So my local Food Lion grocery store has been having lots of deals recently. Mainly, things like "Buy 2 Get the 3rd one free" which I normally avoid since it's just me and when do I need three of anything?
But then the rat ba$tards put Godiva Ice Cream on sale...and--just a tad ashamed to admit here--but I've bought 12 cartons already for $2 each. TWELVE! I can barely be left alone in a house with ONE pint of ice cream, let alone Godiva. FYI, I checked Publix, Ingles and Harris Teeter and all three were selling the same pints for $5.99 each!
Thank goodness a birthday came along and I could use up 4 pints of ice cream (my thighs sending a silent prayer of thanks). Back to Food Lion where they ALSO had ice cream sandwiches on 3 for 2, Oreo Cookies on 2/$6 and heavy cream as BOGO. Priced out, the entire 9" cake cost $15 for its ingredients--I gave the hostess all the leftovers (2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches, package of Oreo cookies and pint of heavy cream). You try buying an ice cream cake for $15 MADE WITH GODIVA! Go on...I'll wait here.
Are you back yet?
So here are the instructions: (I saw this in a magazine, but have no clue where...just loved the visual of the cake edges).
www.food.com
What I did:
Lined my 9" springform base with 9" cake round (so no one could cut into the springform base and destroy it)
Wrapped interior circumference with a 4" high strip of acetate I had bought from bakery years ago and reuse constantly.
Cut ice cream sandwiches in half across width, then each of those pieces lengthwise >> four pieces per sandwich. Stand along interior edge. My cake took 8 sandwiches, but I schmoosed in 1 more piece to tighten the edges.
I had bought Thin Oreos, which have a minimal amount of filling. This meant the milk didn't do its job...the crumbs were too dry since there wasn't all that creamy filling. I just added an extra TBL of soft butter and it worked out.
Layered 4 "quasi" pints of ice cream--these are only 14 oz and 3 cartons didn't seem high enough to me....so me, being me...I added another pint until it came up to the edge of the ice cream sandwiches.
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You're supposed to be careful and freeze each softened flavor in between so the layers stay nice and clean looking (think red/white//blue...or green/red/white, like a watermellon). I say...ya, not gonna happen...and just kept schmoosing and adding more ice cream, so the end result was a mish-mash of those four flavors.
No one complained.
I covered it with saran wrap and put all back into the freezer. Next day, I whipped up a pint of heavy cream, topped the cake and drizzled on some of my caramel sauce.
It was a success:
PS: At 10 minutes before serving, I tried to open the springform and NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. So I put a cloth tea towel in the microwave for 30 seconds, wrapped it around the cake form for about 10 seconds and wa-la! it opened like a breeze. The cardboard base was also a good idea because I could just slide the entire thing onto the cake display riser. First piece was hard to get out, but after that, cut between every two ice cream sandwiches and the result is lovely.
But then the rat ba$tards put Godiva Ice Cream on sale...and--just a tad ashamed to admit here--but I've bought 12 cartons already for $2 each. TWELVE! I can barely be left alone in a house with ONE pint of ice cream, let alone Godiva. FYI, I checked Publix, Ingles and Harris Teeter and all three were selling the same pints for $5.99 each!
Thank goodness a birthday came along and I could use up 4 pints of ice cream (my thighs sending a silent prayer of thanks). Back to Food Lion where they ALSO had ice cream sandwiches on 3 for 2, Oreo Cookies on 2/$6 and heavy cream as BOGO. Priced out, the entire 9" cake cost $15 for its ingredients--I gave the hostess all the leftovers (2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches, package of Oreo cookies and pint of heavy cream). You try buying an ice cream cake for $15 MADE WITH GODIVA! Go on...I'll wait here.
Are you back yet?
So here are the instructions: (I saw this in a magazine, but have no clue where...just loved the visual of the cake edges).
Layered Ice Cream
This is so good! and it has no cake in it. Someone saw the one I made and didn't believe I made it! I can't even believe I made it! It's so easy, all
www.food.com
What I did:
Lined my 9" springform base with 9" cake round (so no one could cut into the springform base and destroy it)
Wrapped interior circumference with a 4" high strip of acetate I had bought from bakery years ago and reuse constantly.
Cut ice cream sandwiches in half across width, then each of those pieces lengthwise >> four pieces per sandwich. Stand along interior edge. My cake took 8 sandwiches, but I schmoosed in 1 more piece to tighten the edges.
I had bought Thin Oreos, which have a minimal amount of filling. This meant the milk didn't do its job...the crumbs were too dry since there wasn't all that creamy filling. I just added an extra TBL of soft butter and it worked out.
Layered 4 "quasi" pints of ice cream--these are only 14 oz and 3 cartons didn't seem high enough to me....so me, being me...I added another pint until it came up to the edge of the ice cream sandwiches.
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- Mint Medallion
- Praline Cone Crunch.
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You're supposed to be careful and freeze each softened flavor in between so the layers stay nice and clean looking (think red/white//blue...or green/red/white, like a watermellon). I say...ya, not gonna happen...and just kept schmoosing and adding more ice cream, so the end result was a mish-mash of those four flavors.
No one complained.
I covered it with saran wrap and put all back into the freezer. Next day, I whipped up a pint of heavy cream, topped the cake and drizzled on some of my caramel sauce.
It was a success:
PS: At 10 minutes before serving, I tried to open the springform and NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. So I put a cloth tea towel in the microwave for 30 seconds, wrapped it around the cake form for about 10 seconds and wa-la! it opened like a breeze. The cardboard base was also a good idea because I could just slide the entire thing onto the cake display riser. First piece was hard to get out, but after that, cut between every two ice cream sandwiches and the result is lovely.
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