Birthday Cake White Chocolate Chunk Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Ice Cream

Wow, I know, it’s a mouthful. I woke up this morning determined to whip up some extravagant ice cream recipe to put my ice cream maker to good use! I had some whoopie pies that didn’t quite make it from my Funfetti Whoopie Pie recipe (they spread out in the pan too much) so I sliced them up and saved them to use as mix-ins for whatever ice cream recipe I chose . I also added in some chunks of Lindt coconut white chocolate, just because!

Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Ice Cream

Adapted from Salt and Chocolate

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream
2/3 cup of sugar
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped
Pinch of salt


In a blender or food processor add the sour cream, cream cheese, half and half, sugar, vanilla bean paste and salt. Blend until smooth and then chill in the refrigerator
After the mixture has chilled for an hour or so, start ice cream maker and add the mixture
Mix until ice cream has the consistency of soft serve ice cream, about 25 to 30 minutes. In the last 2 minutes of mixing, add the cake and white chocolate chunks
Remove from ice cream machine canister and transfer to an airtight container. Freeze until firm, at least 3 hours

The batter before freezing

And after freezing

I had to get reallyyyy close up just so you could see the cake and white chocolate mix-ins

 

Tagged: cream cheese, heavy cream, sour cream, white chocolate chips