Disclosure: We were sent the featured products for the purpose of this post however all opinions are my own.
I have been looking for an ice cream maker for months now and it was perfect timing when PrezzyBox asked us to review their Vintage Tea Party Ice Cream Maker in the run up to Easter. What better way to make Easter treats than with ice cream!
The Vintage Tea Party Ice Cream Maker is really easy to use but you do have to freeze the base unit for around 12 hours before you use it. It now lives happily in our freezer, ready for whenever we fancy ice cream! Once the base is frozen making ice cream couldn’t be simpler.
The lid and motor unit come apart for cleaning and you simply slot them together, push the paddle into the centre and then put the whole lid on top of the base. It then plugs in and has a simple on/off switch for easy operation.
Ingredients can then be poured through the hole in the lid whilst the ice cream maker is in motion and it takes 20-30 minutes to make ice cream. It is a lot softer than shop bought ice cream but we just pour the ice cream into a lidded tub and freeze it, this makes it into perfect scoopable ice cream.
We used the Vintage Tea Party Ice Cream Maker to make two Easter ice creams – Mini Egg Ice Cream and Creme Egg Ice Cream. Both were really simple to make and the ice cream maker comes with both a basic recipe and a more technical recipe – both for a vanilla ice cream that’s simple to tailor for you own recipes like chocolate ice cream.
The Vintage Tea Party Ice Cream Maker has an RRP of £34.95
If you would like to make your very own ice cream with the Vintage Tea Party Ice Cream Maker read our recipes below. The homemade ice cream is so easy to make and you could use chocolate easter eggs instead of Mini Eggs or Creme Eggs for a really lovely family dessert.
The basic recipe of custard and cream can be adapted to make many types of ice cream – from all your fruit favourites to more adventurous recipes and I will be sharing more of our experiments with you over the coming months and you can see all our Easter recipes here.
Mini Egg Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 500ml ready made, good quality custard
- 300ml double cream
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 150g Cadbury Mini Eggs, broken down with a rolling pin or in a food processor.
Recipe
- Mix the custard, double cream, cocoa powder and 100g Mini Egg pieces in a large jug.
- Turn the ice cream maker on and pour the mixture in.
- Leave for 20-30 minutes until it reaches ice cream consistency.
- Pour the cream mixture into a container and sprinkle over the rest of the crushed Mini Eggs.
- Freeze for a couple of hours and enjoy.
If you’d like to print or pin the Mini Egg ice cream recipe for later you can do so below. Keep reading for another recipe. Enjoy!
Mini Egg Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 500 ml custard ready made
- 300 ml double cream
- 3 tblsp cocoa powder
- 150 g Mini Eggs broken down with a rolling pin or in a food processor.
Instructions
- Mix the custard, double cream, cocoa powder and 100g Mini Egg pieces in a large jug.
- Turn the ice cream maker on and pour the mixture in.
- Leave for 20-30 minutes until it reaches ice cream consistency.
- Pour into a container and sprinkle over the rest of the Mini Egg pieces.
- Freeze for a couple of hours and enjoy.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
Creme Egg Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 500ml ready made, good quality custard
- 300ml double cream
- 3 tblsp cocoa powder
- 150g Creme Eggs, chopped into smaller pieces
- 150g Mini Creme Eggs, halved
Recipe
- Mix the custard, double cream, cocoa powder and Creme Egg pieces in a large jug.
- Turn the ice cream maker on and pour the mixture in.
- Leave for 20-30 minutes until it reaches ice cream consistency.
- Pour into a container and sprinkle over the Mini Creme Eggs.
- Freeze for a couple of hours and enjoy.
If you’d like to print or pin the Creme Egg ice cream recipe for later you can do so below. Keep reading for another recipe. Enjoy!
Creme Egg Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 500 ml custard ready made
- 300 ml double cream
- 3 tblsp cocoa powder
- 150 g Creme Eggs chopped into smaller pieces
- 150 g Mini Creme Eggs halved
Instructions
- Mix the custard, double cream, cocoa powder and Creme Egg pieces in a large jug.
- Turn the ice cream maker on and pour the mixture in.
- Leave for 20-30 minutes until it reaches ice cream consistency.
- Pour into a container and sprinkle over the Mini Creme Eggs.
- Freeze for a couple of hours and enjoy.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
Oh my goodness, this ice cream maker sounds like a dream come true! I would be using it all the time though, my children would be delighted! I might have to invest in one.
Nat.x
Both those ice creams look awesome! I’ve always wanted to make my own ice cream but I reckon if I had a machine I’d be doing it all the time!