There aren't many things that greatly impress me and as you can imagine this makes it pretty hard for people to buy me gifts. As the years have gone by I need less and less as it simply won't fit in our flat. We've taken to getting family to club in for one bigger gift for each special occasion and for my birthday this year it was the turn of the Cuisineart Soft Serve Ice cream maker to do it's best to impress.
Apparently it was pretty hard to track this present down as the time I first caught glimpse of it was on one of our trips to Devon quite some time ago. However, Alex worked his magic and I'm now the proud owner of a machine that I still can't quite master! Don't get me wrong it's simple to use.... My main problem is my great lack of patience.
You have to put the ice cream bowl in the freezer for 24 hours and it's quite big, so leaving it in there isn't always and option if you are a freezer hoarder like me. I keep getting it out thinking it will work after 20 hours or even 21 hours ... But alas this is not the case! It MUST be left for 24 hours plus no matter how greedy you are feeling.
Once you do get it right and wait that little bit longer the results are great. Soft serve ice cream in your own home, what more could you ask for...... Apart from a bigger freezer or a faster freezing bowl :)
