This is my ONE non-pumpkin recipe during Pumpkin Week. I’m sure I could have used pumpkin instead of sweet potato like some other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers, but I heart sweet potato and have never baked with it (well, other than the obvious baked sweet potato.)
These were okay. They had a great sweet potato taste–I used Trader Joes organic sweet potato puree–but I felt they needed a bit more spice. The recipe calls for only a pinch of cinnamon.
Every since I read that Sweet Potato Biscuits were the pick for this week, I’ve been wanting to make a shortcake with them. And that’s what I did. I made Buttermilk Ice Cream using a recipe from the October 2009 issue of Bon Appetit and swirled it with a white chocolate-peanut butter ganache (leftover from a cake I made for my niece’s 7th birthday) and chunks of peanut-sesame crunch (from the same cake, which I will write up sometime in the near future). I did Tweet about both the cake and ice cream.
Buttermilk Ice Cream
From Bon Appetit, October 2009
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup cream
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
Combine all ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Chill in refrigerator for a couple hours. Churn in ice cream maker and transfer to container. Freeze until firm, at least 6 hours.
Thanks to Erin of Prudence Pennywise for hosting this week. If you would like the recipe, visit her blog or buy the book.
Pink Stripes 
Super ! I wish I had some of your wonderful icecream too !!!Baci
Wow. You took this to another level – heaven! Well done.
Ohhhhhh! What a dream… buttermilk ice cream on those beautifully textured biscuits! WOW! A royal snack!
I love that you put ice cream on biscuits! YUM!
You biscuits look awesome. Did that sound funny? Anyway, so does that ice cream. Killer!!! Cant wait to see the cake!
what a great idea! i wish my biscuits puffed up!
You never cease to amaze me with your creations. I never, in a million years would have thought to make shortcakes out of these and what a great flavor combination. Yum.
I want a bite (or all) of that. You really took these biscuits to the next level. It looks and sounds absolutely wonderful.
Amazing shortcake! Your biscuits are so tall and rose perfectly!
You discovered the secret to making these taste great — ice cream!! Such a great idea!! It looks amazing!!
Seriously, leave it to you to serve these with ice cream. It looks so delicious! I really liked these biscuits, but then I like most all biscuits! Great job on yours.
Your biscuits look perfect and very flaky!
You’re giving an entirely new definition to the word “leftovers”: white-chocolate peanut butter ganache and peanut-sesame crunch? Incredible.
Yours look like proper biscuits. Mine did not. And whenever I need an ice cream fix, I come here!
YUM – incredible flavor combinations Wendy.
What a great idea! I wish I had saved my leftovers and had ice cream and biscuits for breakfast! Apparently the magical puff fairy visited your kitchen instead of mine — they look great!
Wow, you win for most creative! I just served mine with butter, LOL.
Your shortcakes look divine. I love all things buttermilk and enjoy making ice cream so I can’t wait to try that recipe. Looks pretty easy.
I added a generous 1/4 tsp cinnamon and a few shakes of nutmeg and I think that spiced these up nicely! I love your idea of making them into shortcakes with the ice cream- brilliant!
I had to hurry and pass that last picture with the ice cream over the biscuits..oh mama does that look excellent! Nice!!
There you go again with that ice cream! Man oh man.
And that orange color of your biscuits is killer. Can’t beat that.
ohhh, that looks SO good! I’ll have to try the TJ’s puree!
Oh MY!! This looks amazing – you really out-did yourself!! I loved these so much!
Amazing little dessert you’ve turned these biscuits into!
Ice cream? You? What a big surprise…….
I love buttermilk ice cream, it has such a tangy delicious flavor. And I’ll bet it went really well with the biscuit.
Yum, I love the addition of the buttermilk ice cream!
Your biscuits came out beautifully. And the Ice Cream looks heavenly.
Fantastic job.
mmm ice cream with these sounds delicious!
Wow I’ve never had buttermilk ice cream, must try your recipe. It looks so delicious. question, does the puree have the same amount of sugar as the other canned potatoes? maybe you added extra sugar. Just curious.
AmyRuth
Thanks for the buttermilk ice cream recipe. Very interesting use of sweet potato biscuits.
wow–awesome! now i want to make more biscuits just for ice cream shortcakes!!
Holy yum! Great idea, that looks great!
Oh, great idea, making it into shortcake… and the ice cream… falling over in a dead faint thinking about how good that would be…
Oh they look good with the ice cream! Sweet potato is kind of pumpkin-ish, so you’re not that far off for pumpkin week.
Wow! You’re awesome! Best idea I’ve seen with these. I really felt they should be made for something sweet, not savory. (I did sweet, too, with a cinnamon glaze on top, but your ice cream tops all!)
The ice cream and the biscuits look terrific! I bookmarked that buttermilk ice cream in my copy of Bon Appetit but still haven’t gotten around to trying it yet.
oh, yum, shortcake. i bet that’s delicious!
That combination looks seriously dangerous! I thought the biscuits needed more cinnamon (mine needed more everything, other than sweet potato) and nutmeg.
The biscuits look amazing and then you took it over the top with the buttermilk ice cream–Yum!
I love biscuits (when they’re good). I have never actually made my own because I am worried about failing myself. The sweet potato in this sounds like the perfect touch, it might just be my turn to give these a shot.
Oh, yeah! Great job kicking those biscuits right up!
~ingrid
Yum!!! I love how you often make a complimentary icecream flavour for the recipes.
Great job! I love that you turned them into a shortcake. And the ice cream…absolutely a perfect addition!
These look wonderful and who would have thought of serving them with ice cream…wow, what a great idea! We loved these, I am sure the guys would love them even more with ice cream on them!
your biscuits look incredibly perfect! I love what you did with them
wow WOW wow! These are the best-looking “biscuits” I’ve seen! Love the ice cream flavor and biscuit combination.
These look delicious and I love the ice cream!
“Sweet potato shortcake” – fantastic idea! Sounds yummy. Sorry these biscuits weren’t a big winner for you.
these look DELICIOUS!
Biscuits look perfect, they came out so nice and fluffy. The ice cream sounds fantastic too.