5 from 2 votes
Homemade Summer Ice Cream Cake
This ice cream cake recipe is a lifesaver - you can make one big ice cream cake or several mini desserts! Choose my easy chocolate cake as a base or make a healthy version using watermelon rounds instead of cake!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
6
Calories:
381 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 cup all-purpose flour + 1 tbsp
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 2 ounces milk chocolate melted
For the filling
- Ice cream Blue Bunny® Blu’s Birthday Party™ brand
- Ice cream Blue Bunny® Salted Caramel Craze™ brand
- Ice cream Blue Bunny® Homemade Vanilla™ brand
- watermelon optional, cut into slices
- ice cream topping I used Smucker's Magic Shell Chocolate Fudge Flavored Topping
Notes
- Get creative: Combine cherry ice cream with chocolate cake to make a perfect frozen Black Forest ice cream cake. Think of your favorite ice cream flavor—lemon cheesecake, or banana and peanut butter - and pair them with any type of cake, cookies or fruits.
- You can also make this summer ice cream cake in one large cake, or loaf pan.
- Always remember to line the pans with plastic wrap and stack up layers of cake and ice cream, then freeze!
- Get creative: Combine cherry ice cream with chocolate cake to make a perfect frozen Black Forest ice cream cake. Think of your favorite ice cream flavor—lemon cheesecake, or banana and peanut butter - and pair them with any type of cake, cookies or fruits.
- You can also make this summer ice cream cake in one large cake, or loaf pan.
- Always remember to line the pans with plastic wrap and stack up layers of cake and ice cream, then freeze!