This Brownie Ice cream Layer Cake is a bit of a birthday treat, well for the people that came to the birthday dinner anyway. Over the years we have had all kinds of cake for Skater’s birthday. The sad thing is that he’s not really excited by cake.
As we have gone along the years , the more he becomes disinterested in eating cake the more I love it. Ahem, I can’t eat it all myself, but sometimes I try.
This cake is inspired by a blog I have been pouring over. Life Love and Sugar . Lindsay loves sugar and I feel certain we would be friends if I lived in the US. Her blog is full of incrediblly perfect looking cakes. There is no sugar free or low fat anything on there and that’s part of the reason I love it. It takes me back to the great days of baking when no one really cared about free of anything.
I have used her cream cheese ice cream recipe and you will be amazed at how this tastes. It’s a bit of a revelation. I make a lot of ice cream and I don’t have an ice cream machine, but I have never made it with these ingredients. It’s very rich but it is light and creamy.
Ingredients |
Unit:
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- 175 gm butter
- 175 gm dark chocolate 70%
- 3 whole eggs
- 250 gm sugar caster 1 1/4 cups
- 40 gm dark cocoa powder 1/2 cup
- 200 gm almond meal 1 cup
- 500 gm cream cheese softened
- 90 gm icing sugar 1/4 cup
- 50 ml milk 1/4 cup
- 500 ml thickened cream or whipping cream
- 1 teaspoons vanilla
- 500 gm strawberries 2 punnets
- 200 gm blueberries punnet
- 200 gm dark chocolate with Strawberry pieces
- 2 Tablespooons raspberry powder
- 250 ml cream whipped
- 200 gm praline crushed
Instructions
- Line a 10 inch or 24-25 cm removable bottomed cake tin. It helps if you have two so making the layers is quicker. If you only have one tin you can weigh the mixture and use half.
- Set the oven to 170 C or 375 F.
- The Brownie layers: This recipe will make two layers. If you want a four layer cake as pictured you will need to make this recipe twice. It is better to make it twice rather than double it.
- Put the butter and chocolate into a micro wave or over a double boiler and melt . Cool slightly .
- Beat the eggs and sugar till nice and thick and creamy.
- Add the lightly cooled chocolate butter mix and then add the cocoa and almond meal and mix this in till well combined. This will make two layers. If you only have 1 tin weigh the mix and use half.
- Again, for 4 layers make the mixture twice. This will yield 4 perfect layers
- Bake each layer for 20 minutes or until firm to touch ( it will be a bit spongy but firm).
- Once cool stack the brownie slices between parchment paper and refrigerate. (These can be made ahead)
- Beat the cream till firm standing peaks. Set aside in the fridge till needed.
- Beat the softened cream cheese till fluffy then add the icing sugar vanilla and milk and beat well. The mixture should be light and fluffy. Fold the whipped cream through the cream cheese mixture. Taste for vanilla and sugar. It should be almost like a fluffy icecream now it is mixed together. Divide into three even portions.
- Line the same springform cake tin that was used to bake the brownie layers with fresh parchment. Put the first brownie layer into the bottom of the tin, and sprinkle with praline (optional) then add the first layer of cream cheese icecream smooth over the base leaving some room at the side for the icecream to push out when the next layer is added. Continue in this way. You can add sliced strawberries or even raspberries between the layers if you like.
- Freeze overnight or for up to 3-4 hours. I made mine 3-4 days ahead
- Decorate with whipped cream berries and chocolate.
- Take out of the freeszer and put into the fridge for up to 3 hours before you need to serve
Recipe Notes
The Brownie layers: This recipe will make two layers. If you want a four layer cake as pictured you will need to make this recipe twice. It is better to make it twice rather than double it.
How about coming up for my birthday and bringing one of these cakes?? I love brownies and ice cream. I’d probably dollop hot fudge and whipped cream on each piece just to make sure my pathway to hell is paved.
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Thats exactly what we did Maureen!
I love how festive this cake looks, and it combined 2 of the things I can eat forever: brownies and ice cream. You can never ever go wrong with this combo.
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What a gorgeous cake, Tania, it’s so pretty. I haven’t had an ice cream cake in so long. Just like the days when no one worried about too much fat or too much sugar, those were the days of ice cream cakes. They seemed to be all the rage when I was growing up. I love the sound of the cream cheese ice cream and tell Skater to be a little more grateful for a mum who makes amazing cakes! xx
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That looks just devine!
OMG OMG OMG My daughter and I gained 5 kg just be looking at the picture. The first words out of her mouth were “so when are you making it”. Christmas.
HA you girls. Let me know how you get on. Perfect for Christmas because you can make it well ahhead of time. It takes a while to defrost so you could dress it up in it’s Christmas best and display it!
omg yes! Such a lush looking cake, and perfect for the impending summer weather too!
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Brownie and ice cream…what a luscious and rich combination! The cake looks stunning, Tania.
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Now THIS is a celebration cake!! Wow. Awesome, in the literal sense.
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What a beautiful creation. I can imagine how good the alternating brownie and ice cream layers would be!
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Oh, this cake looks gorgeous – how could he not want to eat it!
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Oh Tania this is just so gorgeous!! I’m totally with you on my love of cakes. This would be a perfect Christmas night dessert too. Yum!! Thanks for linking up with Fabulous Foodie Fridays – have a great weekend. xx
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Oh what a gorgeous creation indeed Tania! BigJ and littlej will beg me to make this when I show it to them 🙂 Happy birthday Skater! Xox
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That is one amazing looking cake! Lucky party guests! Going to check out the blog that inspired it right now!
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I love cream cheese ice cream, mainly because it tastes like cheesecake, one of my favourite foods! A lovely looking layered cake Tania!
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There’s one thing that we can all benefit from such a cake. It cools you down! With the sweltering weather we’ve been experiencing lately this would be the best thing the body could have. So beautiful.
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That looks amazing! I too enjoy reading blogs that embrace sugar and cream and butter and…… well all those things that taste amazing.
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OMG let me at that amazing cake, it looks absolutely delicious 😀
And yes, I always love reading sugar filled blogs (can I help it?) 😛
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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I LOVE this gorgeous and decadent brownie ice cream cake! And yes, let’s go bake to the days where baking was full of sugar and no one gave two hoots – all things in moderation! 🙂
Tania, great cake… a real masterpiece! Now I’m wondering how come I’m no longer seeing your posts in my IN box. Must look into it!
Lizzy (Good Things) recently posted..Choc-hazelnut frozen banana pops
This is sensational Tania. Beautifully executed and incorporating everyone’s favourite ingredients – brownies and ice cream. Well done for your creativity 😀
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oh my giddy aunty.. CREAM CHEESE ICE CREAM! I think I’ve just died!
This looks sensational <3
omg YES. Just, yes. I’m not so good about assembled cakes because I have two left thumbs, but maybe I can persuade one of my baker friends to make it for me! Beautiful photographs. and styling.
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Tania, that is a beauty! My husband would absolutely love it. Must make it soon.
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Hi i was planning on icing the cake with whipped cream, as to decorate for a kids birthday. Would it be best to have a layer of ice cream or brownie on top?
Hi Freja
How are you.?
Finish the cake with the brownie on top. This way the icecream will stay protected. Smooth the whipped cream on and decorate after it has been out of the freezer for about 30 minutes. you can put it into the fridge and sit it for up to an hour decorated. ( I would be assuming here though that it was frozen at least over night and is solid
Have a great party