Carrot cake Ice cream Attempt #1

As I said here before, I'm on a quest to make the perfect carrot cake ice cream. Thanks to everyone's ideas, here's attempt #1. I think it turned out rather well for the first try!!

In the end, I used salt & straw recipe with some modifications.

I used my own ice cream base: 2 cups of milk, 2 cups of cream, 1/2 cup of sugar and 4 egg yolks, half a tablespoon of vanilla extract.

I made the carrot pudding in the stove rather than in the oven. Added 2 shredded carrots, 3/4 cups of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of water, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (you can add other spices of course), plus 1 tablespoon of salt, everything on a small pot, then let it cook until most of the water had evaporated and the carrots were a beautiful caramel color.

I also made the liquid cheesecake for the drizzle with just 1 cup of cheese cream, 4 tablespoons of sugar, and 3 tablespoons of water.

I didn't add the praline because nuts and especially hazelnuts are hard to get where I live, but I believe it would turn out great with it added. I will try adding some almonds next time, which is what I got available.

Overall, I think it turned out beautifully. My biggest worry was that since it didn't have actual cake in it, it would be less like carrot *cake* ice cream and more like just carrot ice cream. But to my delight it does taste like carrot cake! The spices with the cheese cream immediately make you think of the cake, and the carrots add a wonderful chewy texture. I liked it a lot. Some people who tried it were actually surprised to learn it had no cake in it! That's how much it comes through!

If there's one thing I think I might change in the future is that it turned out a bit too sweet. That might be just my own taste, because everyone else has said it's perfect, but on the next attempt I will definitely reduce the sugar a little. I'm also considering adding gelatin to the cheese cream drizzle, as the original recipe had it. I didn't add it because I thought it might come off more like icing with just the cheese cream and sugar, but now that I'm trying it I'm not in love with the super soft texture.

Other than those details, it turned out amazing. I'm honestly so surprised with the result for it being the very first one. It's all thanks to you guys! 💕 💕 💕