The Daring Bakers challenge for this month is a flourless chocolate cake and ice cream.
The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy of WMPE’s blog and Dharm of Dad ~ Baker & Chef.
We have chosen a Chocolate Valentino cake by Chef Wan; a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Dharm and a Vanilla Ice Cream recipe from Wendy as the challenge. You can find the recipes on their blogs.
Although the hosts suggested vanilla ice cream, we had the option of making any flavor. I’ve made vanilla ice cream countless times, so I decided to make Coffee Ice Cream {and yes, I used it in this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie selection too 😛 }. The ice cream recipe comes from David Lebovitz’s The Perfect Scoop and you can find it here.
For me, the star was the ice cream. The texture and taste were perfect. As for the cake, I didn’t like the texture. It was too soft and light. As for taste, I felt it was missing something. Maybe salt? I halved the recipe and used Guittard semi-sweet chocolate.
Pink Stripes 
That icecream looks really good 🙂 Sorry that the cake didn’t meet your favour tho 😦
It look wonderful, coffee ice cream sounds perfect!
I agree, it was all about the ice cream for me too.
David is getting good press with this challenge!
Too bad about the cake – it’s interesting what you said about the texture.
I love coffee ice cream, so that’s a must try for me!
Coffee ice cream is always a winner for me. Great choice! Sorry you weren’t a big fan of the cake though – at least there’s still the ice cream 🙂
I love the pairing of coffee with chocolate, especially something as creamy as coffee ice cream! Everything looks delicious.
Chocolate cake and coffee ice cream is a perfect pairing! I’m sorry you didn’t care for the cake. It does look scrumptious, though.
I’m sorry the cake didn’t turn out quite the way you’d hoped. My cake was very dense and rich. I accidentally underbaked it and then put it in the fridge to firm up. I’m glad you at least enjoyed the ice cream. =)
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I’m sorry you didn’t love the cake– mine didn’t quite turn out either, although it was definitley through my own error. Your coffee ice cream looks delicious though– I wish I had an ice cream maker.
the ice cream was my favorite part of the challenge too! that coffee ice cream sounds great
That ice cream sounds amazing!!!! Beautiful.
Your ice cream is great ! I enjoied making it too !
Your cake and ice cream look fabulous! I used a recipe from the perfect scoop too and it was fantastic – I think I need this book! 🙂
Your ice cream sounds so good, I love coffee flavored ice cream. Nice presentation!
A salted caramel sauce would have gone well with this, wouldn’t it. Your cake looks good.
I didnt really love the cake either – maybe it was salt that it was missing? I have awarded you ablog award http://weetreatsbytammy.blogspot.com/2009/03/baking-for-hospice.html
Mmmmm…..I bet the coffee ice cream was amazing with this cake! Nice work!
AH! ha… great minds think alike! Coffee!
Would you happen to be like me? I can’t drink a drop of coffee without having terrible insomnia… but anything coffee flavored, totaly rings my bell!!!
Anywho… this is obviously, to me… the best combination!
Perfect, Pinkstripe!
great minds think alike! the coffee ice cream was great, wasn’t it?
Gorgeous flavour combination!
Well, at least there was a consolation prize (the ice cream). I liked the ice cream more than the cake too.