Place the heavy whipping cream in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. 5.Ībout 15 minutes before removing the cake from the freezer, pour the chocolate chips into a heatproof bowl. Scoop out the vanilla ice cream on top of the peanut butter cups and evenly spread. Sprinkle half of the chopped peanut butter cups on top. Scoop out the chocolate peanut butter ice cream into the cake pan and evenly spread. Using a rubber spatula, place mixture in cake pan and evenly spread over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Stir to combine until fully incorporated. In a food processor or blender, process Oreos until finely crushed. Spray an 8 or 10-inch cake pan (preferably one that is 3 inches deep) with baking spray. After all, ice cream cake is worth the wait - as would my husband's birthday be if he could move it just, you know, a wee bit further away from Father's Day. All that's really time consuming is letting your layers melt in between, but I think at the end of the day, we all have patience for that. There is hot fudge and crushed peanut butter cups in between the two layers, more hot fudge on the top, and MORE crushed cups on top of that. I decided to layer my cake with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup and a Vanilla Bean ( this brand). Best part? You can choose your favorite flavor, brand, make your own, etc. Yes, I said that: One whole package of Oreos, crushed together, combined with melted butter and pressed into a cake pan. Enter this ice cream cake (adapted from Lovely Little Kitchen): a mouth-watering crowd-pleaser that anyone can throw together, and I mean ANYONE (especially if you have kids willing to unwrap all the peanut butter cups in exchange for one or two or five). That's why this year, I tried to combine things that I know Carson loves (mainly ice cream and the chocolate/peanut butter combo) in a dessert that was very easy to pull off. Why am I writing things that are obvious? Because I'm trying to justify my lack of enthusiasm for baking two cakes for two great occasions in such a short (busy) period of time. One year, the two dates were actually one day apart. And, AND, it happens to be VERY close to Father's Day. It is often the last day of school for many. Happy birthday, Carson!!! If you are unfamiliar with June 22nd (weird thing to say), it is the day after the first day of summer. My dear, sweet, loving husband was born on June 22nd.
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