This is a real treat and rich too

Christmas only comes once a year (thank goodness) but isn't it nice to eat something very different, something you've never had before.  So for Christmas last year I made two different cakes.  The top picture is the Chocolate Mousse (without the horns) and although it looks a little different to the one at Taste it was still very nice.  So instead of re-writing out the recipe just go to Taste 

We served ours with Mango Sorbet and didn't make up the mascapone mix

The ice-cream cake can't find the recipe so from memory... 

2litres vanila ice cream

300ml ordinary cream
1 pkt ginger nuts
2 punnets  strawberrys
1 punnet cranberries or tinned berries
2x 250g dark chocolate
1/2 cup of Brandy

Partly thaw the ice cream until it is stiff to stir

Melt one bar of chocolate and add the cream

slowly fold into the ice cream

Fold in the brandy

Blend up the ginger nuts, chop the cranberries, lightly blend the strawberries and mix the three together carefully and then fold into the ice cream

Line (bottom and sides) a 4litre S/S bowl with glad wrap

Spoon the mixture into the container with the gladwrap. Cover the bottom with glad wrap and place back in the freezer.

On the day of serving

Melt the remaining bar of chocolate, chop up some strawberries

Wipe a hot chux over the outside of the S/S bowl until the ice cream drops out.

Remove the gladwrap

Then with a flexable spatula ice the outside of the ice cream with the melted chocolate. This is not as easy as it sounds but perserver

Add the chopped strawberries and a couple of mint leaves for decoration and a fresh minty smell

For a winter effect dust the cake with icing sugar and serve

So that is it.  Enjoy

Next day go to the Gym