Black Forest Ice Cream Cake
June 8, 2009 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Baked, Dessert, Easy Cake Recipes, Snack
| Black Forest Ice Cream Cake - This glorified black forest cake is also an ice cream cake, and great for summer, when it is hot outside. A wonderful, “cooling off” dessert! While it is not hard to make, it does require some freezing time, therefore not a last minute dessert, it does require some plannig.
Cook Time: 30-35 mins |
Ingredients to make Black Forest Ice Cream Cake
1 qt Golden vanilla ice cream,softened
1 3/4 c Unsifted all purpose flour
2 c Sugar
3/4 c Cocoa
2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Salt
2 Eggs
1 c Strong black coffee
1 c Buttermilk, or sour milk
1/2 c Vegetable oil
1 ts Vanilla
3 c Whipping cream
1 c Cherry pie filling
** To sour milk, use 1 TBSP vinegar and enough milk to equal 1 cup.
Directions to make Black Forest Ice Cream Cake
Step 1:Firmly pack ice cream into a foil-lined 9inch round cake pan. Cover and freeze about 2 hours.
Step 2:Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large mixer bowl. Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Beat on med speed 2 minutes. Batter will be thin. Pour batter into greased and floured 9inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
Step 3:Place 1 cake layer upside down on serving plate; top with ice cream unmolded from cake pan. Place second cake layer top side up over ice cream layer. Gently spread whipped cream on top and sides of cake.
Step 4:Fill center with cherry pie filling. Cover and freeze at least one hour before serving.
