you have a beverage!

[Saturn V]

No, you'd have to add some vanilla extract. Otherwise, it's just cream flavored.

[teamcoltra]

 No... without the berries it would be cream flavored. You would have to put vanilla in to make it vanilla. :)

[pudi.dk]

There already is, you'd just have to put more in I suppose.

[komecake]

  Without the fruit, there would be no texture. You would need to use a more neutral fruit, like maybe bananas, to make vanilla. Try a few things and see what happens. :)

[cupcake811]

 I think that is how it freezes.

[dagenius]

the frozen fruit is prob'ly also to make it cold and more like ice cream, and to have vanilla, it would be a good idea to put like a teaspoon of vanilla extract in there.

[Leosmama]

If you want to be healthy AND eat your ice-cream (sorbet, gelato, whatever) too, just blend the frozen fruit. (brown sugar, honey etc. are still sugar just with a 'healthy' nametag) And then for REALLY healthy I add - shredded cabbage!!! : ) Just a small handful of raw shredded cabbage. You need a good blender for that. A bit of lemon for zing, or passion fruit. My 3 year old has not noticed!! I do make sure that he does not see me add the cabbage though! Try it on various people (don't tell them) and see if they notice. Great also for husbands who seem to have a 'no greens' attitude. It's your secret! I won't tell - promise! I also add whatever fruit I have in the kitchen at the time. Bananas that are getting to that 'almost too ripe' stage are great and add a lot of sweetness (again, it's just sugar in a different form if you are worried). If you have too many frozen bananas, freeze them and use for the next ice-cream. I'm getting hungry... time to make more ice-cream. : )

[cnvandev]

 My mother has a very famous recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake; you'd never notice there was a full serving of vegetables in it. I'll also vouch for the bananas tip, my freezer's usually full of frozen bananas that are getting too ripe. You can freeze them for months and put them in milkshakes, smoothies (or this), anything blended is good.

[Leosmama]

would you share that Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe PLEASE? A friends son does not eat veges, but LOVES chocolate - this might be just the thing!! : )

[cnvandev]

Here ya go:

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

2 ½ cups flour
2 cups sugar
½ cups cocoa
3 eggs
2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
 2 teaspoon each vanilla & grated orange peel
1 ½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon each salt & cinnamon
2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini
¾ cups soft butter or margarine
½ cups milk
1 cups chopped pecans or walnuts

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt & cinnamon. Set aside. With a rotary mixer beat together the butter, sugar until smoothly blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in vanilla, orange peel & zucchini. Alternately stir in dry ingredients and milk into zucchini mixture including nuts with last addition.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 10” tube pan or bundt pan. Bake in 350-degree oven for around 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean.

Cool in pan 15 minutes then turn out on a wire rack to cool thoroughly.

Drizzle with glaze.

Glaze: Mix together 2c powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth.

Variation: Substitute 2c banana for zucchini & add 1 teaspoon extra soda.

[Leosmama]

Thank you soooo much - it sounds yummy. Will try it out this week and see if the little vege-avoider will notice, lol! : )

[hishealer]

My mom used to sneak shredded carrot in all kinds of foods when I was growing up.  She would have loved that tip!  *thinks back* Or maybe she did that too...

[Leosmama]

She might have .... lol :)

[mee-mee]

 shreded cabbage!
o.0 
haha
nice...and healthy
i love your instructables scoochmaroo...107 wow

[HeadBanger]

I think I have possibly found the greatest, easiest recipe mankind has ever created.

[samanen]

Awesome!!! Thanks :-)

[robbs]

Looks good and yummy. What can you use in the place of the heavy cream?

[kor421585]

i just made it with fat free half and half - delicious! in fact i use ff half and half for any recipe that calls for cream, such as home made alfredo, so good. enjoy

[miriallen]

My family would like to report: om nom nom nom. strawberries and cream here.

[estefany]

that looks good I want some

[4000happys]

grape ice cream, here i come baby. thanks for this little instructable!

[Leosmama]

mmmh I just had a thought if you froze a good expresso coffee (or strong hot chocolate) as well as the cream and then blend that with some vanilla and sugar....... .....add Baileys or Tia Maria or Rum or hazelnut flavour or, or, or ..... got to go, I have to try this bye ; )

[Knave]

you are a GOD ._.

[wonder4]

very healthy snack! it's good for people who hate eating fruits =}

[Harold]

Not exactly "healthy", due to the high content of sugar (not only the sugar itself, but the raspberries have sugar, too). Make sure to purchase "sugar-free" raspberries -- that is, raspberries without the added sugar -- otherwise it'll just be disgusting (IMO). Good, quick recipe -- but I wouldn't call it ice cream!

[scoochmaroo]

Ha! Except for the half and half and all the sugar. . .. But I do want to try a version with yogurt and splenda or honey as the sweetener!

[Enricommuter]

You have the best instructables, Scoochmaroo!

Instead of splenda, you might try stevia.  It's a natural no-sugar sweetener.  The better brands, such as Kal, have no funny after-taste.  A little goes a long way by itself but it will make other sweeteners such as honey about ten times sweeter.  Everyone should learn about stevia.

[taisvinha]

Cheers from Brazil! I'll serve that to my kids tonight. Tks!

[Tystarr]

Isn't this a little more on the 'sherbert' side?

[bobtooce]

Ice cream, sorbet, sherbert or gelatto. Call it what you will. It's all good. If processed white sugar turns you off, use raw sugar, brown sugar, honey or (imho, yech) Splenda. If heavy cream (imho, yum) is to rich, try 2%, skimmed or soy milk. The less fat content, the less 'creamy' it will be. *Note to Nerds - The faster you can freeze it, the better. If you can get your hands on liquid nitrogen or liquid CO2 or even dry ice, the above mentioned lo-fat alternatives will have smaller crystals and a smoother consistancy. re; Wonder4 - Yes, much healthier. As opposed to juicers, this has the vitamins AND the pulp. re; hackerman664 - You speeled it rite enuf two interstand. Gude job.

[watermelonhead]

yeah, but its still so yummy!

[martialartsmaniac]

I LOVE ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)

[LemonLily]

Cool!