homemade ice cream cake
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last month, craig requested an ice cream cake for his birthday treat. so i decided to document the process to make a little tutorial. ice cream cakes are SO delicious and very fun to customize.
ingredients:
1 carton favorite flavor ice cream
1 carton vanilla ice cream
1 box devils food cake mix
1 package oreos
1 batch of your favorite buttercream/frosting
bake the cake in one 9 inch round cake pan (there will be leftover batter... so make some cupcakes while youre at it!).
line another 9 inch round cake pan with foil or plastic wrap. fill the cake pan with your chosen ice cream flavor. press firmly to make sure the ice cream will take the shape of the pan. freeze.
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take half a package of oreos and crush them in a food processor.
make your frosting (you will only need enough to frost the two middle layers and decorate the finished cake. so maybe about 3 cups).
once the cake is completely cooled (i even freeze mine for a bit to make sure its nice and cold), carefully slice it across the center to make two layers.
place the bottom cake layer on your cake stand. spread frosting across the cake. cover frosting with layer of crushed oreos. place top layer of cake on top. repeat frosting and oreo layers.
carefully lift the ice cream out of the 9 inch round cake pan, place it on top of the cake layers and remove foil/plastic wrap. |
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soften the vanilla ice cream (i usually try to get vanilla bean because it's the "whitest" of vanillas but for this cake i could only find old fashioned vanilla. hence the slightly yellow tint) by defrosting it in the microwave or mixing it in the kitchenaid for a minute, adding a tablespoon of milk. this helps make the ice cream act more like a frosting when you go to cover the cake.
"frost" the assembled layers with the softened vanilla ice cream.
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once the cake is "frosted" quickly place it in the freezer.
when the cake is completely frozen (i like it to set up for at least 3 hours) you can decorate it with the leftover frosting. but work quickly because the frosting/buttercream will want to slide around on the ice cream. so get it back into the freezer as fast as possible.
let your finished cake chill before serving.
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| ENJOY a homemade ice cream cake. theres nothing better! |
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| just ask sully. |
