Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake Recipe

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I wanted to make my youngest son an ice cream cake one year for his summer birthday, as he prefers ice cream to the traditional cake. He picked the flavors and I decided to try my favorite brownie recipe as a crust. It worked!

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Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min. + freezing

Yield: 9 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 tablespoons orange yogurt
1 egg
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1-3/4 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened
4 to 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 tablespoon shortening
Mixed fresh berries

Directions

Line an 8-in. square baking dish with foil and grease the foil; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, yogurt, egg, orange peel and vanilla until blended. Combine flour and cocoa; stir into sugar mixture. Add chocolate chips.
Spread into prepared dish. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool on a wire rack.
Spread ice cream over cake. Cover and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Using foil, lift dessert out of dish; gently peel off foil. Cut into squares. Garnish with berries and drizzle with chocolate. Yield: 9 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 505 calories, 24 g fat (14 g saturated fat), 79 mg cholesterol, 133 mg sodium, 71 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 7 g protein.

Originally published as Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake in Taste of Home August/September 2007, p33