If You Give An Oreo Cookie Monster...
an oreo cookie sandwich, he will probably ask for another two more...then he will probably ask for some ice cream to go with the oreos...and perhaps some chocolates too....
It was only a few days ago that I discovered the joy of taking images of a slice of ice cream cake. As the camera clicks away, the icy frosting on the outer layer started to disappear...and very soon, the ice cream began to give in to our hot and humid weather...as if urging me to dig in right away...telling me I should just dump that camera aside. and I did just that. I helped myself to one huge mouthful before I continued to give it another couple of clicks before I wiped up the entire slice...
that happened to be a slice from this birthday cake I made for my husband. Two weeks before his birthday, I asked him what kind of cake would he like this year. As usual, he asked for something that has got oreos in it. So the two of us sat in front of the computer and I typed in the key words "oreo cake" and clicked on the 'Search Everyone's Photos' on Flickr. I was pleasantly surprised to see the photo of a cake I made appeared on the screen. He took a hard look and it was apparent that he couldn't remember that was his birthday cake last year. Anyway, inspired by the beautiful images which started to appear on the screen one by one, he requested for an ice cream cake..and we left things as it is. I didn't think there would be anything more difficult than to head down to the store to get a pack of oreos and a tub of ice cream for his birthday ;)
Well, since he has walked with me for more than half of his lifetime, and to thank him for always being there by my side, I thought I really should put in some effort to grant his wish. After reading up on how to make an ice cream cake, I made up this Oreo Ice Cream Cake...which was choked to the brim with layers of oreo cookies.The base was a layer of oreo crumbs, which I covered with a tub of Cookies & Cream ice cream. I even added some oreo chunks into the ice cream layer. Next came the chocolate ganache layer...and it was generously dusted with oreo crumbs before topping off with more oreo cookies! The only thing that had got nothing to do with oreos was the chocolate birthday 'card'. It was among one of the many goodies given to me generously by VB. Thank you VB!
It was a very good experience coming up with this cake since this is the first time I have ever made an ice cream cake. It was actually much simpler than I thought. I used a loose bottom pan for the cake...and since I do not have any appropriate plastic sheets to line the sides of the pan...I improvised by using long strips cut from a cookie bag. You need lots of patience when making this cake. It has to be well chilled before unmolding. I tried to unmold it when it was only in the freezer for 2hrs...as I thought the surface looked well set...but the ice cream started dripping from the sides when I tried to release the pan. I quickly returned it to the freezer and tried it again 4hrs later...and it came off nicely!The only downside of this cake: the oreo cookies that were used to decorate the top loose their crisp after they were in the freezer for so many hours. I read that one way to overcome this problem is to decorate the cake just 30mins before serving. Warm a palette knife by running it under hot water, dry it and swipe it over the chocolate layer a few times. Once the chocolate is soft enough...'stick' whatever cookies or fruits on top, and send it back to the freezer to set before serving. I'll try this method on my next ice cream cake :)
Oreo Ice Cream Cake
(makes one 18cm cake)
Ingredients
110g oreo cookies (finely crumbled)
40g butter, melted and cool
about 1 tub of ice cream (1.5 ltr)
1 cup Nestle pouring cream (or heavy cream)
150g dark chocolate, finely chopped
Method:
- Line the sides of a loose bottom pan with plastic sheets. Set aside.
- Place oreo crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Mix thoroughly with a spoon until the crumbs are moistened. Press the crumbs evenly into the base of the prepared pan. Use the back of the spoon, smooth out the crumbs and press firmly. Freeze the base for at least 1 hour.
- Soften the ice cream at room temperature. When the ice cream is soft enough, place it in a mixing bowl. With a spoon or spatula, stir the ice cream until it is spreadable. Spoon the ice cream over the oreo base, ensure all gaps are filled. Depending on the depth of the pan, fill it with enough ice cream till it reaches about half to one inche before the rim. Cover with a cling wrap and freeze for at least 2 hours.
- When the ice cream layer is set, prepare the chocolate ganache. Place cream and finely chopped dark chocolates in a bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir till the chocolate melts complete. Leave to cool off.
- This step has to be done as quickly as possible. Spread the chocolate ganache over the ice cream layer. Decorate as desired.
- Cover with cling wrap and freeze for at least another 6 hours before unmolding. When ready to unmold, dampen a kitchen towel with hot water and wrap it around the pan and hold it there for about 10seconds. Remove the towel and unmold. After unmolding the cake, return it back into the freezer to firm up before serving.
