Carrot Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl
Creamy homemade carrot cake ice cream with cream cheese frosting swirls throughout. Your favorite Springtime cake, reinvented into a flavorful frozen treat!
Prep Time15mins
Total Time1d
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Ice cream
Servings: 4plus
Ingredients
Ice cream:
1 1/2Cwhole milk
1 1/2Cheavy cream
1/2Cfinely shredded carrots
1/4Cgranulated sugar
2/3Clight brown sugar
1/8tspsalt
3/4tspvanilla extract
1/2tspcinnamon
5egg yolks
Frosting:
2ozcream cheesesoftened
1Tbunsalted butter
1/2Cpowdered sugar
1/4tspvanilla extract
1Tbheavy cream
Instructions
Add finely shredded carrots and whole milk to a blender. Process until completely smooth.
Pour 1 cup heavy cream and vanilla into a large bowl, with a mesh strainer set on top. Set aside.
Add contents of blender, remaining 1/2 cup heavy cream, sugar, cinnamon and salt to a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks.
When milk mixture begins to steam, remove 1 cup warm liquid and slowly drizzle into egg yolks while whisking continuously. Pour mixture back into small saucepan and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon or rubber spatula.
Pour hot liquid through the mesh strainer into reserved heavy cream. Stir to combine. Cool over an ice bath to room temperature. Cover and chill thoroughly.
Churn ice cream according to manufacturer's directions.
Meanwhile, prepare frosting. In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar, followed by heavy cream. Transfer mixture to a piping bag or plastic storage bag with the end snipped off.
Transfer ice cream to a freezer safe container, adding streaks of frosting throughout. Freeze until firm, 4-6 hours or overnight.
Notes
Recipe serves 4-6, yields 1 quart. An original recipe from Baked by Rachel