Ice Cream & Pound Cake Steak and Fries
YES! This is DESSERT. Look closely, and you can see my steak melting (I made it quicker than instructed, and it didn’t set enough. I was also trying to take pictures, which slows down the process). This is a delicious and playful Father’s Day dessert.
Click through for the how-to…
4 plates serves 8 people
For the Steaks:
One 1 1/2 quart cylindrical carton of chocolate ice cream (I did chocolate peanut butter since it’s one of my husband’s favorites)
1/2 cup finely crushed chocolate wafer cookies or Oreos
For the Fries:
2 12-ounce frozen pound cakes, thawed
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam
Making the Steaks:
1. Using a serrated knife, slice the carton and ice cream about 1 1/2 inches thick, dipping the knife in water as needed. Then, cut off the remaining carton.
2. Tightly wrap your first ice cream slap in plastic wrap. Begin to mold the ice cream into the shape of a steak. The warmth of your hand will help make the ice cream easy to mold.
3. Stick the wrapped ice cream back in the freezer for 30 minutes or until firm.
4. Repeat the first three steps to create four steaks.
5. After set and firm, take one of the ice cream steaks from the freezer. Unwrap it and transfer it to parchment paper.
6. Dip a metal skewer in hot water, then press it into the ice cream to create parallel lines mimicking grill marks. Make lines in the opposite direction to form a cross pattern similar to grill marks on a real steak. Keep dipping the skewer in hot water as needed.
7. If the ice cream gets too soft, return it to the freezer until firm.
8. Crush your chocolate wafers or Oreo cookies to a fine crumb and carefully sprinkle the crumbs into the grill marks. Transfer the ice cream steak to a baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes or until firm.
9. Repeat this process with all four ice cream steaks.
Making the Fries:
1. Using a crinkle vegetable cutter (I found mine on Amazon), trip the sides of the pound cake. Next, cut the cake crosswise into 1/4 inch thick slices. If you don’t have a crinkle cutter, you can use a chef knife to create a straighter french fry.
2. Cut each cake slice into strips. Divide between two parchment lined jelly roll baking sheets.
3. Drizzle the pound cake with melted butter. Bake at 350 about 8 minutes or until lightly toasted. You will want to toss half way through. Let them cool slightly before serving.
I didn’t do this, but I would freeze the plate ahead of time to keep your ice cream from melting. Arrange the ice cream steaks, pound cake fries and strawberry jam on plates. Each plate will serve two people…unless you’re really hungry. My husband and the kids all enjoyed this fun, surprise dessert. My sister had ripped this page out of her Food Network Magazine for June of 2012.
I’ve Been Featured:
Yum – lots of fun.
Maureen
Thanks!
This is such a cute idea!!!! love it – thanks for stopping to see me too! I’m going to pin this!
Thanks for pinning it. It was pretty fun to present since it looks so much like the real deal.
So cute!!! Stopping by from Watch out Martha 🙂 Hope you can visit me back!
I had fun looking at your blog. Looks like you got the real deal as far as steaks are concerned. Thanks for dropping by here too.
Freak me out food… I love it. Thanks for sharing this fun recipe on foodie friday.
It was pretty fun to have the whole family do a double take.
This is by far one of the coolest things I have ever saw. How creative! Found you from the Craft Maniac blog hop we both did! I’m your newest follower. Hope you’ll return the favor and follow my blog and/or FB fan page!
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Returned the favor. Looks like you have some yummy stuff going on around there.
That’s awesome. When I saw it in the linky I thought, oh man steak for dessert? What did he get as a main dish? Sneaky and oh so cute!
Thank you. It was pretty fun to create.
Hi. I found your link on TGIF. This “craft” is adorable and the perfect way for us vegetarians to get our meat!!
As long as you are not vegan, it’s perfect. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you’ll come again!
LOVE IT! SO FUN! 🙂 I featured you again this week on Saturday Show & Tell! See you at the party!
Have a great weekend!
Mackenzie 🙂
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Thanks so much, Mackenzie. I’ve linked back. I really appreciate it.
This.Is.Great
So creative and unique!
It was fun to do. Thanks.
That is such a cute idea! 🙂
You will be featured at tomorrow’s {nifty thrifty sunday}! I hope you’ll stop by and grab a button! 😉
xo! Vanessa
Thank you so much for the feature. I have linked back on the post. I’m glad you enjoyed the idea.
My gosh that is just adorable! Thanks for sharing such a yummy idea with us at T4
kim
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I’m definitely going to have to keep this one on file for future use. Thanks for letting me know, I think this one slipped by me back when you originally posted it.
It’s a pretty fun one. I am glad you stopped by!
What a clever idea! I hope it’s alright if I share the picture on my blog, with credit and a link back? Thanks!
Sure – I’d love you to just share the feature picture so they can click through for the tutorial pictures. Thanks for asking!
How long did it take you to make the whole thing?
Hmm – It was a while ago now. I would say 30 minutes. You’ll want to keep your “steak” in the freezer as it will begin to melt. You can also do the “fries” ahead of time. I hope you have a lot of fun with it.