Secretly healthy birthday cake batter ice cream, with no eggs or dairy!
I had the privilege of babysitting two adorable little girls last night, and I brought my Vitamix.
As a teenager, I didn’t really like babysitting, even though do I love children.
It’s just… after a while, I get to a point where I never want to see another Barbie or play the role of the dad in “House,” can’t stand the show Dragon Tales, and wish the kids would just go to bed already.
(Now I am very sorry for tormenting my own babysitters and never going to sleep for them.)
That being said, I had the rare opportunity (rare because I pretty much stopped babysitting after high school) to babysit for these little angels last night and actually found myself having fun!
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I got the cake batter ice cream (or birthday cake ice cream) idea from my popular Cake Batter Milkshakes.
And last night seemed like a perfect opportunity to try it out, since kids love sprinkles. Plus, kids seem to really love blending things. In any case, it beat watching Dexter’s Laboratory.
The girls adored the cake batter ice cream, which we called “Fairy Dust Ice Cream.”
Did you ever babysit?
When I babysat, the kids often wanted to just watch tv, which made my job easy, but boring. And some of the shows were really awful. Cow and Chicken, Ed Edd and Eddy, Lizzie McGuire, SpongeBob…
(Ok, so I secretly liked SpongeBob.)
Were you good about going to bed for your own babysitters? I was not. But these kids were incredibly good.
I’m already looking forward to spending time with them again. Our next project is to cake batter-ify these Vegan Donuts.
Or, as the girls would say, fairy dust doughnuts!
Cake Batter Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk of choice
- 4 tbsp sweetener of choice
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sprinkles, or homemade sprinkles
- 1/2 cup butter, or coconut, almond, or cashew butter (for no butter, try this Coconut Milk Ice Cream)
Instructions
- *For more cake batter flavor, add 1/4 tsp butter extract, which is surprisingly vegan. If you don’t have an ice cream maker or high-speed blender, see these directions.Whisk ingredients. If you have an ice cream machine, churn according to manufacturer’s instructions for your machine. Or if you have a high-speed blender like a vitamix, pour the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze, then blend the frozen ice cubes until smooth, using the tamper to blend evenly. Eat now, or freeze about an hour for a firm texture. Due to the lack of preservatives, homemade ice cream is best the day it’s made (you can technically freeze up to a month and thaw before consuming).View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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I’m not a great babysitter……..I guess I lack both patience and imagination! hahaha
This ice cream looks fabulous!
I work at a daycare, so I’m pretty much a professional babysitter 🙂 And Dexter’s Laboratory is still on! I don’t know what channel, but one of the channels at work plays a bunch of old cartoons (The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Powerpuff Girls, etc) are played on there. I HATE Dexter’s Laboratory, but unfortunately the kids love it!
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear that lol.
The Jetsons and Flinstones are so much better!
Oh man that looks so good. I used to babysit all the time- it was how I earned money when I was a teenager! 🙂
Love the idea of that ice cream too
That is awesome that you took your vita to babysit.
When I babysit, I try not to let the kids watch too much TV, but sometimes that’s all they want to do. I’ve definitely done some cooking/baking with the kids and that is always fun.
I remember my siblings and I had this one guy babysitter and we would never go to bed for him. One time we finally agreed that if he told us a story about his girlfriend we would got to bed. Not sure why we cared about his girlfriend, strange kids we were (are).
Love this! Oh my goodness!
I never thought to travel with my vitamix anywhere– it is pretty light and packable! I’m SO glad vitamix blender isn’t glass or else that would be bad news 🙂
Mmmm– i’ll have to try this!
I babysit all the time and love it! I have found it helps to play card games or board games with the kids, color, read books, and even watch movies. Really, kids love anything if you are interested in it as well.
Amazing sounding recipe Katie – love the ice cream recipes you come up with! 🙂
I made some coconut ice cream this morning using a similar method and I was so pleasantly surprised at how creamy and ice cream like it came out with no need of an ice cream maker! My only issue was trying to take pictures of it for my blog, it got melty so quickly I had to re freeze it for an hour and try again! I can only imagine in Texas how much harder it must have been to get a great shot, but you definitely managed, it looks awesome!
Oh goodness, yes it’s hard! For the photoshoot, I make the ice cream ahead of time, freeze it again (in ice cream shape), and then shoot really fast! I also do it indoors, in the air con ;).
One time while I was babysitting, one of the kids got electrocuted. She was fine, but freaked out! Weirdly enough, the family asked me to babysit a few more times. I didn’t do it that often, though. I was usually too busy.