I have had a couple of birthday treats to make this week. The first one I made was this white chocolate and cranberry coconut ice. Gosh, this was a real treat! Coconut ice made from cream cheese, white chocolate and dried cranberries. I would definitely make this again. The recipe is a Julie Le Clerc one that I pulled out of a NZ Womens Weekly at some stage. Coconut is not something I would chose to buy at the school fair, but it is one of those things that you kind of just have to have a piece.
Well, this white chocolate coconut ice far exceeds the usual sugary school fair stuff. It is actually even nicer than the other coconut ice recipe I have made in the past using condensed milk. In fact for my sister’s wedding I made orange coconut ice hearts as the take home gift for the guests – orange was the colour of the bridesmaid’s dress (I was the bridesmaid) – this sounds a bit garish but it was actually a gorgeous autumnal orange. If I made this coconut ice again (which I think I definitely would) I think I would leave the craisins out. Probably only because I don’t like dried fruit – although I can stomach a craisin. This fudge is very soft and needs to be kept in the fridge.
White Chocolate and Cranberry Coconut Ice (Julie Le Clerc)
250g cream cheese
3 c icing sugar
250g white chocolate, melted and cooled
1 ¼ c coconut
¾ c craisins
pink or red food colouring
· Beat cream cheese until smooth, then beat in icing sugar
· Beat in melted chocolate and then coconut and craisins
· Spread half the mixture into a lined 20cm square tin’
· Tint the remaining half pink and then spread over the top of the white layer
Refrigerate until set and cut into pieces
I'm assuming this is what I call fudge - it looks so yummy! I'll have to try this.
ReplyDeletethese looks super and for a coconut addict like me its heaven :) can you post the recipe for the orange coconut ice :)
ReplyDeleteHi Tammy, fantastic stuff as always.. I do have a question with the cocnut ice, could you add, choc chips to it instead of craisins? or is it better with the fruit... Im not a lover of cream cheese in any way, so is it an overbearing taste of cream cheese?
ReplyDeleteYum! I love coconut ice, but the only time I made it myself (the traditional sugary version), I think I overbeat it and it ended up being crumbly. I should definitely give this a go.
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ReplyDeleteWow I love how you bake almost every day! I'm adding your blog to my favorites, and I'll be checking it!
ReplyDeleteWow I love how you bake almost every day! I'm adding your blog to my favorites, and I'll be checking it!
ReplyDeleteHi Zeetra
ReplyDeleteI think that chocolate chips would melt and then make the coconut ice look icky. I would just leave the cranberries out if you dont like them. It is not really a cream cheese taste - more white chocolately.
These are soooooooooo good thankyou! And I didn't pick that there was cream cheese in it, I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me. I suspect thats where some of the smoothness and softness comes from though. These are very yummy and very attractive - I'm all for pink sweets! I'd leave the craisins in there, I like them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tammy, I have never tried cranberries so im open to using them, im glad it doesnt taste like cream cheese though...
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