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When summer rolls around and you find that you’re consuming a lot of popsicles and ice cream, you might get the urge to buy an ice cream maker.
You figure instead of giving all of your money to DQ (guilty!) you should invest in something that allows you to make ice cream at home for a fraction of the cost.
But this next thing I am going to tell you is the best kitchen trick I’ve ever learned – followed by always keeping bananas in the freezer – ready?……
You don’t need an ice cream maker to make ice cream at home!!
Assuming you already have a metal mixing bowl, a can opener, a freezer, a loaf pan and an electric mixer you won’t need to buy anything fancy or special to make ice cream.
And don’t worry if you only have a hand mixer (that’s me! mixing by hand all day everyday!) – your hand mixer will be perfect! Plus I have this whole whipping heavy cream into stiff peaks down to a science.
Here’s my method..
I pour the heavy cream into the chilled metal bowl. Before I turn my hand mixer on I grab my phone and open instagram. Then I turn the hand mixer on and now I’m multitasking! Whipping and answering comments on social media.
This one woman show is hard work :)
Beth’s tips for making no churn mocha almond fudge ice cream
-you’ll need to freeze this ice cream overnight
-we LOVED how coffee-y this ice cream was, definitely stronger than store bought coffee ice cream so adjust the amount of instant coffee accordingly
-to get almonds and fudge throughout the ice cream, I assembled in layers. Add ice cream to the pan loaf then almonds and hot fudge swirls, add more ice cream then almonds and hot fudge, etc.
I created this recipe in partnership with Diamond of California.
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Mocha Almond Fudge Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp instant coffee granules
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup Diamond of California almonds, chopped
- hot fudge
Instructions
- 20-30 minutes before beginning, place a metal mixing bowl and the beaters from the mixer in the freezer to chill.
- Remove the bowl from the freezer.
- Add the heavy cream and instant coffee, using an electric mixer beat the heavy cream into stiff peaks, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in the sweetened condensed milk and mix with a spatula.
- In a loaf pan (or similar pan that can be frozen) add a layer of ice cream then top with chopped almonds and swirls of hot fudge. Repeat the layering 3 times. Use a spoon or small squeeze bottle filled with hot fudge to easily add swirls.
- Top the ice cream with almonds and hot fudge swirls.
- Freezer overnight.
- Once frozen, scoop and serve!
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclosure
All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
Wow this looks delicious! I love these flavours. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy!
OMG! This ice cream sounds absolutely delicious and looks amazing. I haven’t experimented with making homemade ice cream but this recipe sounds easy :)
It is easy, you will love it!!
This is incredible!! Can’t wait to try it!
Aaaaaaaand, my mouth is watering! YUM! I need this this summer!Â
:) :)
When I didn’t have an ice cream maker, I though having it would be an absolutely different story. I’ve been having it for a few years now, and I realized nothing has changed. Yes, this machine helps to save some time, but it doesn’t really influence the taste. You’ve got a delicious (not to mention beautiful) ice cream. Coffee, almonds, and fudge? Yes please! Well done Beth!
Must update my shopping list NOW! What a great treat for the long weekend. One question, can any type of container be used for freezing final product, say a plastic ice cream pail? Yes I will probably be doubling the recipe :)
I think that should work!
How would instant espresso work instead of regular instant coffee?
This is gorgeous! Love the styling.
Thank you Debs!
This looks so amazing!!! But I have a question! Any way this could be made dairy free? We have food allergies in my home, but this just looks so good!!!!
Do you just add the dry coffee granules or dissolve it first?