This is a simple ice cream but the decoration is next level and will really impress any fan of this tasty cake.
In a large heat proof bowl, combine 6 Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes and a warm simple ice cream base. Mix to combine. The cakes should disintegrate easily if the mixture is hot. You can strain the mixture to break up any clumps.
Chill in refrigerator until very cold, at least two hours and up to 6. Occasionally stirring the mixture in the refrigerator will help cool it down faster.
Procure some tree shaped silicone cake molds. Many craft stores and holiday baking stores will have a mold like this.
Churn the ice cream, and scoop into a piping bag with a medium tip. Pipe ice cream into silicone molds and use a cake spatula or knife to flatten the tops. Place in freezer for 6 or more hours. Once fully frozen, remove ice cream from molds and return to freezer on a parchment lined pan or cutting board.
Make the white chocolate magic shell. Melt xx g white chocolate with 85 g refined coconut oil. Unrefined oil will have a coconut flavor, but also works.
Microwave chocolate and coconut oil for 30 seconds. Stir and microwave for another 30 seconds. Stir and keep microwaving at 15 second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted.
Pour chocolate into small bowl that’s deep enough to submerge an entire tree.
Using wooden skewers, pierce the bottom of the tree and insert it deep enough to hold the tree securely Dip tree in white chocolate and allow it to drip off any excess chocolate while sprinkling with green dusting sugar. The chocolate will set quickly so don’t waste any time after dipping. Remove the skewer and put into the freezer on a piece of parchment.
Once all the trees are dipped, melt some red candy melts and put it in a piping bag with a small tip. One at a time, pipe wavy lines onto the tree and return to freezer immediately.
Allow a few hours to harden up again before enjoying.
Christmas Tree Cakes ice Cream
Equipment
- 2 silicone tree cake molds, about 12 trees total
- 1 ice cream maker
- 1 piping bag with medium tip
- 1 cake spatula
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- 2 tsp corn syrup or glucose syrup
- 6 Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes
- 300 g white chocolate
- 1 container green sugar sprinkles
- 1 cup red candy melts
- 85 g refined coconut oil
Instructions
- Make a simple ice cream base. In a medium pot combine 1 3/4 cup whole milk, 1 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp corn syrup or glucose syrup and 1/4 tsp xanthan gum. Heat until all sugars dissolve and small bubbles start forming on side of the pan. You do not need to boil the milk, just get it hot.
- While hot, pour liquid over 6 Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes in a large heat safe bowl.
- Stir until cakes disintegrate into the liquid. Use a strainer to remove any lumps if needed. Chill in refrigerator until very cold, at least two hours.
- Churn in an ice cream maker.
- Spoon ice cream into tree shaped silicone molds or use a piping bag with a large tip. Smooth over tops with a cake spatula or knife and place in freezer for 6 hours minimum to harden up.
- Once fully hardened, remove trees from molds, placing on a piece of parchment in the freezer.
- Make the white chocolate shell. Combine 300 grams of white chocolate and 85 g unrefined coconut oil in a small microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and back in the microwave for another 30 seconds. Stir and microwave for 15 seconds increments until the chocolate is fully melted.
- Pour melted chocolate into a small bowl that is deep enough to fully submerge the tree.
- Use a wooden skewer to pierce the bottom of the tree, deep enough to hold it securely while dipping it into the chocolate, fully submerging it.
- While the excess drips off, quickly shake some green sugar sprinkles onto the top side of the tree. Remove wooden skewer and place back on parchment in the freezer to fully set.
- After covering all trees in chocolate, melt 1/2 cup of red candy melts and place in a piping bag with a small tip.
- One by one, take tree out of freezer and pipe wavy lines like those on the original cakes. Return to freezer to set.
- Allow a few hours to fully harden again before enjoying!
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