Creamy delicious lightly chocolate ice cream with a swirl of cream cheese frosting. If you like red velvet cake you are going to love this pink velvet ice cream.
Super creamy ice cream with a swirl of cream cheese frosting. This pink ice cream has a hint of buttermilk, a bit of cocoa and lots of yummm. It is perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day.
This recipe was originally shared in 2016. At the time MiMi had an ice cream maker but I didn’t.
I got a new ice cream maker for Christmas, so I’ve been having fun updating her old posts. It gives me a chance to take new pictures and add printable recipe cards for your convenience.
Plus it means we get to eat lots of yummy homemade ice cream. I am hearing no complaints about that part from my taste testers!
MiMi’s original post from 2016:
With Valentine’s Day approaching it appeared that red velvet cake was all over the internet. I suddenly came across a recipe from the Cookie Rookie for a red velvet cake ice cream.
Since I love creating new ice cream recipes in my kitchen, I knew this would be one I just had to try. I have been experimenting with a new ice cream base so I changed up her recipe a little to work for me.
I also decided I liked the idea of making it pink. I added a little more cocoa and a neon pink food color gel.
This ice cream was a great success. Thank goodness I have a family full of willing taste testers.
This recipe makes a ton of ice cream. My 2 quart ice cream maker was full as can be.
When you add the frosting swirl, it grows even more. This batch filled most of a loaf pan plus about 2/3 of a quart container. So it’s lots of yumminess!
Along with the pink velvet ice cream, I made some chocolate sour cream cookies decorated with buttercream rosettes. They were so pretty together and made for such a fun treat!
Ice cream maker recommendations:
MiMi has a couple kitchenaid ice cream maker attachments for her stand mixer. She loves them and makes all of her ice cream with them.
I recently got a cuisinart ice cream maker. You freeze the bowl ahead of using it much like the kitchenaid attachment.
I have only had it for a couple of months and have made several batches of ice cream already. So far so good and it doesn’t take up a ton of room for storage, no more than a food processor.
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Pink Velvet Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl
Creamy delicious lightly chocolate ice cream with a swirl of cream cheese frosting. If you like red velvet cake you are going to love this pink velvet ice cream.
Ingredients
Ice Cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 Tablespoon vinegar
- 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz brick cream cheese, softened
- 1-2 teaspoons red food coloring gel
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups heavy cream
Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Ice Cream
- Put a tablespoon of vinegar in a cup with your whole milk and stir. Set aside for a few minutes as it becomes buttermilk.
- In a food processor or mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the cocoa powder and sugar and mix until lump free. Be sure the scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Slowly drizzle in the sweetened condensed milk as you mix until fully combined. Add the milk mixture and stir until incorporated.
- Blend in the food coloring and vanilla.
- Mix in the heavy cream, until just combined. You don't want to add too much air at this point.
- Store in your refrigerator until ready to churn it.
- Freeze as directed in your ice cream maker. It takes about 20-25 minutes in my Kitchenaid attachment. That gave me plenty of time to make my cream cheese icing while the ice cream was freezing.
Swirl
- Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add 1 tsp vanilla extract and mix again. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until completely incorporated.
- When your ice cream is finished in the ice cream maker put half of it into your container. Dollop half of the cream cheese icing over it and swirl with a knife. Gently spread the rest of your ice cream over that. Dollop with remaining icing and swirl the top half with a knife.
- Store in your freezer until ready to serve.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 373Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 35gFiber: 0gSugar: 34gProtein: 6g
All nutritional information is estimated and will depend on the exact ingredients you use.
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Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies
Monday 10th of February 2020
Oh my goodness, this sounds delicious!!
Carlee
Wednesday 12th of February 2020
It really is!
Southern Home Express
Monday 3rd of February 2020
This looks incredible and so pretty! This would be a fun thing to make with my granddaughters!
Carlee
Wednesday 12th of February 2020
Thank you and I'm sure they would love it!
Amy
Sunday 4th of February 2018
While I was reading your post for Puppy Chow and came across the reference to Pink Velvet Ice Cream I couldn't resist checking it out. This ice cream looks and sounds so awesome. I can't wait to try it. I'm wondering how I missed it last year!
Carlee
Tuesday 6th of February 2018
It is definitely a winner! I need to see if we can talk MiMi into making more!
Unknown
Wednesday 24th of February 2016
Carlee, you have just made my day. This is going to be my new favorite ice cream for sure! Pinning and printing! Thanks so much for sharing at Inspiration Thursday!
Carlee
Thursday 25th of February 2016
Thank you! I hope you love it! I love how it has a little tang from buttermilk and a little more from the cream cheese. So good!
Unknown
Monday 22nd of February 2016
This ice cream looks so delicious. And looking at the ingredients list makes it sound perfect. I love that the cream cheese is nestled right inside the ice cream. I'm pinning this recipe so I can find it again. We definitely need this red velvet ice cream in our lives!
Carlee
Tuesday 23rd of February 2016
Ice cream and cream cheese frosting are two of my favorites. Together? Why not, right?! Thank you so much, Nikki!