Carrot Cake Ice Cream
Carrot Cake Ice Cream! Everyone loves carrot cake and everyone loves ice cream. So everyone will love this luscious cream cheese ice cream layered with chunks of edible carrot cake batter.
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What’s Unique About This Carrot Cake Ice Cream
I’ll admit it, I’m a person who likes a little carrot cake with my cream cheese frosting. So for this recipe I decided to lead with the cream cheese flavor.
My version of Carrot Cake Ice Cream features a cream cheese frosting ice cream studded with blobs of edible carrot cake batter.
It’s the the carrot cake version of cookie dough ice cream and I love it.
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Ice Cream Ingredients
Carrot Cake Batter Ingredients
Process Photos
See the recipe card for detailed measurements and instructions.
- Pour the warm custard over the cream cheese.
- Add the vanilla and lemon.
- Stir until the cream cheese is melted then chill.
- Melt the butter and add the shredded carrots.
- Saute until the carrots are soft.
- Add the brown sugar.
- Add the currants and walnuts to the carrots.
- Add the sterilized flour.
- Stir to form a batter then chill until firm enough to scoop.
- Gather the cream cheese ice cream, carrot cake dough and a freezer container.
- Spread 1/4 of the ice cream into the container. Scoop carrot batter balls over the ice cream.
- Continue to layer the cream cheese ice cream with balls of carrot cake batter. Free until firm.
Recipe Tips
- It’s very important that you do not skip the step when you microwave the flour for the carrot cake batter. Microwave it long enough to bring it above 165°F. Any bacteria that may have been living in the flour will be killed off at that temperature. This will make the raw carrot cake batter safe to eat.
- The carrot cake batter should be made ahead and chilled until firm. You can form the batter into cookie balls and layer them onto a sheet pan and freeze them
- You can eliminate either the currants or walnuts if you don’t like them. You can also use pecans in place of the walnuts and raisins in place of the currants.
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Carrot Cake Ice Cream Recipe
Everyone loves carrot cake and everyone loves ice cream, so of course everyone will love Carrot Cake Ice Cream
servings
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Ice Cream
- 8 oz whole milk (1 cup)
- 4 oz heavy cream (½ cup)
- 6 oz granulated sugar (¾ cup)
- ½ tsp lemon zest
- 5 egg yolks
- 12 oz cream cheese ( 1 ½ cups)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
Carrot Cake Batter
- 2 ½ oz all purpose flour (1/2 cup (see note))
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 oz unsalted butter
- 6 oz carrots (3 medium, shredded)
- 4 oz brown sugar (½ cup)
- 1 oz currants (2 tablespoons)
- 1 oz walnuts (¼ cup, chopped)
Instructions
Ice Cream
- Combine 8 oz whole milk, 4 oz heavy cream, 6 oz granulated sugar and ½ tsp lemon zest in a small saucepan. Heat the milk mixture over medium high heat until scalding hot.
- While the milk heats up, whisk 5 egg yolks in a small bowl.
- Once the milk mixture is scalding hot pour it into the bowl with the yolks and whisk to combine. Return the entire mixture to the saucepan and heat over medium low heat, stirring constantly.
- Cook the custard until it coats the back of a spatula or wooden spoon. Remove from the heat and strain into a bowl.
- Cut 12 oz cream cheese into 5 or 6 lumps and toss them into the warm custard. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ tsp lemon juice and ¼ teaspoon table salt. Gently whisk until the cream cheese is melted into the base. Cover the bowl and cool until very cold. At least 4-5 hours or over night.
Carrot Cake Batter
- Place 2 ½ oz all purpose flour in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave the flour for 30 seconds. Check the temperature of the flour. It should be at least 165°F. If not, microwave for 10 second increments until the temp is reached. **Do not skip this step. This makes the raw flour safe to eat.2 ½ oz all purpose flour
- Sift the flour with ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ginger and ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg into a small bowl and set aside
- Melt 2 oz unsalted butter in a saucepan. Add 6 oz carrots and saute over medium heat until the carrots are soft, about 6-7 minutes. Turn off heat. Add 4 oz brown sugar and stir until the sugar is melted. Transfer the mixture to a small bowl. Fold in 1 oz currants and 1 oz walnuts. Add the flour and mix to combine. Chill until the ice cream is ready.
- Freeze the ice cream according to the directions for your machine. Scoop 1/4 of the ice cream into a freezer container. Use a spoon to scoop 1" balls of the carrot cake batter and scatter them over over the ice cream. Continue to layer the ice cream with carrot cake balls, ending with a layer of ice cream. Place a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the ice cream. Cover tightly and freeze until firm
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Notes
If measuring the flour by volume use the “dip & sweep” method. That is, dip the measuring cup into the flour bin, overfill it, then sweep away the excess.
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This might be my new favorite ice cream recipe! The swirls of cake batter are perfectly proportioned and tasty! The base is unusual, but good. It reminds me of cream cheese frosting, but lighter.