Chocolate cake ice cream
This chocolate cake ice cream is an extraordinary combination of super moist, decadent chocolate cake and creamy ice cream.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- a pinch of salt
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup buttermilk
For the chocolate cake ice cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¾ cup condensed milk
- 1 cup chocolate cake crumbs
Instructions
To bake the cake
- In a large bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl beat both the sugars along with the vegetable oil until pale.
- Add the greek yogurt and beat until fully incorporated.
- Mix in vanilla extract.
- Add ⅓rd of the dry ingredients ,mixture and mix until just incorporated.
- Add half the buttermilk and mix well. Alternate between the dry ingredients and the buttermilk. (starting and ending with flour)
- Pre heat an oven at 180°C for 10 minutes. Grease a cake tin with butter and line it with parchment paper.
- Transfer all of the cake batter into the tin and tap against the counter to remove any air bubbles. bake for 35-45 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Let it cool down completely.
To prepare the ice cream
- In a bowl, beat the heavy cream in medium speed until soft peaks are formed.
- Add in the condensed milk and mix well.
- Now add the crumbled cake into the ice cream mixture and fold into the cream.
- Transfer into freezer safe bowls and freeze for 8 hours.
- Serve ice cream cold, garnished with choco chips or even marshmallows.
Notes
- Do not over mix the cake batter.
- Bake the cake for 35 minutes first. If it is still not baked through, then bake for an additional 5 or 10 minutes.
- If the cake starts to get burnt, then cover the cake with aluminium foil and bake again until it is cooked through.
- If you are dividing the cake into more than one pan, then reduce the baking time accordingly.
- Add condensed milk according to your sweet preference.
- Add the cake crumbles as much as you want. you can reduce it too.
- This ice cream does not require a machine to churn.