Today is B’s birthday and of course, there will be cake. When she was little, there were elaborate Winnie the Pooh creations with 3D features and piped fur. Later, we made panda bear cupcakes and chocolate fondue with sticks of cake, fruit and marshmallows arranged like flowers in terra cotta pots.
So what does the kid whose mom actually loves to make these things ask for? An ice cream cake. Yup, Baskin Robbins or Carvel would be fine. No fancy flavors, just chocolate and vanilla. My heart sank. So, ever creative and industrious, I embarked on a homemade ice cream cake. You need time to let each layer freeze before adding on, but it is incredibly easy to do. I am already thinking of gourmet combinations to make in the future.
B’s Ice cream Cake:
Toss a bunch of Oreos in to the food processor and pulse until they make cookie crumbs. The filling acts as butter would in a cracker crust and binds it all together. Press it into the bottom and about 1″ up the sides of a spring form pan. Freeze.
Soften the ice cream flavor of your choice, and put it into the mixer and beat for a few seconds until it is the consistency of thick batter. Spread it on top of the cookie crumbs and freeze until solid.
Add a layer of hot fudge sauce and freeze.
Repeat with another flavor of ice cream and freeze the whole cake until solid.
Carefully remove the cake from the pan. Press ground cookie crumbs onto the sides to cover, and sprinkle some on the top if you desire.
Decorate, or just cut and enjoy!
Happy 12th Birthday B!
photo: Glasshouse Images
Tags: Baskin Robbins, birthday, Carvel, chocolate, cookie crumbs, happy birthday, hot fudge sauce, ice cream. ice cream cake, Oreo cookies, vanilla
Indigo jones 
January 15, 2012 at 12:11 pm |
Great Idea! I would have never thought to make a homemade ice cream cake! We are still in the creation stage! When I was little my mom would make us what ever we wanted for dinner- I just wanted to get a fish sandwhich at Mcdonalds. It was a big deal to eat out in the old days!
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