Strawberry and chocolate slice recipe

A two-layered ice cream slice pudding that kids and adults will love and it's really worth the effort if you want to impress

Ingredients

• 600ml carton double cream
• 250g (8oz) icing sugar
• Few drops of vanilla extract

For the strawberry ice cream layer:

• 250g (8oz) strawberries
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar

For the chocolate ice cream layer:

• 200g bar plain chocolate, melted

You'll also need:

• Strawberries, to decorate
• 1kg (2lb) loaf tin, or mould, preferably silicone
• 2 x large, disposable piping bags

Method

1. Pour the cream into a bowl, add the icing sugar and a few drops of vanilla extract, and whip until it forms soft peaks.
2. Purée the strawberries with the caster sugar and then fold in half of the cream mixture.
3. Divide the remaining cream mixture in half. Keep one half plain, then gradually stir the other half into the melted chocolate (add the cream gradually, so the chocolate doesn’t set too quickly).
4. Pour a thin layer of the strawberry mixture into the base of the loaf tin and freeze it until solid. Then, fill a piping bag with the plain cream mixture and cut off the end of the bag to give a hole about 2cm (¾in) in diameter. Pipe balls all over the strawberry layer. Freeze until solid.
5. Remove the pan from the freezer and pour over a strawberry-cream layer to cover the white balls. Put back in the freezer and freeze until it’s solid.
6. Fill the other piping bag with chocolate mixture and cut off the end of the bag to give a hole about 2cm (¾in) in diameter. Pipe balls all over the strawberry ice. Freeze until the chocolate balls are solid. Remove it from the freezer and pour over the remaining strawberry mixture. Freeze until solid.
7. Remove from the freezer and turn the slice out of the mould on to a serving plate: If using a silicone mould, it just needs peeling away; if it’s a metal tin, dip it briefly into hot water, dry the tin and then tip the slice out on to a plate. Decorate with halved strawberries before serving.
8. Once frozen, wrap the tin in a freezer bag and keep frozen for up to 1 month.