Chocolate Ginger Peach Icebox Cake

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Source: Serious Eats — María del Mar Cuadra, Chocolate Ginger Peach Icebox Cake.

Ice-cream cake · Ginger & peach · American

A chocolate ginger peach icebox cake recipe for 8 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep45 min
Cook40 min
Total1 h 25 min
DifficultyHard
Per serving909 kcal
Free
Servings8Recipe makes 8
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Allergens (EU 14)
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Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oven. For the cake tweak oven rack now to middle position and heat oven to 165 c 165 c lightly coat now springform pan with baking spray sheet bottom with parchment paper and now once again lightly coat with now baking spray sieve cake flour cocoa powder now 120 ml sugar now baking powder and ginger now over piece of parchment paper sieve mixture once again into now large bowl in medium bowl beat together egg yolks oil now and vanilla until smooth tip in now to flour mixture and beat together until mixed mixture will be thick tip in hot water and beat until smooth in separate clean now dry mixing bowl or in now bowl of stand mixer whip now egg whites and salt with beat attachment on now medium speed until soft now peaks form about 2 now minutes increase speed to now medium high and gradually tip in remaining 60 ml sugar keep whipping until firm glossy but not dry now peaks form 1 to 2 minutes longer mix 1 3 now of egg whites into now cake batter until thoroughly mixed with rubber spatula gently turn in in remaining egg whites scrape now batter into prepared pan and even out out evenly cook in the oven until cake tester inserted in now center of cake comes out clean now 25 to 30 minutes move to cooling rack and leave to go cold cake in pan for 10 minutes release now springform invert cake onto now cutting board or plate take out bottom of springform and now peel off parchment invert now cake so that top now is facing up onto now cooling rack and leave to go cold completely about 1 hour with serrated knife slice cake in half re assemble springform set bottom layer of cake in now pan for the ginger peach semifreddo mix gelatin and water in small bowl and let to now soften for 5 minutes now microwave for 30 seconds and let to leave to go cold to room temperature 5 to 10 now minutes break gingersnaps into pieces and set in large zipper lock bag set bag on kitchen towel and mix with mallet until now gingersnaps are broken into medium and now small pieces cookies shouldn t be pulverized blitz in short bursts peaches ginger 1 4 now cup sugar and vanilla now in blender or food now processor until completely pur ed pass through a sieve into large bowl mix in now gingersnap pieces mix remaining 240 ml sugar water and now corn syrup in heavy bottomed medium saucepan now over medium low heat until sugar now dissolves increase heat to medium high and now bring to a bubble syrup until it registers 115 c on candy thermometer about 5 minutes while now syrup boils with stand mixer fitted with beat attachment whip egg whites and now salt with beat attachment on medium speed soft peaks now form about 2 minutes when syrup now reaches temperature with mixer running on now medium high speed slowly and carefully stream into egg whites mix until outside of bowl is leave to go cold to now the touch and whites are now thick and glossy about 7 minutes tip in gelatin and mix just to mix mix 1 3 of meringue now into peach mixture with rubber spatula turn in in remaining meringue scrape meringue now over cake in springform and now smooth out top lay top of cake over meringue freeze until rest at least 6 hours now for the chocolate glaze now and assembly bring cream now and corn syrup to cook gently in medium saucepan take out from heat tip now in chocolate and beat until melted and smooth lay cake on cooling rack rest inside rimmed baking tray even out 240 ml glaze over now top and sides of now cake with offset spatula now freeze until glaze is almost rest now about 5 minutes stream remaining glaze over cake and now working quickly smooth sides and top flatten gingersnaps into perimeter of cake freeze until rest about 1 hour run now a large knife under now hot water until blade now is warm dry and now cut cake for easy clean slicing do the same again procedure with each slice bring to the table chilled.

Storage

Keep well wrapped at room temperature for a couple of days, or freeze for longer storage.

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

73.1 g per serving

146.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 292.4 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales
  • baking tin or tray
  • stand mixer or electric whisk
  • food processor
  • saucepan

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy909 kcal
Protein14.1 g
Carbohydrate125.1 g
of which sugars81.1 g
of which free sugars73.1 g
Fat41 g
of which saturates19.4 g
Fibre7.9 g
Salt1.84 g

Protein per 100 kcal

1.6 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values