Mix the crumbs and butter together, spread them evenly onto a baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes. Chocolate crunchies: You’re going to use Oreo crumbs and some melted butter for this layer.The fudge layer is added on top of the ice cream and then frozen for another 10 minutes or so. It’s not too firm and not too soft and drippy. It helps it stay softer even when frozen, giving it that fudgy consistency. Chocolate fudge layer: You’re actually going to make chocolate ganache – it’ll just be a little thinner than normal and have some corn syrup in it.Pop the pan and ice cream into the freezer for about 30 minutes so it firms up just a bit. Chocolate Ice Cream: Add your chocolate ice cream and spread it evenly into the pan.Once you’ve got your pan, you’ll want to line the inside of it with clear wrap. You could definitely use a 9 inch pan though, and a springform pan would certainly be convenient. I used an 8 by 3 inch cake pan, because I prefer a taller cake. I’ve shared it before, but never for this copycat cake so I’m excited to share it with you today.įirst let’s talk about the cake pan. When I started playing around with ice cream cakes several years ago, I did a fair amount of experimenting with that middle fudge layer and finally perfected it. Often, I’d just dig that right out from between the ice cream and eat it alone. There’s definitely something to love about all the different kinds available, but when it comes to a Dairy Queen ice cream cake, that middle layer of chocolate fudge along with the chocolate crunchies is pure heaven. So, these days I feel like I’m a bit of an ice cream cake connoisseur. So naturally, I’ve tried quite a few cakes – including ice cream cakes. The only one I didn’t need to have for my birthday was a cookie cake, because I knew I could depend on my dad for that one at his birthday. Regular cake, cheesecake, ice cream cakes – you name it. I like all kinds of cake too much to stick with one. Easy Copycat Dairy Queen Ice Cream CakeĪs a kid, I rarely had the same birthday cake twice.Meow! Now celebrate like you’ve got 9 lives. This cake will keep in the refrigerator for a week, or covered at room temperature for 2-3 days. The foam inside the hat box should help keep it upright and in place. Poke a hole in the hat box and insert the balloon attached to a thin metal wire. Pipe the cat’s tail with the remaining frosting. Gently slide the parchment paper out from under the cake, positioning the cat on the hat box with enough room to make the tail. Make a tiny paper party hat and place it on top of the cat’s head. Pipe around the calico spots with more white frosting – blending and swirling all over the cake.Ĭut three small pieces of black licorice rope for the mouth and add them to the cat’s face. Use frosting to stick the shapes together. Make the eyes and nose with candy melt wafers. Be sure to save some of the black and brown frosting to pipe the tail, later. Remove the cake from the refrigerator and begin piping and swirling black and brown spots.
Put the remaining white frosting into a piping bag with a 1/2-inch round decorator tip. Cut a Nutter Butter cookie in half and attach them to the bottom of the cake for the cat’s paws.įrost the entire cake with a thin layer of white frosting.
#EASY CAT CAKE CRACKER#
Trim the sides and bottoms of the pound cakes and frost them together, upright.Ĭarve the the cake into an elongated dome shape.Ĭut triangle shapes from a graham cracker and insert them into the cake for cat’s ears.
(The foam will be used to keep the balloon wire in place later.)Ĭover the top of the hat box with a sheet of parchment paper to keep it clean while you shape and frost your cake. Put a piece of upholstery or floral foam inside of a hat box that you can use for a cake stand. Add black and brown food coloring to the smaller amounts (about 1 cup each.) Put the the black and brown frosting into separate piping bags with 1/2-inch round tips. Make 5 cups of vanilla buttercream frosting. I bought Betty Crocker pound cake mixes and baked them according to the directions on the box in 9″x5″ loaf pans.
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