Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min. + freezing
YIELD: 9 servings.
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! —Krista Frank, Rhododendron, Oregon
Ingredients
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1 cup sugar
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3 tablespoons butter, melted
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3 tablespoons orange yogurt
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1 large egg
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1 teaspoon grated orange zest
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3/4 cup all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup baking cocoa
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1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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1-3/4 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened
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4 to 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
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1 tablespoon shortening
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Mixed fresh berries
Directions
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1.
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 zest and vanilla until blended. Combine flour and cocoa; stir into sugar mixture. Add chocolate chips.
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2.
Spread into prepared dish. Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool on a wire rack.
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3.
Spread ice cream over cake. Cover and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
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4.
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.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 505 calories, 24g fat (14g saturated fat), 79mg cholesterol, 133mg sodium, 71g carbohydrate (53g sugars, 2g fiber), 7g protein.
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