Just as we found with the ice cream deluxe, our ice cream needed closer to 45 minutes to firm up on a hot day. That makes it a strong contender if you’re just testing the water when it comes to ice cream making, as it doesn’t require too much of a commitment. You’ll also find some ice cream makers that require you to freeze the mixture itself before it’s churned. Apart from the Ninja Creami, all of the ice cream makers in this list work in a fairly similar fashion (although some more affordable models will require you to pre-freeze the bowl before use). While there are lots of more-elaborate recipes to try on the Magimix app, we were pleased with our perfectly creamy vanilla ice cream that was ready in just half an hour.

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capacity, it seemed slightly smaller than some other models; while our ice cream mixture fit in fine to begin with, as the machine whipped air in and the mixture began to expand, it came close to overflowing. IF YOU'RE looking for a tasty new hobby, then we'd point you in the direction of homemade ice cream. Design-wise, the stainless steel body is taller than it is wide, so it takes up less surface area on your worktop than similar machines we tried. We conducted a blind ice cream texture test using vanilla and chocolate chip ice cream we'd made in each machine.

Even the temperature of the room can affect how long your frozen creation takes to churn before it’s ready to eat.

Buffalo Upright Ice Cream Maker 2Ltr - CM289 - CK0289 Buffalo Upright Ice Cream Maker 2Ltr - CM289 - CK0289

We tried the vanilla ice cream recipe using the minimum freezing time for the bowl and the minimum cooling time for the mix, and found that the mixture was still a little too soft after the full 30 minutes churning time. This ice cream maker works in a different way to the other machines on our shortlist, because it starts with a frozen base.Once it’s fully chilled, just start the mixer on the slowest speed with the dasher attachment in place, then pour in the custardy base. Once you’ve got the base recipe down, you can simply mix in ingredients to make whatever flavour comes to mind.