French Silk Ice Cream Roll Recipes

FRENCH SILK ICE CREAM ROLL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil or waxed paper; grease with shortening. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/4 cup cocoa, the baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Beat eggs in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored. Pour eggs into large bowl; gradually beat in granulated sugar on low speed. Beat in water and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Gradually mix in flour mixture, beating just until batter is smooth. Pour into pan, spreading batter to corners.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen cake from edges of pan; turn upside down onto towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Carefully remove foil; trim off stiff edges of cake if necessary. While hot, roll cake and towel from narrow end. Cool on wire rack at least 30 minutes.
• Unroll cake, leaving end of cake rolled up; remove towel. Quickly spread ice cream over cake, pushing ice cream up into rolled-up end of cake. Roll up and place seam side down on piece of foil.
• Beat butter, powdered sugar, baking chocolate and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in medium bowl on low speed until blended. Gradually beat in milk until light and fluffy. Frost cake roll with frosting. Sprinkle with additional cocoa. Store covered in freezer.

FRENCH SILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Chill the ice cream bowl for at least 24 hours or until solid. You should not hear any water sloshing around when you shake the bowl.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and granulated sugar until smooth and pale yellow in color.
• Add the milk, cocoa powder, and salt to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the milk to a simmer and then remove from the heat. Be sure not to boil.
• Add about 1/2 cup of the hot milk to the egg and sugar mixture and whisk constantly until combined.
• Then, add the tempered egg mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining hot milk.
• Heat the saucepan on low. Stirring constantly, heat until the base has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon or spatula. This should take a few minutes.
• Strain the mixture into a bowl to remove any pieces of egg that may have cooked.
• Add ⅓ cup of the chopped chocolate, reserving the rest for later. Stir until melted.
• Add the heavy cream and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap making sure to have the plastic wrap touching the surface of the ice cream base. This will help keep it from forming a skin while chilling. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• To make the vanilla mousse, add the softened cream cheese and granulated sugar to a small bowl. Beat until smooth.
• Add the vanilla extract and mix until combined.
• Add the cold heavy cream and beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Churn the ice cream mixture in the bowl of your ice cream machine according to your manufacturer's instructions (mine took about 20 minutes), until it is thick and the consistency of soft-serve ice cream.
• In the last two minutes, add the remaining chopped chocolate and churn until evenly distributed.
• Spoon half the chocolate ice cream into a shallow container or a loaf pan. Dollop half of the vanilla mousse on top of the chocolate and use a knife or skewer to lightly swirl it into the ice cream. Repeat with remaining ice cream and vanilla mousse. Top with additional chocolate chunks if you'd like.
• Press plastic wrap or wax paper to the surface of the ice cream. Freeze for at least 4 hours, or until solid. Let sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes before serving.