Mini Berry & Fig Ice-Cream Cakes
Butter Velvet
Recipe Information
6
serves:
30 mins
prep time:
1 hr
cook time:
easy
difficulty:
Ingredients:
For the Ice-Cream Cakes:
- 500 ml First Choice Strawberry Velvet, chilled overnight
- 160 g raspberries
- 160 g fresh baby figs, cut into slices and quarters
- 160 g ginger biscuits, crushed
- 70 ml First Choice Butter, melted
- 200 ml cream, whipped
- 18 mini meringues for serving
- fresh mint for garnish
For the mini Meringues:
- 90 g egg whites
- 175 g castor sugar
- 5 ml lemon juice
Preparation method:
For the Ice-Cream Cakes:
- Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted First Choice Butter.
- Lightly oil 6 X 8cm diameter pastry rings and place on a lined baking tray.
- Divide the biscuit mixture between the 6 pastry rings and use the back of a spoon to press the biscuits firmly onto the bottom to make the crust.
- Whip the chilled First Choice Strawberry Velvet with an electric beater on high speed for about 5 minutes to become light and airy.
- Fold in two-thirds of the raspberries (you can halve some of the raspberries) and two-thirds of the figs into the whipped First Choice Strawberry Velvet.
- Spoon this mixture into the pastry rings and fill to the top.
- Freeze overnight.
For the Meringues:
- Preheat the oven to 100°C and line a greased baking tray with baking paper.
- Beat the egg whites and lemon juice until stiff but not dry.
- Add the castor sugar gradually while whisking, making sure it’s incorporated completely.
- Beat until very stiff and shiny.
- Place the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle and pipe small meringues. Bake for 1 hour. Switch off the oven and leave the meringues inside, preferably overnight, until completely cool.
For Serving:
- Remove the ice-cream from the freezer and leave it at room temperature for 5 minutes. Lift the moulds and place on the serving plates – push down the ice-cream onto the plates.
- Top with whipped cream, the rest of the raspberries and figs and lastly add some mini meringues.
- Optional to garnish with fresh mint.