Ice Cream Cookie Cake Recipe
Delicious ice cream cookie cake with a shortbread cookie crust topped with a thin layer of melted chocolate, and then layered with strawberry ice cream. This three layered dessert can be eaten with your hands!
Celebrate With An Ice Cream Cookie Cake
Woo-hoo, it’s PAR-TY time!
We celebrated Ashley’s birthday this past weekend and for the occasion I created a fun scrumptious dessert that you are going to love!
This dessert is easier to make than a traditional birthday cake and just as festive!
When we visited my in-laws a couple of weekends ago my father-in-law made lemon bars, and I’ve been obsessing over the simple buttery shortbread crust he used ever since!
Initially I was going to make a giant cookie topped with chocolate and serve it with a scoop of ice cream, but it looked too plain.
It didn’t take long for our birthday celebration dessert to morph into this ice cream cookie cake pie-tart!
How To Make Ice Cream Cookie Cake
This recipe makes enough for two shortbread crusts, so if you only need one you can freeze half of the crust for another time or make cookies out of it!
I used a tart pan to mold the shortbread crust into and after it was cooked and cooled I spread a thin layer of melted chocolate over the crust!
Once it hardens the chocolate adds a thin barrier between the cookie and ice cream!
I wanted the ice cream to be pink, which just so happens to match the color of Tripler Army Medical Hospital where Ashley was born!
Yep, the building of the hospital is painted pink!
We always made a big deal out of that when she was older.
Festive Cake Can Be Customized
Every time we drove by the hospital we would point it out…”LOOK, there’s the PINK hospital that you were born at!“
We were thinking…”It LOOKS like the painting bid was picked based on the price of bargain basement paint!!” LOL
It is actually very pretty coral pink and if you’ve ever been to Hawaii and have visited The Royal Hawaiian Resort it’s similar in color.
We had a theme in mind. I definitely encourage you to mix up the ice cream with your favorite flavor.
How about tying some of the following:
- Plain vanilla ice cream
- Rocky Road
- Chocolate
- Cherry
- Mint Chocolate Chip
- Buttered Pecan
- Cookies ‘n Cream
The list is endless! What is your favorite ice cream?
I used Tillamook’s creamy and luscious Oregon Strawberry ice cream, which is just as dreamy as it sounds!
Each of us picked up our piece with our hands and took bites like we were eating pizza!
Hey, that’s another name I can add to this dessert! Shortbread ice cream cookie-cake-pie-tart-dessert pizza!
Ice Cream Cookie Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Shortbread Crust
- 1 1/2 cups 3 sticks butter, unsalted at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Layer
- 1 1/4 milk chocolate melted
Ice Cream Layer
- 3 cups strawberry ice cream softened
Decorate
- whipped cream
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until combined. Add the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the flour and salt. Add to the butter mixture and mix on low until a dough forms.
- Divide dough in half (you only need one for this recipe) and place each between two layers of parchment paper. Roll into a circular disk about 11 inches is diameter. Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Remove top layer of parchment paper and gently flip on 9 inch tart pan. Remove second layer of parchment paper and gently press into pan forming the crust. Pierce bottom of the dough with a fork. Bake for 25 minutes or until very light golden brown. Cool at room temperature.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave or double boiler until creamy. Spread over cooled crust. Put in the refrigerator or freezer to harden. While hardening put about 3 cups of ice cream in a large bowl and left soften. Mix until it is creamy. Top on chocolate layer and smooth out covering the whole cookie-cake. Return to freezer for ice cream to harden. Decorate with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Nutrition
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I never say no to Ice Cream Cake! Your cake looks so easy to make and so delicious. Must make it today
Tasty way to cool down in the summer heat if I do say so myself 🙂
I love shortbread. It’s so simple and perfect! And then to top it with ice cream is ingenious. This will be great all summer and fall long.
I made this for my daughter’s birthday and it turned out perfectly!! Thank you!!
Wonderful! Thank you for commenting!
We had these for a recent birthday celebration and they are delicious and everyone loved them! Thanks for a new birthday fav!
This is so festive and fun, loving that cookie crust!!!
How sweet that your daughter was born in a pink hospital! That Cookie, tart, pie, dessert, 8th wonder of the world, looks amazing and I know there wouldn’t be a bite left in my house!
We are crazy for shortbread. This is my kind of cake with that delectable crust.
This Shortbread Ice Cream Cookie Cake would be wonderful for any birthday or Easter celebration. Yum Yum!
It’s easy to make too, so you can share for any special occasion!
This ice cream pie sounds amazing! And a pink hospital?? I can’t say that I have ever seen a pink one before! 🙂
After all these years they have kept the color the same. I think the community would not be happy if they ever changed the color. It’s quite a landmark!
Wishing Ashley a very special B-day! this is one perfect 3 layer party cake you can eat with your hands. I know my boys would love this! Sharing, pinning!
Thank you for the sweet wishes, Bobbie! You’re boys would have fun creating a cookie cake with their favorite ice cream flavors!
What a cute and colorful dessert, perfect for upcoming spring!
Thank you, Heidy!
Happy birthday to Ashley! And what a delicious way to celebrate birthdays! I love the combo of cookie crust and ice cream!
The cookie and ice cream is a tasty combination, Katerina! The chocolate is just the right amount too.
This would definitely be a huge hit at my house, all three kids love pizza and ice-cream and my girls love all things pink, how fun that your daughter was born in a pink hospital! 🙂
The hospital is pretty unique and rich with history! This is a great dessert for kids!
I’m definitely going to have to make this for my hubby’s birthday. He LOVES sweets and this cookie/ice cream combo would be perfect for him.
Happy birthday to your husband! Hope you enjoy making this special dessert for him 🙂