Try this Black Forest Ice Cream: Chocolate, cherries, and cream in plant-based and frozen form

Last Updated January 31, 2018

Black Forest is a classic cake flavor highlighting chocolate, cherries, and cream.

This is our take on it in frozen dessert, plant-based, Vitamix recipe form.

It’s beautiful, it’s tasty, and it’ll make you far less guilty than eating a whole slice of cake.

Make the family a pint of this black forest ice cream tonight, they’ll be singing your praises!

What do you wanna call this one?

Lenny: “I got some great pictures. What should we call this?”

Shalva: “Black Forest Ice Cream”

L: “Hahaha, what? Are you saying that ironically?”

S: “Have you never heard of black forest cake???”

L: “Guess not…”

You could say that one of us is a baked goods connoisseur while the other is, well, clueless. Lenny is a pretty good sport when I drag him to bakeries, but cake is cake is cake to him.

Me, on the other hand, I can tell the difference between dark chocolate and devil’s food.

So when I was thinking what kind of ice cream flavor I wanted to make, plain chocolate wasn’t going to do the trick.

I wanted something special. Something with fresh summer fruit (but still chocolatey because that really is the only flavor Lenny gets excited about).

I was led in the direction of the black forest flavor profile and veganized from there.

This ice cream is rich, decadent, textured, and (although still a treat) is much better for you than traditional ice cream (or cake!).

Make a batch and post a picture (#lifeisNOYOKE), it’s pretty easy to make this one a personal masterpiece.

Recipe

Black Forest Ice Cream Print RecipePin Recipe Yield: 1 pint

You're needed for: 10 minutes

10 minutes Until it's done: 01h 10min

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Shalva Gale

Homecoming A classic flavor recreated as a plant-based nice cream. Bananas, Cherries, Cocoa Powder, Coconut Cream, Coconut Milk, Dark Chocolate, Maple Syrup, Ingredients: coconut milk (frozen in cubes) - 1 cup (240 mL)

dark chocolate - 2 oz.

cherries (pitted) - 12 whole

coconut cream - 1 cup (240 mL)

bananas (peeled & frozen) - 2 whole

maple syrup - 2 Tbsp. (30 mL)

ice - 2 cups (434 g)

cocoa powder - 2 Tbsp. (10 g) Instructions: PREP Freeze coconut milk into ice cube trays overnight Next day: melt chocolate and let cool Over a double boiler Or microwaving in 30 sec increments Wash and pit 12 cherries BLEND #1 Add coconut cream, coconut milk cubes, bananas, maple and 1 cup ice to container Blend on high pushing ingredients into blade from corners with the tamper Pour half of the mixture into a pan BLEND #2 Add the dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and another cup of ice (217 g) to the remaining mixture Blend on high pushing ingredients into blade from corners with the tamper Pour into same pan and swirl mixtures together (leave 2 distinct colors) CHERRIES Smash cherries Use an 8 oz container and pulse 5-10 times Use a fork to mash Add to the 2 colored pan and swirl into mixture Freeze for 30-60 minutes (do not over-freeze) If not serving at that time, pre-portion servings and store in freezer Take out to thaw 5-10 min before serving Enjoy! Useful tips for Black Forest Ice Cream Get the cherries into bite-sized pieces, you don't want jam. Swirl them together so you can see the brown, white, and red seperately. Pin Recipe