Cake Batter Ice Cream

Hey there, and welcome back to Ice Cream Week! If you haven’t had a chance to stop by this week I’v been sharing easy to make ice cream recipes all week, no machine needed! So far we’ve covered
Cherry Pie, Cotton Candy, Chocolate Cookie Dough, Bubble Gum, and for today Cake Batter!! This recipes has been on my mind for over a year now and I’ve finally made it happen! Last year I discovered Blue Bunny’s Birthday Cake Ice Cream, it’s like heaven in a carton my friends. The chunks of “cake” were so smooth and yummy, I just loved it! But sadly I can’t always seem to find it around and I REALLY wanted to try to make my own. I even got my hopes up and tried a few other impostors but they all seemed to have real frozen cake bits (baked) in them and it just didn’t measure up. They seemed dry and flavorless to me.

Remember the Birthday Cake Batter Spoons I shared last week? Well, what I didn’t tell you was when I first created those it was really on a mission to create some cake batter in a dough form that was soft and delicious and would pair perfectly with some vanilla ice cream. But let’s face it, it was just as good straight from a spoon. What can I say, I’m a batter kinda girl…

As promised this ice cream is silly simple, just a few simple ingredients and a little time chill in in the freezer. I started off with a classic vanilla ice cream and then mixed in a little cake batter dough bits and sprinkles, lots of sprinkles. Ice cream + Cake Batter + Sprinkles + Spoon = Happy Life.

Here’s What Your Going To Need:

Vanilla Ice Cream
2 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Can 14oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

Cake Batter Dough
1 Cup Pillsbury Yellow Cake Mix
1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
4 Tbsp. Melted Butter
4-5 Tsp. Milk

Step 1: Place metal mixing bowl and whisk attachment in freezer to chill.

Step 2: To make the cake batter dough mix together cake mix, flour, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, butter, and milk. This can be done by hand but works best in a electric stand mixer. Work it together until it becomes a nice dough.

Step 3: Roll the dough out between two pieces of wax paper to about 1/4in thick. Place on a a cookie sheet or cutting board and place in freezer to chill.

Step 4: Remove mixing bowl and attachment from freezer and whip 2 cups of heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks have formed.

Step 5: Pour in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla, whip just until combined. About 30 seconds.

Step 6: Remove cake batter dough from freezer and use a pizza cutter to slice into small chunks. I first cut my edges off to create a square and saved the outer edges so I could use for topping later. Fold the cake dough bites and sprinkles into the ice cream.

Step 7: Pour ice cream into a 1.5L or larger container and freezer for at least 8 hours but best if left overnight.

Ice cream will freeze solid but softens perfectly to serve after a few minutes left sitting out on the counter.

I don’t know about you guys but I feel like life is complete now. I can happily live knowing I can whip up a batch of this when ever the cake batter crave hits! :)

Don’t forget to check back this weekend for a few more fun ice cream flavors!