This week’s Sweet Melissa Sundays selection is Guinness Gingerbread. I made a half recipe and baked it in an 8×8-inch pan. The recipe also said to simmer the Guiness in a saucepan. I didn’t do it because I didn’t want to dirty another pan. I don’t know if it affected the outcome.The gingerbread tasted great. Not as good as the Fresh Ginger & Chocolate Gingerbread I made in January, but it was good.
I decided to make Guinness-Milk Chocolate Ice Cream from The Perfect Scoop this week. In high school, I had to read John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. One thing I always remember from the book is beer milkshakes. We giggled over that in class. Anyway, this ice cream makes me think of beer milkshakes and Cannery Row.You can find the recipe for the ice cream HERE.
Thank you to Katie of Katiecakes for selecting this delicious recipe as we bake our way through The Sweet Melissa Baking Book. Please visit her blog for the recipe.
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Both your gingerbread and ice cream look great!
Love the gingerbread + ice cream combo. We were on the same page this week (well different book for the ice cream, I guess!) Now that I know the wonders of beer ice cream I’ll have to try your recipe…
Oh, your gingerbread looks so gooey and beautiful! I can’t believe I forgot to add the oil so mine was a little dry.
Katie xox
Cute idea to match your ice cream to the recipe! Looks delicioussssss, nice way to add a summery touch to a wintery dessert!
Your version looks awesome! I think you did a great job by pairing the gingerbread with the ice cream, I bet it added a nice creamy touch while highlighting the beer undertones.
Photos look great 🙂
I saw that ice cream recipe and immediately thought of you!
Ginger me up, darling. As always, lovely entry.
Ooooh great combo Wendy! I’ve made that ice cream recipe before for my husband and it was a huge hit. Your gingerbread looks perfect!
What a stunning photo! Looks scrummy.
Ice cream is the perfect “go with”. I have Davids book and really need to churn my way through the summer with it. Great pics!!!
The gingerbread and ice cream look great together! I had a Guinness Milkshake at a pub once and it was interesting, to be sure. I like Guinness, but it tasted like a dirt milkshake. But Guiness and ch0colate ice cream sounds much better.
Oh! Boy… this must be soooo good! …gingerbread’s always a winner with me, so made with Guiness and served with ice cream on top of it… wow. What a snack!
That’s it, I am coming over! Looks wonderful! I am especially fond of that ice cream 🙂
Ohhhhh that looks delicious! I am bookmarking 🙂
You know, I’ve been wanting to make that ice cream since I borrowed the book from the library last summer. Thanks for reminding me!! The cake looks super moist and the ice cream…YUM!
I really need to bust out our ice cream maker. What a great dessert!
Glad you liked the gingerbread! I’m so intrigued by the Guiness/gingerbread pairing. And the ice cream looks fabulous!
I adore gingerbread! Can’t wait to try the one with fresh ginger…it reminds me of the Martha Stewart cookies called Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies that are out of this world amazing! Chocolate and ginger, my two favorite flavors, wrapped up in one delicious package. Yum. Also, your tart failure post reminds me of my chocolate “failure cupcakes”, a post I never got around to publishing. You may have inspired me to get it out there!
What a great pairing. Your ice cream and cake look DELISH.
This gingerbread looks so good, especially with the Guinness milk chocolate icecream.
Looks fantastic! And, you are the queen of ice cream!
Looks delicious and the ice cream sounds good, too! 😉
The two look great and delectable. It’s going on my list of things to try. Thanks for sharing!
I love that picture of the ice cream and cake. Perfect!
Oh this sounds great!
Your ice cream was a brilliant addition to this week’s SMS, and your gingerbread seems to have turned out beautifully! Great job. Sorry that I’ve been an absent commenter; I just finished up my law school exams and am finally getting around to my google reader.
Cannery Row is one of my all-time favorite books! Your gingerbread/ice cream combo looks great!
Anything with ice cream is always better! I have the ice cream recipe too but was too pooped to do it. Your combo looks fantastic.
I liked the Dorie recipe better too. Can’t believe you make ice cream with so many of your posts, I still am trying to figure out how you do it all.
Guinness gingerbread sounds great!