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74 comments:
it looks PERFECT! i wan a slice too! :P
Hi Home baker,
i was thinking about ice-cream cake the other day and wondering how to go about it. And there you are! WOW! your cake looks absolutely yummy!will definitely try it sometime soon! i have to try out the strawberry cake 1st. Cheers!
Your ice cream cake looks amazing! I'm not blessed with a big freezer :-(.. thanks for sharing and making me drool anywayz :)
I've put a link to your website on my blog. Hope you don't mind :)
Greetings from Holland,
Chrystal
hi hi, you've been tagged!
that looks so delicious and so professional! i'm sure your husband appreciated the cake! thanks for the instructions/recipe. i think i will have to try this! thank you!
Cool cake! Hubby's birthday is coming up soon, I'll give your cake a try. It's perfect for the summer heat! Thanks!:)
Yum! Looks (and tastes, I bet) amazing!
My mouth is watering now!!! love your "if you give a...." title. We always loved those books.
Hi HHB
Feel really touched by what you have said in your blog abt you putting effort in making this wonderful cake for your hubby. Marriage is an art. Just like baking a cake ~ need lots of patience & lots of love. Then the result will be good. I see that in your cake :)
Cheers
Esther
p.s. FYI, I always bake my stuff following some of your fantastic recipes. ;P my recent bake was Chicken & Mushroom Baked Rice
Oh HHB! How I wish I could have a slice! Hehe...i think you can sell it already..outside have not seen it yet.. LOL!
Ida, Thanks for your encouragments!
Hi Rabbit...I can't wait to hear from you about your cakes :)
Chrystal, I dont have a bifg freezer too. As long as you can fit in a 18cm pan inside your freezer, you will be able to make this cake.
Hi Sukkimi, Thanks! Can you provide your blog address, as I can't seems to be able to access your blog via your blogger profile :(
Hi Maybe Strawberry, I am looking forward to read about it in your blog :) You can always play around with the ice cream flavours :)
Hi Anonymous...yes, this cake is great for the summer heat, which we experience almost everyday here!
Hi Anna, if your love oreos, you will love this cake ;)
Bridget, if I am not wrong, we have read thru the whole series of "If you give a..."! and I love those books, and won't mind reading again and again and again!
hi Esther, thanks so much for your lovely comments! I do hope you like the baked rice? as I have received comments from someone who tried it and that it was a bit tasteless :'(
Aimei, you must be joking ;D
anyone can make this cake...even w/o a loose bottom or springform pan, this can be done quite easily. You should make your own...if you don't like oreos, u can replace it with digestive biscuits...and you can choose your favourite ice cream flavours and play around with the toppings.
Youre killing me with these photos! how did you know my two weaknesses? Ice cream and Oreos?! Can you bake my birthday cake? It was 2 days ago... hahah jk
I'm sure no one can resist this. I want a piece too! :drool:
oh my. i think its exactly like those store bought ones!!! waaa u really very pro man. will definitely try it out someday =)
HHB, you just did it again! So professionally done! When you going to have your own bakery? :D
Wow, ice cream cake. Looks gorgeous. Think it's gonna be something that I'm gonna make soon. Thanks for giving me the idea. hehe... You have a great blog here. Love it.
These certainly look really good! And I think you've done a really good job in the assembling :)
wow HHB, this cake is inspirational! My dd wants a choc cake for her bday and I was wondering what to do (thankfully not due till Sept) this cake is a fantastic choice! happy bday in advance to your better half
oh yes, forgot to ask another question, what software r u using to add text to your photos?
Hi Lina, happy belated birthday!!
SSB, so, are you a oreo cookie lover too?
Hi Katherine, you should give this a try!
dear WF, thanks for your encouragement...I already have my own bakery...ie the one in my kitchen :) and my poor family members are forced to pretend to be the customers, lolz!
Thanks Cutie...I can't wait to hear about your ice cream cake!
dear Elyn, no, I didn't do a good job on the chocolate ganache layer...it was not very even :( luckily no one noticed it ;p
Hi Yuri, it's always fun and yet very stressful to bake a bday cake for your love ones! I'm sure u will experience the anxiety very soon! I used the editing tool within the Flickr website to add in the text. This is the tool that I have been looking for ages...simple and easy to use! have fun!
Hi,
May I know what is Nestle Pouring Cream and heavy cream? Where can I buy them?
