Easy Homemade Ice Cream Cake
When I was a kid, I wanted to change my birth date. My birthday is December 19th, so it’s pretty much eclipsed by Christmas. But, that’s not why I wanted to change it. I wanted to change it to a summer date so I could have Dairy Queen ice cream cake for my party. The DQ in our town was closed in the winter, so I never got to have the birthday cake that I really wanted. My brother, whose birthday is in August, always got one.
Well, I came up with a recipe so now I can make my own ice cream cake! Plus, my version uses much healthier ingredients and I think it tastes even better!
Homemade Ice Cream Cake
Ingredients
- 2 batches of ice cream — follow this homemade ice cream recipe
- If you want to do chocolate ice cream simply add a few Tablespoons of cocoa powder to the vanilla recipe
- Gluten-free brownies you can either follow THIS RECIPE or (cheat) and use a gluten-free brownie mix
Instructions
- 1. Make two batches of ice cream and freeze them in 9" round cake pans, I use the "easy release cake pans" for this recipe because its the easiest way to get the ice cream out of the pan.
- 2. Bake brownies.
- 3. Once the ice cream is frozen, invert cake pan onto a cake stand.
- 4. Mash up the brownies in a bowl (I used my hands) until you get a "brownie playdough" — if you need to make it stick together more, you can add some melted chocolate.
- 5. Put the brownie on top of the first ice cream cake and press firmly. Shape it to fit the cake.
- 6. Invert the second ice cream pan on top of the brownie. Voila! Ice cream cake.
- 7. Top with homemade whipped cream, homemade frosting, or melted chocolate ganache.
- 8. Store in the freezer until ready to eat. To slice, dip a sharp knife into hot water and then use that to cut the cake.
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Hi, my name is Kate.
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