Bourbon roasted cherries, chunks of fudgey brownies, and a vanilla bean ice cream base make the world go round in this delicious Black Forest Ice Cream recipe!
It’s hoooooooooot.
Like, slap-in-the-face as soon as you walk out the door humid heat.
Typical for Florida, really, but extremely unwelcome. It’s only May! This doesn’t bode well for the actual summer season, I imagine.
I suppose it’s a good thing I received an ice cream attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer last year! I can see it getting put to use over the next few months. Ugh, few, what am I talking about. It won’t cool off until October!
Might as well get started now. How about a twist on a famous German cake in this cold. refreshing, and liquored up Black Forest Ice Cream?
Black forest cake is one of those desserts that I remember from childhood. Being half German, it was something my family indulged in two or three times a year, always made with homemade chocolate cake, and full of delicious oozy black cherry filling.
The whipped cream made it so incredibly light, yet sinful at the same time.
Believe it or not, the idea for this ice cream was born from a batch of over baked brownies.
I mean, really, what do you do with over baked brownies? They’re so crumbly and hard, there’s no way to truly enjoy them without…
Maybe ice cream?
Hello, brainchild. But, I didn’t want it to just be a brownie-flavored ice cream. There was a fresh bag of cherries sitting in the fridge, just waiting to be used for something special, and after racking my brain about what came from the combination, I knew that those little fruits needed to be roasted with some booze and turned in to a frozen dessert.
And what a totally wonderful decision that turned out to be.
For the record, I am now obsessed with roasting all the fruits.
The sugar-bourbon flavor on the cherries caramelize them so beautifully, and tossing them in to my vanilla bean ice cream base and mixing in the crumbled brownie chunks was just the ticket.
It’s almost as good as the cake itself. It’s definitely more refreshing on a crazy hot day.
Better fire up that ice cream maker and stock up on this stuff – summer is coming!
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What is your favorite way to cool down in the hot summer months?
