My hunka hunka burnin' love just turned another year older, and wiser, too! When I asked what birthday treat he wanted he couldn't decide. In fact, he couldn't even give me any options to choose from - may have been because he was glued to the Game Cube with his brother for hours on end - but I jumped at the chance to make something marvelous I'd seen online just days before: banana split ice cream cake. Your blood sugar spikes just reading that, doesn't it? I know. With an Oreo crust, sliced bananas, 2 kinds of ice cream, a layer of gooey fudgey goodness, and perfectly sweet strawberries and toasted coconut to top it off, how could it not? There may not be a birthday in your family or circle of friends coming up, but I'd strongly suggest you find some reason - any reason - to celebrate so you can make this cake. They won't be screaming for ice cream, my friends. They'll be screaming for you!
Banana Split Ice Cream Cake
Adapted from recipe found at Tasty Kitchen
Ingredients
1 package Oreos (I used double stuff w/ good results!)
1/2 stick (4 Tbsp) butter, melted
4 bananas, sliced into 1/4 inch pieces
1 pint strawberry ice cream
1 jar fudge sauce (loved special dark!)
1 pint vanilla ice cream
4 c. sliced fresh strawberries, sweetened with sugar
1 regular can whipped topping
1 c. coconut, toasted
Directions
1. Crush oreos in a food processor, or place them in a Ziploc bag & crush them with a rolling pin. Mix in melted butter & press into the bottom of a 8-10 inch spring form pan.
2. Layer sliced bananas evenly over the cookie crust until it is completely covered.
3. Spread softened strawberry ice cream over the bananas. This works best if you space individual scoops over the banana layer, then flatten and smooth them into each other with a rubber spatula. Freeze for 2 hours.
4. Remove lid from jar of fudge & warm it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Spread it evenly over the layer of strawberry ice cream & freeze for another hour.
5. Spread softened vanilla ice cream over the fudge layer the same way you did the strawberry ice cream layer. Freeze until just before you're ready to serve.
6. Remove the spring form.
7. Pile the strawberries onto the cake, leaving about 1 1/2 inch border around the edge. If you put the strawberries on earlier and let them freeze, the cake will fall apart when you cut into it. Trust me...that's why there are no pictures of individual pieces of cake.
8. Cover the edge of the cake with loads of whipped topping, and sprinkle with toasted coconut.
6 comments:
That's a really pretty cake :) Too bad I DETEST bananas...
Oh my gosh that look amazing. I will have to try that soon.
ok i gotta comment on this one! a FULL package of oreo's and half a stick of butter?!?! are you kidding me with that? what is it you do for a living again? Dang it's a good thing you're so active - that allows you to eat 'treats' like that! i'm still in sugar shock from reading the ingredients :)
Holy freakin' cow! This looks incredible!!!! I'm drooling just looking at the pictures coupled with your description! Mmmmm!!!
This cake turned out really pretty! I can just imagine how indulgent it is. I need to do a taste test very soon.
I don't know if there is a way to explain drool except my writing mmmmmlllllllooouojusgf....
that is drool! lol! looks tasty friend!
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