Ice cream cake & hot chocolate frosting recipes from the ’40s
Ice cream cake with hot chocolate frosting
Yield:
16 servings
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
40 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour
Ingredients
- 1-3/4 cup Presto cake flour
- 1/4 cup butter or shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 egg whites
- Peppermint candy ice cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons boiling water
Instructions
- Sift and measure cake flour. Set aside.
- Cream butter with sugar, vanilla, and almond extract.
- Measure milk and add to the creamed mixture with about 1/2 cup of cake flour.
- Stir smooth after each addition.
- Fold in egg whites beaten stiff.
- When smooth, divide batter in 2 layer cake pans, greased, bottoms lined with waxed paper and the paper greased.
- Bake at 375 (F) for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool.
- If a white edge if desired, rub with finger and roll off the brown crust around the edges only.
- To make the hot chocolate frosting, melt butter, unsweetened chocolate, confectioner's sugar, salt, and vanilla.
- Add 3 tablespoons of boiling water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir smooth after each addition.
- When ready to serve the cake, cover one later with peppermint candy ice cream, or any other desired flavor.
- Top with second layer.
- Pour over this layer the hot chocolate frosting.
- Let run over edges -- do not spread.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
For individual servings, bake in large muffin pans. Bake, cool, split.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 542Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 57mgCarbohydrates: 103gFiber: 2gSugar: 21gProtein: 10g
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