Ice Cream Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 175 g caster sugar
• 175 g butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 175 g self-raising flour (maida)
• 75 g cocoa powder
• 150 ml milk
• 500 ml vanilla ice cream or 500 ml strawberry ice cream
• 1 pinch salt
• 125 g frozen cherries
• 125 g chocolate
• 60 ml golden syrup
• 15 ml fresh cream
• 65 ml whipped cream
• 8 glace cherries

Recipe

• 1 beat eggs in a bowl, one at a time, until light and fluffy.
• 2 now in the same bowl, cream together the castor sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
• 3 in another bowl, sift together the flour, salt and cocoa powder.
• 4 fold these sifted dry ingredients alternating with milk, a little at a time, into the egg-sugar mixture ensuring that it mixes well.
• 5 pour the prepared mixture into a greased(with butter) 2 litre decorative ring mould.
• 6 smoothen the surface(if a ring mould is not on hand you may use a 2.3 litre bowl and keep a straight-sided glass open end up in the middle of the bowl. grease both and pour the mixture around the glass).
• 7 microwave at 100 % high power level for 6-8 minutes. allow it to stand for 10 minutes.
• 8 using a knife loosen the cake around the edges and turn out onto a cooling rack.
• 9 now, cut out the bottom quarter of the cake and keep aside.
• 10 scoop out the centre of the cake using a clean spoon.
• 11 transfer the cake to a freezer and let it freeze for an hour until firm.
• 12 now, grab hold of a bowl and put the ice cream in it. microwave for 1 minute on low power level(30%).
• 13 add cherries to the microwaved ice cream and mix well.
• 14 fold this ice cream and cherries mixture into the scooped out portion of the cake in the centre.
• 15 add the bottom quarter of the cake that was kept aside and turn the cake over.
• 16 again, keep it in the freezer.
• 17 break the plain chocolate in a small bowl with your fingers.
• 18 microwave on medium power level for 4 minutes.
• 19 add syrup and cream to this and mix well.
• 20 spoon this mixture over the cake and freeze it.
• 21 garnish with whipped cream and cherries right before you serve the cake.
• 22 slice, serve and smile :).