Ice Cream Cake

I'd been wanting to try out an ice cream cake, and our friends the K's gave us the opportunity. Their daughter is headed up to UO this fall, and we wanted to get together to talk about what it's like to go to school there. Also another great reason to make a festive cake. Some of the members of the K family, who shall remain nameless, are very picky, so I had to make sure the flavors were acceptable. They chose cookie dough ice cream, so I made the bottom layer chocolate, the top vanilla, and filled it with ice cream.

I used a trick from Martha Stewart, to use a stand mixer to beat the ice cream just until soft enough to spread. Then I filled it, then let it set up in the freezer. After freezing, I made a frozen buttercream transfer, this time trying it out without using a black outline, to see if I could get a smoother finish. I didn't press hard enough into the edges, because I didn't have a solid outline, so unfortunately you can see some lines in there. But it turned out alright. The O was a little too thin, so it broke when I transferred it. Oh well, lesson learned. I also didn't have enough buttecream for a border, so it's a little unfinished looking.

I was also worried that I made the cake layers too thick, and that it would be just like eating a rock since the cake was also frozen, but it worked out fine. And hey, now I can make ice cream cakes :) Go Ducks!