We celebrated another birthday in our family this week and my summer child always seems to get all of the fun cakes for the warmer season. We made this same cake two years ago and I decided to dust the recipe off again for another fun celebration.
This cake is just as good as those DQ ice cream cakes for a fraction of the price. The ice cream sandwiches help eliminate the need for cake leveling and provide a smooth and crumb-free surface to swipe with the whipped cream layers.
The best part about this cake is how forgiving this cake is to being adjusted to accommodate your party size. We have celebrated this cake with ten and this time we celebrated with thirty and you just add an extra batch of ice cream cakes to feed the extra mouths.
This cake pictured had 36 ice cream sandwiches and we ate almost all of it. The original recipe says it will feed twelve people, but you would be surprised how quickly this gets consumed!
Oreo & Fudge Ice Cream Cake
1/2 cup hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed
1 tub (8 oz.) whipped topping, thawed, divided
1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) chocolate instant pudding
8 Oreo cookie sandwiches (approximately 1 cup)
12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches
Pour fudge topping into medium bowl. Whisk in 1 cup whipped topping. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 min. Stir in chopped cookies. Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches, side-by-side, on 24-inch-long piece of foil; top with half the whipped topping mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining sandwiches. Frost top and sides with remaining whipped topping. Bring up foil sides; double fold top and ends to loosely seal packet. Freeze (at least) four hours.
Amy’s Notes- One year I had difficulty with the tin foil sticking to my cake so this year I prepared the cake in a cupcake tote container with a lid and that worked much better than wrapping in tin foil and was easier to stack with other items in our freezer.
That is a great idea! Not having to level out the ice cream and layers is a huge plus. I think I may have to try this out for my husbands birthday this year.
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That looks so good and I love ice cream sandwiches! A great alternative for us because L is allergic to peanuts, lots of places that make ice cream cakes are contaminated, but I might be able to find peanut free ice cream sandwiches…I think I have in the past.
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That looks awesome! How funny, I have an Ice Cream Cake posted today also.
~Liz
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Yum! I will be making this for my birthday!!! 8 )
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Looks & sounds great.
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This is AWESOME! My "July b-day Girl" was asking for an ice-cream cake… and this will be so GREAT!
THX for sharing it!
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YUMMY!
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I have made a very similar cake in the past. I didn't mix up all the fudge stuff…just used a jarred fudge sauce and whipped cream in between sandwich layers. I actually had someone ask me how I cut all the cake layers so thin! "With a very sharp knife!"
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This looks like a fun recipe to make — but I'm confused about the part where you said you made this in a cupcake carrier? Would a regular casserole dish or cake pan work??
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Yes, anything you have will work. The cupcake carrier allowed for space on the ends for me to frost up the sides (not necessary) and it had a lid so I could put it in the freezer. I got mine at Walmart for about $4.88. I hope that helps!
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I gave it a try today and it was great. Nice change from the ordinary cake. Thanks
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Thanks for this – I just made one for my daughter's birthday! We used all Walmart brand items (walmart Banana split ice cream sandwiches, oreo-style cookies, whipped topping and chocolate syrup). I used banana pudding instead of chocolate to compliment the banana ice cream. Not only was this super cheap – it was GOOD!!!!
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