Dessert Hour: recreate the Vanilla Ice Creami Cake recipe from our FQ Summer Soiree

11 November 2023
By Fashion Quarterly

Icy frozen cocktails? The creamiest ice cream? With just the touch of a button, the Ninja™ CREAMi™ Ice Cream Maker works to elevate your next soiree.

The FQ team is wearing Dominique Healy and Meadowlark jewellery. Tablecloth and napkins by Same Time Tomorrow. Crystal coupe and silver coupe from Slow Store. Florals by Kensal. Other props, stylist’s own.

Picture this: velvety gelato, vibrant sorbet, or a bespoke scoop of artisanal ice cream — all effortlessly crafted to enchant your guests. With its versatile functions and boundless flavour possibilities, the Ninja™ CREAMi™ becomes your canvas for culinary creativity. 

The best thing? The options are endless. Whatever you choose to mix in — dark chocolate shards, seasonal fruits, toasted pistachios — you and your guests can watch as each indulgent creation transforms into a sophisticated, one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

Recipe: Vanilla Ice Creami Cake

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon cream cheese
1/3 cup granulated sugar 
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
3/4 cup heavy cream 
1 cup whole milk

Method:

  1. Microwave the cream cheese for 10 seconds.
  2. Add the sugar and vanilla extract to the cream cheese and whisk for about a minute
  3. Slowly mix in the heavy cream and until fully combined and sugar is dissolved
  4. Pour mixture into a cake tin shape of your choice and freeze for 24 hours with lid off
  5. To create a multi-layer cake with multiple flavour layers, freeze each layer for a full 24 hours before pouring on the next layer

The above creates one layer of ice cream cake, double or triple the recipe for a thick cake. Or make two additional separate batches and mix up the flavours – you could easily sub 2 Tbsp of chocolate chips/nuts or berries in place of vanilla bean paste.

Creative direction: Georgia Bramley
Photography: Ruby Jayne Hamilton
Styling: Ophelia Harradine Bayly

 

In association with Shark Ninja. This article was originally published in Fashion Quarterly’s Summer 2025 issue. 

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