Home cook, there are a few ice cream recipes in the dessert section of this forum.  Maybe you could give those a try.  Bron from Spain and Cookie1 from Western Australia seem to do different icecreams a lot so they could give you more advice than I can. 

Slowly getting over the flu but needed some more ingredients for another batch of this drink.  Mum did the shopping for me and DH went around to her place on his gopher to bring the items home.  Made in in the TMX ILB and it worked perfectly, put 1T honey less in it this time as that was a bit overpowering in the first lot - will add a little whiskey to tonights cup to ensure I sleep well again.  Had to cancel babysitting arrangements for tomorrow with DD for the first time in 4 years - don't want new baby to catch it and 1 more day taking it reasonably easy will just about do me I would think.

Still had some of that cheese sauce leftover from last week so decided to do the above dish again with a slight variation with the chicken.  Used the same chicken cuts (4 thin pieces) salted, topped them with some leftover capsicum & sundried tomato dip (pge 54 everyday cookbook), covered them with some thinly sliced pieces of a tasty, low-fat cheese and added them 12 minutes before the end of the cooking time of the vegies.  Yummo.  Which then made me think of being able to do a low fat version of chicken parmigana this way too in future.

Yes I agree, makes you wonder what was going on in that head of his at the time. It won't win him any fans.  Another bad loss for Ports, can't work them out this year at all.  Crows match was a beauty though, those young lads played really well and it is them who will take the Crows forward, not the older players. Big crowd at the match, even their numbers have dropped a lot lately so it was nice to see the stadium full. 

A big welcome to Home Cook to our forum.  You will have ups and downs with your Thermomix but eventually it will sort itself out.  I suggest you browse the recipes on this forum as we have some beauties here.  You can even get some good ones from the ThermomixUK site too.  The basic everyday Australian cookbook that came with the TMX is something you need to have but the actual main meal recipes are not vast in quantity and sometimes leave a lot to be desired.  However, some are great too. Good luck and keep us informed as to how you are getting on with it.

Hope you can get it all to come together - I am really feeling the stress you must be under now but you know you can do it ILB.  I take my hat off to you young ones making elaborate cakes for your children, so many people just go out and buy them instead or get Grandma to do it.  The kids get such a kick out of seeing their cake come together though and it is something they will remember for a very long time and love you for it.

ILB, My Womans Weekly Kids Birthday Cake book has this recipe - 125g butter at room temperature, beat until white as possible, gradually add 3/4 cup icing sugar whisking all the time, then add 2 tablespoons milk gradually, then gradually add another 3/4 cup icing sugar. Mixture should be smooth and easy to spread with a spatula.   Gradually is used a lot in the making of this icing! Sure you can work out how to do it in Jenie.   For chocolate icing, add 2 tablespoons sifted cocoa to the icing sugar.  Icing sugar should be sifted through a fine sieve for best results. They call it Vienna Cream.  I have not made it though so perhaps someone else has.