Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream Cake
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This chocolate caramel ice cream cake is so delicious. I was told the recipe originally from a friend and it was such a hit. I thought that my family and friends would only enjoy this dessert in the summer, but it has been requested in all seasons of the year. I can’t even remember how many times we have made this… it was even requested for a family member's sixteenth birthday. Lucky for me, it is simple to make and looks amazing! |
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This chocolate caramel ice cream cake is so delicious. I was told the recipe originally from a friend and it was such a hit. I thought that my family and friends would only enjoy this dessert in the summer, but it has been requested in all seasons of the year. I can’t even remember how many times we have made this… it was even requested for a family member's sixteenth birthday. Lucky for me, it is simple to make and looks amazing!
Ingredients:
- Any dish of your choice. I often use a casserole type dish or one that is made of all glass
- Ice cream bars - you will need a couple of boxes. If you have extras they are easy to store in your freezer to enjoy at a later date. I have always used the ice cream bars with the chocolate outside and the vanilla inside.
- Approximately 4 score bars
- Smuckers sundae syrup in caramel (squeeze bottle)
- Smuckers sundae syrup in chocolate (squeeze bottle)
Necessary Tools:
- Casserole dish or glass dish
- Tea towels
- Hammer
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Glass
- Two cutting knives
How to Make the Ultimate Ice Cream Cake
- You take any casserole type dish and place a layer of ice-cream bars on the bottom. The dish of your choice is going to be the one that people will see when you are serving the dessert, so you want it to look nice. I would select something decorative or a clear unique dish. I used an ice-cream bar with chocolate on the outside and vanilla on the inside. It would work with any combination, but my favorites are the chocolate vanilla combo so that is the only ones that I have used while making this dessert.
- You want to fill the whole bottom of the dish. I fill with the full size ice cream bars first. Then I look to see if there are any gaps. Then using a cutting board and a sharp knife I cut the sizes to fill in the gaps. Then with your fingers push down on the ice cream cake pieces to form a solid bottom.
- I then squeezed some chocolate sauce and caramel sauce all over the ice-cream bars. I always did a grid pattern on an angle. It almost looked like an argyle cardigan sweater design.
- Next comes a fun part… breaking the score bars. Keep them in the candy wrapper and open one side for air to escape. The wrap or cover it on the top and bottom. Place this over top of a cutting board. Then with a hammer you need to break up the score bar into little pieces. Once you have broken them up pour the contents of the chocolate bar into a small bowl.
- Using a small spoon, scoop some of the score bar and spread it over the layer of ice cream bar, caramel sauce and chocolate sauce.
- Next, place another layer of ice-cream bars. Flip the direction that the ice cream bars are facing. Repeat it to create a complete layer of ice cream bar.
- Then repeat squeezing the chocolate and caramel sauces. Again I do the pattern or spin it so it will cover a slightly different area.
- Spoon out another thin area of the score bar.
- You can do a third layer of the ice cream bar (remember to flip the direction of the ice cream bars), caramel sauce and chocolate sauce and score bar if there is room in your dish.
- When you reach the last layer you want to finish spreading the score bars. If you used 4 score bars in total I would use 1 for the middle layers and leave 3 for the top layer that people will see. This makes the ice cream cake look fantastic.
- To finish off the cake I spread the sauces one more time to make a pretty design. On top of the score bars.
- Covered the casserole dish and placed back into the freezer until it was ready to serve.
- As a hint - use two knives to cut this cake. Put them in a tall glass with hot water and rotate between cuts.
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I really enjoy this dessert with chocolate covered strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. If you are serving it for your guests make sure you add these pops of color. They look great and add a burst of flavor. Your guests will enjoy the extra side to the dessert.
This chocolate caramel ice cream cake will be the hit of any party. Not only does it look amazing because the broken up score bar looks like jewelry, but it tastes fantastic. It is simply wonderful in the warmer months of the year. I especially like it in the summer although it has been enjoyed throughout the year by my family.