Anyone Ever Make An Ice Cream Cake Before?
Decorating By AgentCakeBaker Updated 17 Jul 2006 , 2:58am by tobycat
I mean the ice cream cakes that Dairy Queen, Baskin Robbins and Bruster's sell.
I was thinking about trying it but not sure how time consuming this would be. I mean baking the cake bread then softening ice cream and icing in with whipped cream icing seems like a lot to do.
Does anyone know how long this would take?
I can see mine now..Melted all over the turntable!!
SOrry...ive never made an icecream cake like those kinds before...but I do know that Michaels sells that crunchy cookie stuff thats SO good in the cakes 
Also...I know that it is much easier to make homemade icecream for icecream cakes - that way the icecream is soft, but not melted.....as would happen if you tried to soften store bought icecream. know what Im saying?
Other than that, I guess Im not much help.
Im not sure that it would take much longer than making a regular cake thouhg.....only difference would be the time making the icecream if thats what you chose to do. but you would layer it on the cake as you would a layer of filling (im guessing!! )
I probably would throw it back in the freezer for a bit before I frosted though.
Maybe that would help....but im just telling you what i would probably do as ive never made one before...
Good Luck and let me know how it goes
I don't even know how to make homemade ice cream so does anyone have a clue how to start the ice cream cake making process?
i found this at a website (recipegoldmine.com)
Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake
Butter the cake pan of your choice, then press wax paper over the bottom of the pan.
If using Dairy Queen ice cream, spread it in the bottom of the pan. If you are using any other ice cream, allow it to soften, then spread on the bottom of pan until the pan is almost half full. Sprinkle with crushed Oreo cookies, then spoon hot fudge sauce (at room temperature) over the top of this. Set in freezer until frozen.
Remove from freezer and add second layer of ice cream. Smooth it evenly with the top of the cake pan. Return to the freezer and freeze until very hard.
Remove from freezer and frost with a mixture of equal parts ice cream and thawed frozen whipped topping beaten together. Return to freezer until serving time.
hopefully this helps
One thing I would suggest is to use one of those springform pans. Put your cake layer and then the ice cream - or however you plan to layer it. Then put it back in the freezer. The spring form will help keep its shape. Then, when you're ready to ice it, pull it out and take the ring off. HTH!!
in high school i worked at an ice cream store much like baskin robbins, and we made cakes all the time. you know those huge buckets of ice cream they have there? well they actually cut a 2" thick chunk off the top to make a cake. carboard and all. that way it's already shaped. then you let that freeze up really well, then get your cake, plop it down, and i do mean plop. they cakes are really solid so they don't mind the moisture. put the ice crem disk on top, cut disk to size, freeze again. always freeze it. then they take it out, and frost it with softened ice cream frosting. (like ice cream soup when you're little). they do a rough icing job, freeze again. get a wet spatula, smooth some. freeze again. and so on. then you can decorate it with whatever. the key is to keep it very cold. if it looks melted, then it is. err on the side of caution. at home, you could use some softer ice cream and like said, a springform pan, smoosh it in, freeze it. then use that like your disk at the store.
hope that helps!
Will whipped cream icing work well on an ice cream cake as long as it is kept frozen?
Bake the cake then freeze it. Line a pan with parchment or wax paper, take icing out in big chunks and layer them in the pan, press down and make level, Place the frozen cake on top then freeze hard.
Take the pan out of the freezer and run very warm water over the top briefly. Remove the cake onto a board. Smooth out the ice cream and crumb coat the cake part (outer ice cream should be melty from the warm water on the pan. Freeze hard again.
Soften vanilla (or other) ice cream in a mixer bowl until you can mix it with the paddle to icing consistency. Ice the cake with that and freeze it up hard. Use whipped icing to do a border, Buttercream will work also. If you want to do more decorating, harden it in the freezer if it begins to soften.
Let sit out for about 20 mins before serving. Cut with a knife dipped in warm water.
I like dulce de leche ice cream, or mint choc chip with choc cake.
Buttercream is not too sweet, it's just that the ice cream will freeze up the icing before you can spread it. At the same time the buttercream will be melting the ice cream and then it will never stick.
A fun and pretty thing to do is spray a springform pan with non stick spray, make a cookie crumb crust with crushed oreos and magic shell, cut pirouette cookies in half and line up around edges while you press cookie crust in bottom to hold pirouettes in place.
Fill with ice cream layered with cookies, or crushed heath bar, or roasted pecans. freeze up, put more topping or whip cream on top sprinkled with cookies or whatever.
Wrap a pretty ribbon around and tie a bow after you unmold it.
I actually made hundreds of ice cream cakes for Baskin Robbins, so I can tell you how they do it.
We didn't cut the ice cream tubs as was mentioned earlier. We got a frozen cake and scooped ice cream balls onto it in a row. We used smaller ice cream scoops for this and the ice cream had to be uniform in shape. Then we let it melt a bit and used a larger spatula knife to smooth over the top and fill in the gaps left by the balls. Then freeze until hard. Let some ice cream melt for the frosting and mix it up until it's smooth, but not too runny. Start icing. Freeze as needed during this process. Then freeze immediately after the final icing. Touch up rough areas with warm water. Buying Baskin Robbins Ice cream would be a good idea to try this with because it has a really great consistency for this kind of cake. Good luck!
Sarah
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