Pinterest was again the inspiration for this cake. I found the recipe for this
Chocolate Almond Cake and knew it would be a good pair with the
blueberry ice cream I wanted to make. I had a pint of blueberries in the freezer waiting for me and I had been wanting to bring out the ice cream maker all summer so now was the time!
I asked for an ice cream maker from my dad for Christmas a couple years ago and used it frequently the first summer and since then it's been hanging out in my kitchen collecting dust... well that was no good! We love ice cream around here and there is NOTHING better than homemade ice cream.
This chocolate cake used almond butter which I am not familiar with and while the almond butter alone set me back almost $8, this recipe was worth every penny. The cake was delicious, not too sweet but perfect accompanied with blueberry ice cream. The recipe calls for toasted almonds on top, but I never have luck toasting nuts... I burn them almost every time so I skipped that step and dusted with cocoa powder instead.
For future reference- almond butter is WAY cheap at TJs. I like to stir a couple of tablespoons into oatmeal with some chopped up pear chunks on top or just eat it with pear slices. It's the yum equivalent to the apple/PB combo.
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