To me, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Bottom is the ultimate summer dessert for everything from a birthday party to a tasty, refreshing treat.
When I think of this Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake I become inspired more than I do with most other dessert recipes. Part of the reason for that is that It's such an inspiring choice. It makes use of two different desserts.
But it does more than just combine them. It repurposes them.
They meld together to become something entirely new.
There is also a sort of next-level graduation to it, because we all love ice cream, and we all have made ice cream better by putting it on top of a chocolate brownie.
Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake with brownie bottom is proof that it doesn't have to stop there. You can take it further. Make it better.
That's what I've done with this Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake. I've taken everything I love about these two desserts and I've made the best version I can imagine.
That brings me to the other inspiring thing about this Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake. It's the combination of imagination and potential.
I can tell you how to make an incredible dessert out of these two basic ingredients, but you can decide how you want to use that information. You can determine what kind of brownie you use, or what flavors of ice cream you combine.
Of course, you can follow my exact recipe (which I obviously recommend) but what it all comes down to is what you want on your plate.
This recipe should delight your palate, but it should also inspire you to keep going with it and make as many other versions of it as you like.
You can experiment a lot, or stick to your favorite flavors. It's all up to you. With this recipe, I'll introduce you to the flavors that work for me and make my version of the perfect Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake.
The Ideal Summertime Treat
Let's face it. Ice cream can be boring. It's true. Why else would we need to devise the sundae? We had to make ice cream more exciting! I don't know at what point that starts to happen.
I know when I was a kid, the prospect of any kind of ice cream filled me with uncontainable joy. But somehow plain old ice cream lost its seductive appeal. Maybe it's because sundaes exist, or Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake for that matter.
There's always a better option. It kind of makes you wonder who was bored enough with ice cream to invent the first embellishments. I suppose it started with the fact that there were only a few flavors to choose from.
Without going into the whole history of how ice cream has evolved over the years, let's just say, things have changed. Ice cream comes in about as many flavors as there are cable television networks.
There are almost too many to choose from so it's nearly impossible to get bored. What I enjoy about Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake is that it is easy to blend your favorite flavors and combine them into one refreshing and delightful summertime treat.
Frozen desserts are one of my favorite things about summertime because they help you cope with the heat, but they are also tasty.
Ice cream is an indulgence that is difficult to enjoy in colder weather, so the sunny days are a brilliant excuse for an indulgence like the recipe I have below.
This recipe features two of my favorite Ben and Jerry's flavors, Boom Chocolata and Brownie batter Core. I love the Core flavors from Ben and Jerry's and they lend themselves so nicely to a dessert made this way. You won't believe how the two blend.
Making Your Own Ice Cream Cake
When you make your own Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake, you are welcome to adapt the recipe as you like. The possibilities are about as endless as you can imagine.
Personally, this is my favorite which is why I chose to highlight these specific ingredients. That includes the brownie mix I chose for making this recipe which is Duncan Hines.
This is a very quick and easy recipe to make that you can complicate only as much as you want to. It's a perfect dessert to serve at parties or at outdoor barbecues.
The toppings alone make it feel special and celebratory, but you can also just savor it as a nightly indulgence until the pan is empty again and you have to make a new one.
If you like, you can make this recipe from scratch. By doing that you open the window to so many more custom options for making this dish even more sensational.
All you need to do is come up with a blend of dry ingredients for your personalized brownie mix and make your own ice cream in whatever flavor you can come up with.
Although it takes longer to make, it will have a unique homemade quality that is difficult to fake. A benefit of homemade ice cream, besides building your flavors from the ground up is that you can make it softer.
When you use store-bought ice cream, you need to let it thaw so that you can get it to spread evenly across the brownie. letting it thaw without letting it melt can be a difficult thing to get right.
How to Make Ice Cream Cake
Follow my recipe to make the best creamy ice-cold treat for your next big summer event. All you need to do is make a brownie like you normally would and let it cool while your ice cream thaws.
Then spread the ice cream evenly. In my recipe, I separate the two ice cream flavors with a layer of cupcake, which is awesome. Cover it and freeze.
Don't top it until you have cut it into the servings you want. The best way to top each square is with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a single maraschino cherry.
If you remove the Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake from the pan in its entirety, you can decorate it as a single cake.
An alternative way to top your ice cream cake is to coat it with magic shell topping. It comes in a squeeze bottle and results in a thin candy shell that covers the dessert.
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Bottom Ingredients
- 1 box Duncan Hines brownie mix
- 4 chocolate cupcakes
- brownie batter core
- boom chocolatta cookie core
Or your favorite flavors
- 1 small container of cool whip
- Confetti sprinkles
- Maraschino cherries with stem
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Bottom Instructions
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Cake with Brownie Bottom
Ingredients
- 1 box duncan hines brownie mix
- 1 pint Ben and jerry's brownie bottom core
- 1 pint Ben and jerry' s boom chocolatta cookie core
- 4 chocolate cupcakes
- 1 carton (8 oz) cool whip
- Confetti sprinkles
- Maraschino cherries with stem
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 325 and line a 9x9 pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Mix brownie batter in a mixing bowl.
- Pour into a pan, place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes. While brownies are baking, set ice cream on the counter and let thaw.
- Remove brownies and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Get your chosen ice cream flavors ready to spread on top of your brownie.
- Next, add brownie batter ice cream, or your chose favor, on top of the cooled brownies that you baked.
- Spread out evenly across the top of your brownie.
- Then, split 4 cupcakes in half and spread them out over the ice cream.
- Then, cover the cupcakes with the entire pint of chocolate cookie core ice cream.
- Place in the freezer overnight, cover with plastic wrap. Slice into squares and serve with a dollop of cool whip, confetti sprinkles, and a cherry on top. Enjoy every bite!
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