The food processing apparatus for making ice cream comprises a food processing container (2) with a stirrer element (3) arranged therein which is rotatably drivable by an electric motor, and a freezing container (4) having an inner wall (6) and an outer wall (7) defining therebetween a closed chamber (8) filled with a cooling agent. The freezing container (4) is removably insertable in the food processing container (2). The freezing container (4) has a scraper element (5) arranged therein comprising a rotating shaft (15) installed through a through opening at the bottom of the freezing container (4) and connected to a scraper coupling element (9) which is couplable to the stirrer element (3) when the freezing container (4) is inserted in the food processing container (2) in an operative position.