HEART SHAPED RED RASPBERRY ICE CREAM CAKE WITH RASPBERRY AMARETTO SAUCE
Serves 10 
Preparation Time – 1 hour
Freezing Time – 6 hours or up to 1 week in advance
Thawing Time prior to serving – 30 to 45 minutes
Equipment needed: 9-inch heart-shaped springform pan (You may substitute a 9-inch round springform pan)
INGREDIENTS:
For the cake
½ gallon vanilla ice cream
6 cups red raspberries, frozen
2/3 cup sugar
¼ cup Amaretto Liqueur (Optional)
Approximately 2 dozen Italian style ladyfingers
(Ladyfingers may be purchased at most large grocery stores)
For the sauce
4 cups frozen red raspberries
2 tablespoons Amaretto (Substitute ½ teaspoon almond extract for non alcoholic sauce)
¾ cup of sugar
For garnish
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon almond extract
DIRECTIONS:
1. Prepare springform pan by spraying with cooking spray and then lining with plastic wrap. Let plastic wrap hang over the sides of the pan.
2. Thaw 6 cups frozen raspberries. Remove ice cream from freezer and soften.
3. Stand ladyfingers, cut in length to be flush with top edge of pan, rounded edge at the top, along the sides of the plastic lined pan. Place additional ladyfingers in the bottom of the pan, to cover. Go ahead and squeeze these in tightly to cover bottom of pan, cut them to fit in the small areas.
4. Sprinkle Amaretto over all ladyfingers. Set aside. (Omit this step for non alcoholic cake)
5. Puree raspberries in a food processor with the sugar. Press through a fine sieve into a large bowl.
6. Mix softened ice cream into raspberry puree in large bowl until well mixed
7. Pour ice cream mix into prepared pan with ladyfingers.
8. Freeze cake, covered with plastic wrap, until frozen hard, about 6 hours or up to 1 week.
9. Remove cake from freezer and let soften in refrigerator at least 30 minutes and up to 45 minutes before serving. Remove cake from pan discarding plastic wrap.
10. Whip heavy cream with sugar and almond extract until stiff peaks form. Garnish cake by piping cream along edge of cake with a large piping tip. Top cream with fresh or frozen whole raspberries. You may further decorate center with unsprayed fresh flowers, if desired.
11. Serve cake with sauce. Pass extra sauce at the table.
12. To prepare sauce: In a food processor, puree raspberries with sugar and Amaretto (or almond extract) and force through a fine sieve into a bowl. Sauce may be made ahead, covered and chilled. Makes 1 ½ cups.
13. Serve immediately.
Nutritional Analysis for one serving: 557 calories per serving, 7 grams of Protein, 86 grams of carbohydrates, 21 grams of total fat (13 grams saturated fat), 79 mg of Cholesterol, 264 mg of Sodium
Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission - www.oregon-berries.com
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