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Ice Cream Cake recipe

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I love ice cream, and I love cake!  So putting the two together seems pretty simple, huh?   The hardest part was deciding on a flavor of ice cream!  I love Tillamook Ice cream.  Maybe it’s because I grew up in Oregon and used to visit the factory every year, or maybe because it’s the creamiest, most delicious ice cream ever!  ANYWAY, whatever you like best is what you should  use.

making your own ice cream cake is easy and delicious, come get a full tutorial

First off you need to start with a cooked and cooled cake layer, not a full cake, just one layer.  you can go with a light cake, but a slightly heavier, denser, cake does better.  I always have a few layers of cake in the freezer, which makes it easy, lucky me! I grabbed a vanilla layer, so that the ice cream would be the “star”, but ANY flavor would work, and could be REALLY fun! .  For the ice cream layer I tend to go with some kind of chocolate, cause well… CHOCOLATE!

you can use any flavor of cake or ice cream to create these layers

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Tillamook Ice Cream Cake recipe
Prep Time
8 hrs
Total Time
8 hrs
 
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Ashlee Marie
Ingredients
  • Ice Cream - any flavor
  • Cake Layer - baked any flavor
  • Any candy sauce, filling
  • Vanilla ice cream - softened
  • Buttercream
Instructions
  1. using a cake pan the same size as the cake press parchment paper into every side, fill with the first ice cream if you want any type of filling do it now, before you press the cake down
  2. Press the cake down into the ice cream. Freeze overnight
  3. Pull the cake out and put it on a cake board, peel back the parchment paper. frost with the softened vanilla ice cream. Refreeze.
  4. Decorate with buttercream however you like! And refreeze. put out about 10 mins before serving, cut with a warm knife.

use softened vanilla ice cream for frosting a frozen ice cream cake

You can have fun decorating, BUT if you take too long the buttercream decorations WILL fall off the frosting.. I’d suggest lighter decorations, the thick swirls I did were kind of heavy.  And the vanilla ice cream sides tend to drip first so I’d refrain from decorating the sides very much.  Decorate the base, and the top and you’ll be happy with it.

an easy tutorial for how to make your own ice cream cake

I didn’t smooth my ice cream enough, I though the cake would press it flat, but it ended up just squishing the cake, so next time I’ll smooth the ice cream smooth so the cake doesn’t get so squished.  but either way.. it TASTED amazing!  What flavors should I try next?

it is easy to make your own ice cream cake with any cake and any ice cream flavor, frost the cake with softened ice cream and decorate with buttercream
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  5. hahaha – I loved the “I couldn’t help myself” bit because I can totally relate. This is too good – thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely be doing this soon! And Tillamook – what a win!

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    • thanks so much! It was a really fun treat to surprise the kids with! I’m thinking about making another one this week, the heat is KILLING me!

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  8. I try to never comment before making, but here I am anyway. Your directions are great: very clear and detailed, so thank you! Now I am regretting my choice of a pie dish, but it will be fine because it is cake and ice cream. Also, Udderly Chocolate is delish.

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    • thanks! I hope you enjoy making it! a pie pan will just make a smaller top, and angled edges instead of sharp corners! BUT it also uses less ice cream.

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