Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream Cake

This chocolate oreo ice cream cake starts with a layer of chocolate cake, then hot fudge and oreos, next oreo ice cream and then covered with a whipped topping and some more hot fudge and oreos. Basically a dream cake for any chocolate and oreo lovers.

CHOCOLATE OREO ICE CREAM CAKE

We are serious ice cream lovers in our house. And almost every time I ask a particular son of mine what cake he wants for his birthday cake he requests an ice cream cake, so I played around and made this cake and we all love it so much. It's one of the most requested cakes now. And the best part is it's so easy to change up the flavors of ice cream, cake and oreos depending on what you're in the mood for.

HOW TO MAKE AN ICE CREAM CAKE

You're going to start by making a single layer of chocolate cake for the bottom of the cake.

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-inch round cake pans with non-stick cooking spray, and then line the bottom of the pan with parchment.
• In a large bowl, sift or stir together flour, sugars, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In a mixing bowl, beat oil, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla together until completely mixed. About 1 minute.
• Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients while mixing.
• Pour in hot water and mix together another minute. It's ok if the batter seems extra liquidy.
• Pour batter into the pan. Bake for about 20 minutes. When toothpick placed in the center of the cake comes out clean, you know it is done.

Once your cake layer is done you are going to want to freeze a layer of ice cream for another layer.

• Let the ice cream thaw on the counter for about 10 minutes to soften enough to work with. Line a 8 inch baking pan with saran wrap and place all the ice cream inside, making sure to push it in and compact it in there. Cover with more saran wrap and allow to completely freeze again.

HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE CAKE

You are going to want to crush up your oreo's in a bowl and add some hot fudge to it to place in-between the cake and the ice cream layers. After you place the oreo/hot fudge mixture across the top as pictured below, you will then place the frozen layer of ice cream on top of that.

Once you have the cake, oreo/hot fudge and ice cream layers done it is time for the whipped topping.

Drizzle more hot fudge and sprinkle with more crushed oreo's on top.

FREEZE again for a few hours. I know, waiting can be hard.

DOES THE CAKE NEED TO SIT OUT BEFORE EATING?

I would suggest letting the cake sit out for about 10 minutes before you are ready to serve unless it is a very hot day, in that case you can probably serve right away. And make sure to put back any leftovers in the freezer as soon as possible to keep the ice cream from melting and refreezing.

HOW TO SAVE LEFTOVERS

Once you have cut and served the cake, you can cut your leftovers into individual pieces and then wrap with saran wrap and place in a ziplock bag. This allows you to store them without having a large chunk of cake inside the freezer, as I know that can be hard to find room for.

If you like this chocolate cake, you should try my German Chocolate Cake recipe that uses the same chocolate cake base.

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