well, maybe not so much after as it was while I was making it.. in my head.. with a bit of cursing.
It's an individual ice cream cake that I made for my brother's birthday. He loves ice cream cake so I thought it would be great to combine the convenience of a cupcake with his love of ice cream cake.
What I had pictured in my head was much more elegant and chic than what had been produced. I imagined a perfect truncated cone (just imagine a cone with the pointy end cut off) with a thin coating of chocolate ganache. It would have been garnished with a thin border of a crumb mix made from the remnants of cake. But.. no such luck.
The end product looked like more like what Korean's call "Joo Muk Bap," which literally means, "Fist Rice/Food" because it's a ball of riced shaped with your hands. It's then coated with crumbs of dried seaweed and/or toasted sesame seeds.
The following pictures are a result of my attempt at this individual ice cream cakes.
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I used 2 pints of Starucks ice cream: Java Chip and Caramel Macchiato. Both quite yummy.. but only because I love ice cream and coffee. 2 Pints made exactly 12 individual cakes.
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Yeah, didn't quite work. It all ended up sinking to the bottom. =(
I think it'll work if I mix it into a small batch of the batter and do the same thing. The caramel alone is too heavy to hold up in the baking process.
I over filled just a little bit so I trimmed the tops with a round cutter.
I cut the cupcakes in half but I think maybe it might have been ok to leave it too.
Unmolded.. but not as pretty as I had hoped.
Then.. the disastrous ganache glazing. The ice cream was way too soft and I think the glaze was the result of my laziness. I used Nestle semi-sweet chocolate and half and half. When I poured it over the ice cream.. it started breaking. Don't really know what exactly made it do that.
Left over cake crumbled and baked again to get it crispy.
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With coffee ice cream I thought coffee grounds might be a cool twist to add to the crumb.
The result?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDadxcHGCrw05lkWYji94Qn3SMoydVCPM9m5aZYx11dxW70UcZQRY8n15MC2zsGUaKZPk_M44sBGo5OvzH-DxKco8QAeCRSWxSF-gmpLyDXjwR9A0KWesneCQ8uu7V_4ESaomN-_oajGo/s320/Joo+muk.jpg)
Tasted fine but looked a hot mess.
I think it'll work if I mix it into a small batch of the batter and do the same thing. The caramel alone is too heavy to hold up in the baking process.
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The result?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDadxcHGCrw05lkWYji94Qn3SMoydVCPM9m5aZYx11dxW70UcZQRY8n15MC2zsGUaKZPk_M44sBGo5OvzH-DxKco8QAeCRSWxSF-gmpLyDXjwR9A0KWesneCQ8uu7V_4ESaomN-_oajGo/s320/Joo+muk.jpg)
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YES.
ReplyDeletei love that you take pictures throughout the whole process
so i finally get to see pictures of the birthday ice cream cake.
still looks delicious~~~~~~
hahah . your "failures"still loook SOOO mahsheesssuh