Ice Cream Cake

Ice Cream Cake

 

I've had more people ask me for this recipe lately, so I thought I'd post it on the blog.  This recipe takes a bit of advanced planning, but it is a fairly easy and fun dessert. 

 

I start out by making one recipe of this chocolate cake.  I have two round cake pans.  I line the cake pans with parchment paper or foil.  I pour one batch of the chocolate cake batter into the two pans.  If you don't have two cake pans, you can make this in a regular cake pan and then just cut the cake in two so you have two square halves.  Bake the cake and then freeze the cake.  Once it is frozen, take the cake out of the cake pans, wrap with foil and keep the cake pieces in the freezer.

 

I like to make my own ice cream, but if you don't have an ice cream maker you can buy ice cream and follow the same recipe.  Make a batch of this ice cream.  Layer the same pan/s that you cooked your cake in with foil or parchment paper.  Spread the ice cream out smoothly in the cake pans and put it in the freezer until it is frozen hard and then remove it from the pan.

 

Take a plate or a cutting board that is covered with foil and lay out the ice cream cake layers.  Start with a layer of cake on the bottom.  Then ice cream.  I find it nice to put a layer of something a little crunchy on top of this ice cream layer.  It could be chocolate chips, crushed cookies, nuts, etc.  Layer another layer of cake and then top with the last ice cream layer.

 

 

Make two packages of dream whip (you can get this on and off at Fantu and Shoa).  Make the dream whip according to the package instructions and then cover the cake with dream whip.  I usually sprinkle chocolate chips on top just to make the cake look nice.  If you can't find dream whip, you could make a regular batch of icing and ice the cake with that.  This makes a fun and special dessert.  It's a big hit in our household.