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Strawberry Ice Cream

It’s hot outside…and what is better on a hot summer day than some nice, cold ice cream. Better yet…homemade strawberry ice cream.

My eight year old daughter was baptized a member of our church this past weekend and we celebrated with some family and friends afterwards. Later that night we played on a giant slip and slide and then ate homemade strawberry ice cream while watching a movie outside.

We used the following recipe from Food.com.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Ingredients:

1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and chopped

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 large eggs

1 cup sugar, divided

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Combine strawberries, lemon juice, and 1/4 cup sugar in a mixing bowl, set aside in fridge for 1 hour.

2. In large mixing bowl beat eggs until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

3. Gradually add 3/4 cups sugar, mixing well. Stir in milk and vanilla and mix well.

4. Add strawberries with juice and mix well.

5. Gently stir in whipping cream just until combined.

6. Pour into ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions.

Click on the image below for a printable version of the Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe.

We had a little bit of the ice cream mixture left over that didn’t fit into our ice cream maker, so I poured it into some popsicle molds to make some strawberry ice cream popsicles.

Aren’t those mini strawberries adorable? We have a plant in our yard that produces these mini ones all summer long! They are almost too cute to eat…almost! Want some other refreshing popsicle recipes? Check out these past Idea Room recipes!

Watermelon Popsicles

Fresh Fruit Popsicles

August 5, 2012 · Filed under: Recipes Tagged with homemade ice cream recipes. ice cream recipes, strawberry ice-cream, Summer, treats

Ombre Cake

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My daughter just recently celebrated her 8th birthday with this Ombre Cake. One thing I have always tried to do to make my kids birthdays special is to bake them their very own birthday cake. Now, this has not always happened. Sometimes they are happy with a store bought cake…and that is okay. But when I can, I always prefer to make them a good old fashioned homemade cake just like my mom did for us on our birthdays.

I am always on the search for the perfect birthday cake. So with the recent popularity of Ombre and my new found love of Rosette Cakes, I decided to make her an Ombre cake. And since my daughter loves the color pink…the choice was simple.

The cake is actually pretty easy to make in comparison to a lot of other cakes I have attempted. And the frosting rosettes are not too difficult if you have the right frosting tip and buttercream frosting recipe.

I used our favorite White Cake Recipe and separated the batter into three mixing bowls. I added one red of red food coloring to make the lightest pink cake layer and then added a couple more to the other layers to get the medium pink color and the dark pink color. Then I baked the pink batter in three different 8-inch, round baking pans by following the directions on the recipe.

To see how I made the frosting rosettes you can find that information on my Neapolitan Rosette Cake post. For the Buttercream Frosting I used you can find that link to I am Baker where I got the recipe, on the same Rosette Cake post.

And since I know many of you will ask…the milk bottle is simply a Starbucks bottle. I used some to make these Labeled Bath Jars and saved a couple for fun drink bottles.