Melted Ice Cream Cake

Melted Ice Cream Cake

from foodandwine.com
Dessert
155 min
8 servings
248 kcal / serving

A pint of melted ice cream becomes a light and airy dessert in this one-bowl cake recipe.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 ½ cupsall-purpose flour (about 6 3/8 ounces)
  • 2 teaspoonsbaking powder
  • ½ teaspoonkosher salt
  • ¼ cupgranulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoonsunrefined coconut oil, melted
  • 1 pintice cream, melted, at room temperature
  • ½ cuppowdered sugar (about 2 ounces)
  • 2 tablespoonsheavy whipping cream, plus more as needed
  • ½ teaspoonground warm spices (such as cinnamon or chai masala)
  • ¼ teaspoonkosher salt
  • whipped cream and chocolate shavings, for garnish

Directions

  1. 1

    Make the cake Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat a 8.5- x 4.5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk together granulated sugar and coconut oil in a large bowl until combined; add melted ice cream, and stir until fully incorporated. Using a rubber spatula, fold flour mixture into ice cream mixture until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

  2. 2

    Bake the cake until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes in loaf pan on a wire rack. Remove cake from loaf pan, and let cool completely on wire rack, 1 hour, 30 minutes to 2 hours.

  3. 3

    While cake is cooling, make the icing Sift powdered sugar into a medium bowl. Add cream, spices, and salt; whisk until smooth, adding additional cream, 1 teaspoon at a time as needed, to reach desired consistency. Once cake is cooled, spread icing evenly over top . Slice and serve.