Thanks & best regards,
Michelle
Wow. This looks really beautiful and delicious! :)
Oreo & ice cream in a cake! Who can resist? Yummy! Look like store bought one :)
This is so beautiful! I could've sworn it looks like one of those Swensen's ice-cream cakes! Great job :)
Hi Michelle, are u a local? you can get the nestle pouring cream at any of the local supermarkets here. It comes in a small can and available at the shelves at the baking supplies section (not refrigerated). You can also choose to use heavy cream...available at cold storage. I usually use this brand "Bulla".
You did a beautiful job on that cake -- WOW! Never tried an ice cream cake on my own; have only eaten Dairy Queen's (nummy!). Definitely going to give this a go on my own, thanks!
That cake looks amazing! Oreos and ice cream, mmm. It can't get any better than that :D
Hi, ur oreo ice cream cake looks yummY! thanks for sharing the recipe :)
That looks so delicious. I've always wanted to make an ice cream cake. Thanks for the directions!
What can I say. Simply marvellous. Looks so good. Happy belated birthday to your hubby.
wow! amazing! Your husband is very lucky! :)
The only flaw in this cake is that it is flawless!Lovely!
Hi HHB,
I've just discovered you blog and I'm inspired to try this out. Do you think it'll work with half the recipe?
I don't have an oven at the moment, so I have to stick to the non-bake options. =)
Thanks.
Hi nich, you can half the recipe, however do use a smaller cake pan (my pan size is 18cm) otherwise you may have a very flat cake. Hope this helps :)
Thanks, HHB. I'll keep that in mind. But one more question, how do I unmold if I dont have a loose bottom pan. Can I just use a normal round baking tin? Do I line it with cling wrap or a foil?
Thanks again.
Hi Nich, I think it will be quick tricky if you dont have a loose bottom pan for this ice cream cake. You can line a normal pan with either cling wrap or foil, however, the sides will not be smooth due to the crumbled foil/wrap. One way to overcome this is...after the cake is unmold, you can swipe a hot palette knife (dipped in hot water & wiped dry) around the sides to smoothen it a bit and then put it back to freeze again...but I am really not sure whether this will work.
The cake is definitely delicious. However, the chocolate ganache I did seemed to shrink at the sides after it was left to freeze. What did I do wrong ??? I used the nestle milk cream and hershe baking chocolate.
Su
Hi Su, I am sorry, I'm not clear what you meant by the ganache shrinking at the side? could you care to elaborate?
The ganache was spread evenly on top of the cake. After I took out from the freezer, the chocolate is only at the center and I can see an outer ring of icecream. It seemed to shrink from the sides. Is it because the consistency of the ganache is too thick?
Su
Hi Su, oh dear, I've not encountered this before! It's really strange that the chocolate ganache would shrink that much. I could only suspect that the melting of the chocolate was not done properly. I'm sorry I won't be able to give much comment on this due to my limited knowledge.
Hi
I just want to know which kind of dark chocolate you used?What brand?.
Thanks
Beebee
hi Beebee, are you a local? For this cake, I used dark chocolates bought from Carrefour...their house brand. It comes in a pack of 2, each at 200g (about $5 a pack). There are these words on the packing "Dessert Corse" and "chocolate extra-fin, pur beurre de cacao". It has a 64% cocoa content.
Hi HHB,
I really want to use your recipe for my brother-in-law's birthday cake. I'm going to give it a go this weekend so I'm prepared.
My question is, and it might be a bit silly, exactly how frozen is it after 6 hours? My brother-in-law lives 20 minutes away from me and it would be impossible to finish the cake at his house. I was just wondering if there was anyway to get around the cake melting on the way over?!
Thank you very much
Amy x
Hi Amy,
I'm not sure whether I read you correctly, are u concern about bringing the unfinished cake from your brother-in-law's house back to your own home, or is it the other way round? I am not sure how frozen is it after 6 hours, but if you really intend to bring it over, do freeze it over night, at least you are certain that it is well frozen. I would think it it better to bring the cake before unmolding (together with the pan), so once you reach his place, you can pop it into the freezer to let it set again before serving. I found something related on this link: (http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/417017) hope you find it relevant.
Sorry I didn't explain myself very well. I was worried about taking the finished cake on a 20 minute car journey from my house to his and that the ice cream would melt. I'm going to take your advice though and freeze it over night then keep it in the cake tin untill I get there. Thank you so much
Amy x
dear happy homebaker,
thanks for the recipe.. i jus made my ice cream cake yesterday! haha.. erm.. quite successful for the 1st try. except that the oreo crumbs base is quite hard.. thanks a million!! hahaha...
Hi Mushroom, it was also my first attempt at making an ice cream cake. I guess the oreo crumbs turn hard due to the freezing.
