TWD: Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte

I've been neglecting my blog for the past week as I've had lots of other things going on and haven't been cooking much other than the recipes that I needed to make for my various blogging groups. I feel like my freezer is full of cookies and now this Chocolate-Banded Ice Cream Torte. It was nice to have a recipe that included ice cream this week, as we need to take advantage of the last days of summer! This recipe was very easy to put together, although a bit time consuming just waiting for the layers to freeze (about 8 hours!!!). The half hour time for the second ganache layer wasn't long enough for mine and when I went to place the second layer of ice cream, my chocolate layer moved a bit. I halved the recipe and rather than using a springform pan, I used a medium loaf pan to create a rectangle. I'll just cut mine into slices rather than wedges. We have company coming this weekend, so mine will be in the freezer a bit longer waiting on their arrival. I did cut myself a small slice this morning just to see how the flavors worked out. I followed the exact recipe by using vanilla ice cream and adding raspberry puree. It tastes like a dark chocolate raspberry truffle!! If I ever get around to making this again, I may experiment with various ice cream flavors....mint chocolate chip would be wonderful (but that is my favorite ice cream, so of course I would think it would be great!).

Thanks to Amy at Food, Family, and Fun for the great pick this week!