Chocolate-Coffee Bean Ice Cream Cake
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. + freezing
YIELD: 12 servings.
At our school, we celebrate faculty birthdays. I needed a quick recipe that would be appealing to everyone. This tall, impressive dessert certainly fit my needs and it was a huge hit.—Karen Beck, Alexandria, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
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1-3/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (about 28 wafers)
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1/4 cup butter, melted
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2 quarts coffee ice cream, softened
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1/3 cup chocolate-covered coffee beans, finely chopped
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2-1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
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1 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
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1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Chocolate curls and additional chocolate-covered coffee beans
Directions
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1.
In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Freeze for 10 minutes.
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2.
In a large bowl, combine ice cream and coffee beans; spoon over crust. Cover and freeze for 2 hours or until firm.
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3.
In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form. Spread over ice cream. (Pan will be full.)
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4.
Cover and freeze for 4 hours or overnight. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with chocolate curls and coffee beans.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice (calculated without chocolate curls): 512 calories, 36g fat (20g saturated fat), 105mg cholesterol, 185mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g protein.
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