Homemade Ice Cream Cake

It was my sisters birthday this weekend and I decided to do something nice and make her an ice cream cake.  What a kind and generous brother I am.  Now if there is one thing I know that people love on their birthdays, whether you’re 6 or 60, it’s ice cream cake.   Screw going to Dairy Queen.  I had attempted this once before a couple of years ago and it turned out quite well, so I thought I’d give it another go.  Now basically your options are wide open for what flavours you’d like to put together.  I went with Mocha Chocolate Almond and French Vanilla, as they were among the flavours that happened to be on sale at the grocery store.

Homemade Ice Cream Cake

• A silicone jello mould (I suppose any mould would work, but that’s what I’ve got)
• 2 different varieties of ice cream
• 2 cups of graham crumbs
• 4 tbsp semi-sweet cocoa
• chocolate syrup

This is something that take like a day to do, so definitely don’t wait to the last minute to start making your cake.  It’s best to leave the ice cream flavour you’re starting with out for at least a half hour before you start, just so the ice cream will be nice and soft.  Scoop out your first layer into the jello mould, filling it about 1/3 of the way.  Smooth out the layer of ice cream to be flat.  Mix up your graham crumbs and cocoa and spread a nice layer onto the ice cream, pressing it into the ice cream.  Then throw it into the freezer and leave it for 3 hours, or until the ice cream becomes a little more sturdy again.  Repeat the first few steps, only this time use the second ice cream flavour.  Then repeat a third time with the original ice cream flavour, though skip the graham part.  Once the mould is full, leave it set overnight to make sure it is good and solid before removing it from the mould.  Once you carefully remove it from the mould, coat with the graham mix and press it into the cake, then artistically cover the cake with some chocolate syrup.  Thow it back into the freezer to let the chocolate harden and then it will be ready to serve.