Description
The store bought ice cream cake from childhood birthday parties can’t hold a candle to this decadent, multi-layer confection.
Ingredients
Scale
For the brownie layer:
- 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cubed
- 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/3 cup flour
For the chocolate-coffee ice cream:
- 2 cups mascarpone
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup 2 percent milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- ¼ cup Kahlua
- 3 Tbsp. brandy or dark rum
- 3 oz. high-quality dark chocolate, melted
For the no-churn ice cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 7 oz. condensed milk
- 2 Tbsp. bourbon
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
Brownie Layer
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch springform pan.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove melted butter from the heat and add the chopped chocolate. Stir until the chocolate is melted and let cool.
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat together the sugar, eggs and vanilla on high until pale. Whisk in the chocolate and butter.
- Gently stir in the flour until just combined and no white streaks are visible.
- Pour into pan and bake for 24 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center looks clean or with crumbs attached (not wet).
- Let cool completely.
Chocolate-Coffee Ice Cream
- Place all the ingredients except the chocolate, in a blender or food processor and pulse until combined and smooth.
- Chill in the refrigerator until cold, about 1 hour.
- Add the ice cream base in your ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
- While this ice cream maker churns, pour in the melted chocolate. The chocolate will harden and break into little pieces in the process.
- When the ice cream maker is finished, break up any remaining large pieces of chocolate with a spatula.
- Store in an air-tight container in the freezer until ready to use, or if your cake is ready, go ahead and spread it onto the brownie, using a spatula to smoothen it out.
- The ice cream should be soft enough to spread easily when assembling the cake.
No-churn Ice Cream
- Beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold in the other ingredients until combined.
- Store in an air-tight container in the freezer until ready to use.
- The ice cream should be soft enough to spread easily when assembling the cake.
Ice Cream Cake
- Once the brownie is cool, spread the ice cream evenly over the top, stopping ¼- to ½-inch from the top edge of the springform pan.
- Store any leftover tiramisu ice cream in the freezer (you will have some extra, depending on the size of the layer you’d like to have)
- Place the pan in the freezer about 2 hours until ice cream hardens.
- Spread no-churn ice cream on top of the chocolate-coffee ice cream.
- Place back in freezer for 1 hour to harden.
- Decorate with chocolate shavings, sprinkles, chocolate sauce or cocoa nibs, if desired, and serve.
- Prep Time: 3 hours
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Dessert