Food is my love language.
It’s no wonder it comes up so often during my writing. Food can act as a clear indicator or reflection of a character’s current situation. And, it gives me an opportunity to incorporate the often overlooked sense of taste into my storytelling.
As I was editing the rough draft of Inharmonic, I found myself saying, “Man, I wish I had some [FILL IN THE BLANK WITH A DELICIOUS DISH]” every time I ran into another instance of food. After a while, it became clear that I would have to make some of the foods I talk about in the story. Hence: Nadja’s Cinnamon-Sugar Frozen Sweet Cream.
"The frozen creation was silky and sweet, and Nadja thought she had never tasted anything like it in her life. She appreciated Helaine’s reaction as her own eyelids fell closed. The cinnamon-y cream numbed her already cold face and lips as it slowly melted in her mouth." -Inharmonic by A.K.R. Scott
This is a no-churn recipe because, well, they don’t have ice cream churns in Amrantir. And, with only three ingredients, you can’t get much simpler.
So grab your electric mixer (or whisk, if you want to keep it authentic and have better upper-body endurance than I do), and let’s make some deliciousness!
Step 1: Pour that cream in the mixer and set it to whip.
Step 2: Mix the sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon together in a separate bowl.
Step 3: Pour the milk/cinnamon mixture into the whipped cream.
Step 4: Gently fold together.
Once you have everything mixed, pour it into a dish and pop it in the freezer. You should let it ripen in the freezer for at least six hours, but I like mine on the hard side, so I left it in overnight.
The result is delicious and sweet and creamy and mmm, mmm, good!
But be warned: With only heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk as the base, this recipe produces a much richer version of the standard ice cream. By the time I finished my quality assurance test, I looked like I was wearing clear lip gloss, and I had a slick coating on the roof of my mouth.
November means colder temperatures here in the northern hemisphere, and ice cream is usually associated with the summer months. But cinnamon is THE spice of the season. This cream is perfect right out of the freezer, but if it’s just too cold outside for that, a little scoop would also be great atop a warm slice of apple pie.
