Reasons and Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream this Summer

We all feel the sense of possibility that comes with spring. It’s a time to get creative and try new things. But don’t worry if you’ve left it late in the season, there’s still time for culinary adventures. Come and discover the art of ice cream making before summer arrives!

With Lakeland’s range of ice cream machines and dessert makers, you can get crafting and create signature sweet treats that’ll keep everyone cool, refreshed and thoroughly impressed.

How to Use an Ice Cream Maker

Whether in a cone or a bowl, ice cream is a season staple. And it’s even more satisfying when it’s homemade. If you’ve never used an ice cream machine before, it may seem a little daunting. But, rest assured, Lakelands ice cream makers are refreshingly simple to use.

These nifty frozen dessert makers work by chilling your ingredients whilst stirring them, producing that creamy smooth texture we all love. Most models, like the Lakeland Digital Ice Cream Maker 1.8L, require you to pre-freeze the bowl by popping in the freezer the night before.

From there, it’s just a case of combining your ingredients and pouring it all in. The paddles will freeze-churn your mixture into delicious ice cream, sorbet or frozen yoghurt. It takes no time at all!

Lakeland’s Top Three Gourmet Ice Cream Recipes

  1. Here’s our first recipe for a smooth homemade ice cream to get excited about: Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream
  2. Now for the second scoop; a recipe for the more adventurous: Chocolate Chilli Ice Cream
  3. And let’s not forget to switch it up with a sorbet! Here’s a fresh recipe to get you started: Strawberry Sorbet

Check out our comprehensive guide to ice cream making to find more instructions and recipes. Plus, with Lakeland ice cream machines, you’ll find six delicious recipes in the instruction booklet. From traditional vanilla to pistachio, plus refreshing lemon and mixed berry sorbets.

And there’s plenty more inspiration on our blog, with dairy-free and vegan options too. How’s that for an extra scoop!

Fresh and Frozen Family Entertainment

Not only will you savour the fruits of your labour in delicious frozen form, but you’ll also be creating a great activity for the whole family. If you’re running out of ideas towards the end of the kids’ summer holidays, or just want a way to pass time on the last hot weekends of the year, an ice cream making machine could be just what you need.

Stretch out the fun with individual ice cream moulds, perfect for creating chocolate covered snacks. With the Lékué Classic Coated Ice Cream Moulds, you can decorate each one using honeycomb shards, dried raspberry pieces or your favourite chocolate.

Making ice cream and sorbet isn’t just a fun afternoon activity, it’s also a way to promote wholesome ingredients and the joy of making food from scratch. Keep experimenting and fill your freezer with multicoloured homemade treats to last you all season long.

While temperatures are still high, you can count on our dessert makers to provide more than just entertainment. Ice lollies offer cool rehydration. When you have your own lolly moulds and are able to pick your own pure ingredients, they can be nutritious and reenergising too.

Think beyond fruit juice – from smoothie pops to yogurt pops, and even some more adventurous concoctions like iced tea or coffee lollies for the adults, there’s no limit to what you can freeze!

Diversify Your Dessert Makers

Once you’ve aced the art of ice cream making and surpassed all sorbet expectations, you’ll be looking for new ways to incorporate these treats into your weekly menus.

Make yourself an indulgent ice cream milkshake with a Lakeland blender. A top treat after a long hot day. All you need to do is add your ice cream with a splash of milk and blitz it up with any extra flavour ingredients. Try banana with your vanilla ice cream, or hazelnut sauce.

Keep it up throughout the winter. On cooler evenings, there’s nothing like a hot pudding with a melting scoop of ice cream to finish the day. Pair your homemade ice cream with a crispy, golden waffle straight from our premium waffle maker for a delightful dessert.

There you have it, plenty more reasons to refresh your kitchen with these fun frozen dessert makers. Enjoy exploring new recipes, eating fresh and nutritious treats, and create lasting summer memories with your loved ones.