August 27, 2008

TWD: Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte

This week's TWD was chosen by Amy of Food, Family and Fun. The photo in the cookbook is gorgeous. For some reason, I wasn't all that keen on the ganache layer. I decided to make black bean brownies, split them, and use the brownie layers in place of the ganache. The ice cream layer was easy enough: add pureed blackberries to softened vanilla ice cream and a little cream de cassis.

Keeping with my lower sugar lifestyle, I used sugar-free ice cream and didn't add any additional sugar. We found it plenty sweet. If I were to make this again, I would definitely strain out the seeds from the pureed blackberries. They definitely detracted from the overall experience.



My ice cream layer turned out to be a very deep purple - pretty, but not much contrast with the brownie layers. Check out the other TWDers for some beautiful renditions of this tasty dessert.

There wasn't a West End Farmer's Market today due to the annual Cambodian Festival. Oh well, I'll have to make do!

8 comments:

Bungalow Barbara said...

Brownie layers sound delicious. Too bad about the blackberry seed. Bet it still tasted great!

Eleganza Strings/ The DeLadurantey Family said...

WOW! That color of your ice cream is amazing! Just love it!

Nancy/n.o.e said...

I've seen that black bean brownie recipe before - how do you like it? Your torte looks yummy, and I love that you limit the sugar.
Nancy

Lisa magicsprinkles said...

Brownie layer - very creative and very yummy sounding. I also love your site. My house works the same way - I cook, he cleans. I do laundry and he folds. Works out well. Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Yummy! That sounds so good I may have to make one today! Not a fan of bleackberry seeds either (but Chef LOVES them..he says it's the best part of the berry! eh...)

Jaime said...

great idea to try the brownies instead of ganache

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