Chocolate-Cherry Ice-Cream Cake
A layered ice cream cake featuring a chocolate cookie crust, cherry ice cream, chopped cookies and chocolate chips, vanilla ice cream, and fudge sauce, perfect for celebrations and made ahead in the freezer.
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Total Time: 9 hr 45 min
- Yield: 12 1x
- Method: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 Oreo chocolate creme sandwich cookies
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 1 quart (4 cups) cherry or cherry vanilla ice cream, softened
- 8 Oreo chocolate creme sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 quart (4 cups) vanilla ice cream, softened
- 1/2 cup fudge ice-cream sauce
- Sweetened whipped cream, if desired
- 12 fresh cherries with stems
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Place 16 cookies in food processor. Cover and process until finely ground. Add butter; cover and process until mixed. Press in springform pan, 9×3 inches. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until firm. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- Wrap outside of springform pan with foil. Spread cherry ice cream over cooled crust. Freeze 30 minutes. Sprinkle chopped cookies and 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips over cherry ice cream; press slightly. Spread vanilla ice cream over top. Drop fudge sauce over ice cream in small spoonfuls; swirl slightly into ice cream. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips; press slightly. Freeze about 8 hours until firm.
- To serve, let stand at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes. Carefully remove side of pan. Cut dessert into wedges. Top each wedge with whipped cream and cherry.
Notes
Spray the back of a metal spoon with cooking spray to easily press the crumb mixture into the pan. Make this cake ahead and store in the freezer for up to a week. For easier slicing, ensure the cake is slightly softened at room temperature before cutting.
Nutrition
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
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