Marion Lennox’s Berry Ice Cream Cake
I’m sensing an ice-creamy/cool treat theme with some of our Aussie authors who celebrate Christmas in the middle of their summer, so have a peek at this delicious treat from Marion Lennox! And then enter to win a copy of CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS!
Layered Berry Ice Cream Cake
This is an Extra Christmas Pudding for our family. We start making it a couple of weeks before Christmas, or even earlier if we find good berries, and we keep layering until we run out of room in our Very Large Container. It works with every kind of berry except strawberries. You do need an icecream churn.
Recipe For Each Layer
500 g berries, pureed and sieved
4 eggs
3/4 cup of caster (superfine) sugar
1 cup whipped cream (Don’t use too dense a cream as it makes it a bit heavy)
Cream egg yolks with sugar
Fold in the berry puree
Fold in the cream
Whisk egg whites until stiff. Fold into mixture.
Pour into ice cream maker and churn.
Put into large, cake-shaped container. Cover with cling film and freeze.
Two days later do another layer. And another.
To serve, turn out and decorate with a few berries. If desired, puree additional berries, add sugar to taste and use as a sauce to pour over individual slices.
This cake comes in and out of my freezer for a week or so after Christmas – we’ve made it up to eight layers thick – and it feeds a small army.
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All he wants for Christmas…is her!27 Responses to Marion Lennox’s Berry Ice Cream Cake
Your traditional berry ice cream dessert sounds wonderful! What memories you create along with the treat. I do enjoy your love stories, can’t get enough of them!
Hi Marion,
Your book sounds sweet and I grew up in Southern California with many a warm Christmas (never a White Christmas) so, your Berry Ice Cream cake is a perfect Christmas dessert.
Yummo! Now that’s why I’ve resisted the temptation to buy an ice-cream churn – I’d be making ice-cream all the time (and I wouldn’t stay as slim as you Marion!).
We always have more raspberries than we know what to do with. This sounds like a wonderful way to use them. Of course it will be for a summer treat rather than for Christmas.
Experiencing a different way of life first hand gives you a better appreciation of it and the people. Sounds like a certain executive learns that lesson well in CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS.
I hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and a great 2012.
Marion-thanks for sharing this berry layer cake-sounds lusciously irresistable like the cool William! ms
Coming from a “pom” this looks like a “bonza” recipe. Love the combination of raspberries and cream. Heck anything with cream and raspberries at christmas is bound to taste good. Good luck with the book and have a very merry christmas xxxx
It’s been a very long time since I had an Ice-Cream cake. Delicious!! CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS too.
Ice cream cake oh yummy yummy ! Your books sounds great !!!! Perfect for the holidays!
This looks like a great recipe to enjoy all year round.
The ice cream treat sounds yummy!! Loved the post and can’t wait to read the book.
I love traditions this sounds good thank you for sharing it!
Penney
I could eat ice cream in the dead of winter cuddled under a blanket. There is no wrong time for ice cream!!
Aww what an adorable title.
Both your book and your recipe sounds good. Having Christmas during the sunny time in Australia do you sing the song, “I’m Dreaming of A White Christmas?”
This sounds wonderful… I will have to try it! Thanks for the recipe and Happy Holidays!
This ice cream sounds so good. I really love berries except for store bought strawberries which taste woody to me. I have my own little strawberry patch which I share with the robins. I love that I can buy berries all year round.
I just finished reading this book earlier this month. I always buy too many books especially Christmas stories so this was leftover from last Christmas. I loved William who was so used to having everything his own way that he really had to step out of his comfort zone. Just loved the train station in the middle of nowhere and the interesting cell phone reception.
Hi Marion! Your layered berry ice cream cake sounds delicious and so does CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS.
This ice cream cake sounds great! Christmas with her Boss does too!
Just dragged the ice-cream churn out of the cupboard. This sounds just gorgeous with deep, jewel-like colours. Definitely going to try this one. I wonder why Strawberries don’t work? They don’t in Summer Pudding either. Merry Christmas, Marion.
I was not able to be online much yesterday so missed this. Hope it’s not too late to have a chance for the book CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS — but if so, that’s ok, as I still get to try this ice-cream cake recipe! Ice-cream is good summer, winter, fall! [ and spring too, of course
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I get to have Christmas with my boss too — I work as my husband’s secretary!
This looks like an interesting recipe. I’m not much for ice cream cake but this sounds different. Thanks for sharing the recipe!C Christmas with her boss sounds like a great story.
the recipe looks so yummy, have to try to make, thank ou
Hmmmmmmm, love it! Berries & ice cream & cake – all my favorites!!! Can’t wait to try it! This book sounds like it’s right up my alley & I would love to read it!!!
Wow, what an interesting idea. Ice cream churn, here I come, it sounds just gorgeous. A perfect combo – Christmas story and desert. Double bliss. Merry Christmas!!!
Sounds delish, but sounds like a TON of work!
My ex-fiance’s mom had an ice cream ‘cake’ recipe but it was much easier (for those like me who are uber lazy!). Take your favorite vanilla ice cream, let it start to thaw enough that you can get a spoon easily through it, then get your favorite preserves and mix them together (amounts of ice cream and preserves depend on the size of the pan you use). In a flat cake pan (glass is best), use graham cracker crust (pretty much crushed graham crackers and melted butter) for the bottom, then pour your ice cream/preserves mixture on top. Freeze. When you are ready for dessert, get it out to do a bit of a thaw for around 5 minutes prior to serving. If you want to add fresh fruit on top, or whipped topping, do it just prior to serving!
I have always love ice cream cake. I have never been able to make one. Now that I have a recipe for it, I’m going to make one. Cross your fingers. I hope the cake will turn out right.
Thank you,Marion. The premis sounds just fabulous. I can almost feel Meg’s utter mortification at her slip-up and William’s frustration at having to resort to a ‘wholesome’ family Christmas.
I can’t wait to read your book, CHRISTMAS WITH HER BOSS.
Thanks again. ms