Hi HHB,
I made the cake and posted pictures and description on my blog. Please take a look. I also posted a link back to you so that everyone knows where to go for the best ice cream cake!
Amy x
Hi Amy, thanks for linking me up! I'm so glad that it all went well :) Next time, you can play around with the flavours...just use digestive biscuits instead of oreos as base if you are looking at something fruity and non-chocolatey :D
Is the nestle pouring cream the same as nestle La Lechera. I live in Chicago il and it is a very sweet and thick cream. What size spring form pan would I use?
Hi Anonymous, I used a 18cm or 7" pan. Are you referring to nestle La Lechera sweetened condensed milk? No, I am not using condensed milk for the ganache, I am using Nestle pouring cream which has got 25% milk fat. I think it is called Table Cream in the USA. You can always use other brands of heavy cream.
hi happy homebaker,
first time i came across an ice cream cake recipe. sounds exciting and yummy to me =]
whenever i need chocolate, i will buy them from carrefour too. its quite cheap considering that they sell 400g for 5bucks. good deal! . and most importantly the quality of chocolate is pretty good for its price.normal chocolates from supermarket sell for like 5plus for maybe 100 to 200g.
i have tried both "Dessert Corse" and "chocolate extra-fin, pur beurre de cacao". pretty decent.
zy
ZY, I have tried both types of chocolates you mentioned. They are pretty good for their price :)
hihi,
i just realised i bought the wrong cream... i go and buy thickened cream :( can i used this cream? and the amt to be use?
thnks
elaine
Hi Elaine, you can use thickened cream, the amount to use is the same, 1 cup.
Hi. I tried making this but the after around 5 hours the ice cream is kinda like..soft..its like when u touch it u can compress it and then bounce back out abit...and there'll be a lil stain on my hand...any advice?
Hi Tasmin, have you covered the ice cream cake with the chocolate ganache when you mention that the ice cream is still soft? It is ok, if you have not covered it. After covering with the chocolate ganache,it is best to chill the cake over night, as it really depends whether your freezer is cold enough (especially if it is full, it may take a longer time for the ice cream to freeze). Once left over night, it should firm up.
HEY!!!! HELLO!! xDDD http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/angelirku/IMG_0463.jpg tis is the link of the oreo icecream cake i made..i put some ..sugar gum paste flower on the top and use some whipped topping for the...piping...xD and some fondant for the letters :X Thank u so much for all ur help xD
Wow, Tasmin! Your ice cream cake is lovely! I really admire the time and effort you have spent to make a birthday cake for your friend. Your friend is so lucky! Happy birthday to you friend :D
Hello HHB,
What is cling wrap? Sorry as this is a stupid question to ask. Hmm, how do you decorate the first layer with oreo? The oreo seem to be cut off till half then you place it onto?
Hi Anonymous, a cling wrap is a clear plastic sheet that clings tightly to keep food fresh. You can take a look at this site here (http://www.glad.com/plasticwrap/clingwrap.php).
Yes, I cut the oreo cookies into halves before placing them on top.
Hello HHB
Is heavy cream same as thick cream?
Thank alot[:
Hi, yes they refers to the same thing.
hey home baker,
may i know what flavour did u use for the ice-cream in the recipe?
thanks
Hi Pohling, I used 'Cookies & Cream' ice cream.
thanks..im goin to make the cake now :D i hope it will be a great success!
WOW this is MY dream birthday cake!
I just made an ice-cream cake for my bf's birthday cos' ice-cream is his favourite dessert. It's freezing in the freezer now. Wasstill soft just now. Hopefully it'll be successful! Will let you know ow it turns out!
Thanks for sharing this! My bf like this cake alot, so do I! :D
Dear HHB,
I found one kind of nestle cream that says, "Pure dairy sterilised cream". The instruction says, "add milk for pouring". Is that what you are using? How do I know how much milk to add?
Thanks.
Hi Huiqi, you don't have to add milk to make this chocolate ganache.
Hi. can i ask where you get heavy cream or pouring cream?? and the oreo cookies weight 110g before crumbled or after?
sorry to trouble. want to try make this :)
Ohya. forget to add on. i buy a 200g dark chocolate that contain 70% of cocoa and how do i know is it 150g? Sorry to trouble, im a 1st timer. love baking to. im just 17year old. hope to learn more from u. :) thanks
Hi Anonymous, I get heavy cream (I ususally use this brand Bulla) or pouring cream (Nestle) from NTUC of Carrefour.
The oreo cookies weight 110g before crumbled, I removed the white filling before crushing them.
You can use a measuring scale to weight the chocolates to get 150g.
Happy baking!
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