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ice cream cake | easy recipe using pound cake and prepared ice cream, plus your choice of candy treats!
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Easy Ice Cream Cake Recipe

This layered ice cream cake is semi-homemade and so easy.
Prep Time15 minutes
Freeze Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: ice cream cake
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 370kcal
Author: Alicia

Ingredients

  • 1 frozen pound cake
  • 1 cup vanilla ice cream
  • 1/4 cup chocolate sandwich cookies
  • 1 cup chocolate ice cream
  • 1/4 cup chocolate candie
  • 1 cup vanilla or chocolate ice cream
  • chocolate sauce Magic Shell or similar brand that hardens

Instructions

  • Using large bread knife, slice the pound cake horizontally into 3 pieces.
    1 frozen pound cake
  • Place the first slice in a bread loaf pan lined with plastic wrap.
  • Spread vanilla ice cream over pound cake slice
    1 cup vanilla ice cream
  • Put cookies in zip top bag and break up into small pieces (or use food processor)
    1/4 cup chocolate sandwich cookies
  • Sprinkle chocolate cookie pieces over vanilla ice cream
  • Add middle layer of pound cake
  • Spread chocolate ice cream on top
    1 cup chocolate ice cream
  • Chop chocolate candie pieces and spread on top of chocolate ice cream
    1/4 cup chocolate candie
  • Top with last piece of pound cake, turning top upside down so it forms a flat surface
  • Place the last layer of cake on top, followed by the chocolate chip ice cream.
    1 cup vanilla or chocolate ice cream
  • Spread last layer of ice cream on top and pour chocolate sauce on top
    chocolate sauce
  • Cover with the sides of the plastic wrap and freeze for at least 4 hours
  • When ready to serve, pull back the plastic wrap and lift the cake out of the pan, peeling the plastic wrap off. (Note: if eating right from freezer, you may need to let it rest for several minutes to loosen the ice cream from pan before attempting to lift it from the pan.
  • Slice with large knife and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 424mg | Potassium: 245mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 206IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 2mg