Sweet Treats
As I mentioned I wanted to make my super mom a super raw dessert for Mother's Day and I figured the best thing to dazzle her with would be an ice cream cake. I also know that my mom likes the following things: berries, french vanilla ice cream, and marzipan. So that's exactly what I did. I made her a marzipan crust vanilla-raspberry ice cream cake. Here was the breakdown (not the best photo, I know, but all I had on hand was my mom's little point and shoot): -1 layer of raw marzipan* -1 layer of vanilla ice cream (a beautiful union between my and Meredith's ice cream recipe) -1 layer of sliced strawberries -1 layer of raspberry sorbet** -1 ring of Heather 's whipped cream (sans lecithin) piped with my snazzy new cake decorator -2 heart shaped strawberry slices *soaked and peeled almonds, agave nectar, almond extract, and salt, Vitamixed **frozen raspberries and a couple frozen bananas, Vitamixed It was wonderful. Even my 90 year old grandmother loved it. She even ...