Become a Member
Recipes

Summer Islagkage (ice cream cake)

The ultimate, icy indulgence that's packed with juicy strawberries and fragrant elderflower

June 5, 2024 09:00
Summer icecream cake 04
An icy indulgence (Photo: Columbus Leth)
1 min read

Cook: 10 minutes plus overnight freezing

Serves: 6

In Scandinavia, summer food is all about the berries. Which, please note, we like sweet, juicy and not too big. My summer islagkage is with strawberries and elderflower.

Let the parfait defrost a little before serving, so that the frozen chopped strawberries aren’t as hard as stones!

Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a round 24cm springform cake tin (pan) with baking parchment and butter the paper.

  • Whisk the egg whites until stiff using an electric whisk, then whisk in half the sugar little by little until the egg whites are shiny and stiff. Whisk the egg yolks with the other half of the sugar until fluffy and pale yellow, then stir in the cocoa powder and salt. Fold the beaten egg whites into the egg yolk mixture. Spread the mixture evenly in the tin and bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool in the tin.

Ingredients

For the sponge
Salted butter, for the tin
4 eggs, separated
120g caster sugar
30g cocoa powder
Pinch of sea salt flakes
For the parfait
1 vanilla pod
6 egg yolks
125g caster sugar
100ml elderflower cordial
600g double cream
300g strawberries, hulled and quartered