Entry #3372, March 28, 2014

Ice cream cakes are a perfect way to celebrate the arrival of spring and make an easy dessert that looks great. They are quick to whip up and does not require hours of baking in the kitchen. This decadent recipe uses three of my all time favorite ingredients – ice-cream, oreos and chocolate. It is great for birthday parties or a warm summer evening. I am pretty sure your ice cream cake will be gone in a matter of minutes.

Easy Dessert: Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake

A slice of Frozen chocolate oreo ice cream cake will disappear in no time

Image via: The Kitchn

Ingredients:

One 13-ounce package Oreos

16 ounces chocolate cake, store bought

2 quarts vanilla ice cream

1 cup chocolate sauce

4 ounces dark chocolate

1 tablespoon butter

You can choose to sandwich ice cream between two layers of cake

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Directions:

1.Prepare a 10-inch spring form pan by greasing extremely lightly with butter or baking spray. Roughly chop or crumble the sandwich cookies into quarters or smaller bite-sized bits, and divide into three parts. Crumble the cake into a large bowl, and stir in about 1/3 of the crumbled sandwich cookies.

2.Soften the vanilla ice cream and add in about 2/3 of a quart of very soft vanilla ice cream, and stir gently but thoroughly until the cake and ice cream are well-combined. Press this mixture into the bottom of the spring form pan.

3.In a separate bowl, mix the remaining 1 1/3 quarts vanilla ice cream with another 1/3 of the crumbled cookies. Swirl in about 1/2 cup of the chocolate sauce. Press this on top of the cake mixture in the springform pan; it will come nearly up to the top of the pan.

4.Press the remaining cookies into the top of the cake and drizzle the remaining sauce over top, swirling it and pressing it in so it doesn’t run over the side of the pan.

5.Lightly cover the cake pan and freeze for at least 4 hours, ideally overnight.

6.When ready to serve, let the cake sit at room temperature for about 5 minutes, and run a knife around the inside of the cake pan. Open the spring form mold gently; it should release easily from the slightly melted cake. Re-freeze the unmolded cake while you prepare the chocolate.

7.Gently melt the chocolate with the butter over low heat in a small saucepan. When completely melted, drizzle over the ice cream cake and serve in big wedges with additional cookies to garnish, if you need one last dose of crunchy cookie!

Pick a different flavor like chocolate mint oreos for a delightful twist

Image via: Life Love and Sugar

Frozen chocolate oreo ice-cream cake recipe is a versatile one. You can use any flavor of ice-cream and combination of oreo sandwiches that you like. I am looking forward to trying the chocolate mint oreo one. Instead of a store bought cake, you can bake one yourself at home and create layers of cake and ice cream. What other flavors of ice-cream cake do you like?

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