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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
20 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 oil
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 ounces Melted milk chocolate
For the filling
  • Blue Bunny® Blu’s Birthday Party™
  • Blue Bunny® Salted Caramel Craze™
  • Blue Bunny® Homemade Vanilla™
  • Watermelon cut up into slices (optional)
  • 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!