Ice Cream Cake

Several family birthdays happen during the summer - so we often buy Dairy Queen ice cream cakes instead of baking.

This year, my daughter suggested we try a Martha Stewart ice cream cake recipe...














Typically, we didn't exactly follow the recipe! (It would be fair to say that the recipe provided inspiration rather than directions!) Thin chocolate wafers (rather than chocolate sandwich cookies) separated two layers of ice cream, which had only a subtle differences in color (vanilla / vanilla streaked with caramel). Crushed cookie crumbs coated the top and sides of the cake.

The ice cream, which had to be slightly softened to create the cake, melted into the cookie crumbs, so our cake wasn't as attractive as Martha's. But having chosen good-tasting ice cream, the cake was delicious...














...especially with fresh strawberries!