Ice Cream Cake....Yes, you too can make your very own ice cream cake from the comfort of your own home.

One time I made up this easy ice cream cake.  People were impressed.  And by people, I mean my parents.  So I decided that this would be my contribution to the 4th of July cookout.  And I know you love my photo enhanced recipes, so here you go......

Ice Cream Cake Ingredients-

bowl

foil

a pound cake

a bunch of ice cream

chocolate syrup

Cool Whip

Step 1-Line a bowl (of whatever size you want your cake to be) with foil or wax paper.  Something.  If not you will not be able to get your cake out of the bowl and it will be stuck in there forever and you won't be able to eat it.  Do you want to deal with that kind of sadness?

Step 2-Take a pre-made pound cake from the bakery or frozen section of the grocery store (you can make your own if you really want to) and cut it into thinnish slices. Layer this on the bottom and sides of your foil lined bowl. Mash it down.  (How much pound cake do you need?  Enough to cover the bottom of the bowl and then enough to layer it on the top after the ice cream is inside.)

Step 3-Swirl some chocolate syrup on your pound cake then scoop in your ice cream.  I like to use 3 different flavors but you can do whatever you like.  This time I used Strawberry Cheesecake, Carmel Praline, and Mint Chocolate Chip.  I added layers of chocolate syrup swirls between the different ice creams.

Step 4-Cover the Ice cream with the remaining pound cake slices.

Step 5-Freeze this.  I did mine overnight this time which is probably a good idea.  Then flip the bowl over and remove the cake.  You should have a dome like thing as pictured below.

Step 6-Add on the whip cream icing.  I usually just use some Cool Whip.  Then you can make a lovely pattern with chocolate syrup or candy or fruit or whatever you have for decor.

And there you have it, your very own homemade ice cream cake.  Looks good with the flag.

People enjoyed this.  They enjoyed it a lot.  They ate multiple pieces and then went jogging the next day to make up for it while the other people just ate more for breakfast and did not attempt to jog.   

****And for a lower calorie/fat version of this cake you can use Angel Food cake (which I have done before) and fro yo and fat free Cool Whip.  I still think it would be good.*****

Who doesn't love a nice ice cream cake?

What's your favorite Ice Cream flavor?