Rich and creamy vanilla ice cream studded with real birthday cake pieces/frosting. No ice cream maker is needed to make this treat that tastes just like cake batter.
Whenever I discovered Birthday Cake Ice Cream at Bruster’s in middle school I was hooked!! I’m not the world’s biggest ice cream fan, but I go crazy over icing flavored treats like funfetti dip and Cake Batter Cheesecake.
This ice cream tastes just like cake and frosting. It is so addicting, I dare you to eat just one bowl. Typically ice cream is made by churning in a special machine to incorporate air. We do that by using whipped cream instead. The sugar in the sweetened condensed milk lowers the freezing point leading to a creamy ice cream that doesn’t require any special equipment.
Serving Ideas
- Birthdays: Duh! It goes great with cake.
- Hot Summer Days in an ice cream cone
- Late night snack in a bowl
Why I Love This Recipe
- Real Cake: Forget artificial flavorings our ice cream is made with a real birthday cake!
- No Churn: No ice cream maker required!
- Easy and Fun: This recipe is easy to make, and fun for kids to help with too.
Ingredient Notes
- Heavy Cream: Also, called heavy whipping cream in some stores.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: Sweetened condensed milk is milk that has some of its water removed, and sugar added. Look for it in the baking aisle.
- Cake: You could also use homemade cake or cupcakes. I’d suggest my funfetti cake or cupcakes.
How To Make Birthday Cake Ice Cream
- Cut Cake: Freeze and cut the cake.
- Whip Cream: Whip until stiff peaks form.
- Fold in the remaining ingredients.
- Freeze: Freeze for 4-6 hours.
Storage
Store in the freezer for up to one month. Store tightly covered, and towards the back of your freezer to help it stay fresh as long as possible.
Tips
- Whipped Cream: Use an ice-cold metal bowl and a cold whisk to whip your cream by hand.
- Do not over mix: You want to see stiff peaks that just hold their shape. Overwhipping will lead to grainy curdled cream that cannot be fixed.
- Be Gentle: Fold in your cake and sprinkles by just barely mixing with a rubber spatula. You don’t want to lose all the air you worked so hard to add to your cream.
- Scooping: Make scooping ice cream a breeze by dipping your scoop in hot water.
- Serving: For birthday parties freeze individual scoops of ice cream in a cupcake pan with paper liners for easy serving.
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Birthday Cake Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Heavy Cream Chilled
- 1 14 Ounce Can Sweetened Condensed Milk Chilled
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- ½ Birthday Cake or 6 Cupcakes!
- 2 Tablespoons Rainbow Sprinkles
Instructions
- Place your cake or cupcakes in the freezer overnight. Roughly chop frozen cake into small cubes.
- In a large bowl whip cream until stiff peaks form.
- Stir in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.
- Fold in cake cubes and sprinkles.
- Pour into a loaf pan. Top with additional sprinkles if desired. Freeze for 4-6 hours
Notes
- Heavy Cream: Also, called heavy whipping cream in some stores.
- Sweetened Condensed Milk: Sweetened condensed milk is milk that has some of its water removed, and sugar added. Look for it in the baking aisle.
- Cake: You could also use homemade cake or cupcakes. I'd suggest my funfetti cake or cupcakes.
- Whipped Cream: Use an ice-cold metal bowl and a cold whisk to whip your cream by hand.
- Do not over mix: You want to see stiff peaks that just hold their shape. Overwhipping will lead to grainy curdled cream that cannot be fixed.
- Be Gentle: Fold in your cake and sprinkles by just barely mixing with a rubber spatula. You don't want to lose all the air you worked so hard to add to your cream.
- Scooping: Make scooping ice cream a breeze by dipping your scoop in hot water.
- Serving: For birthday parties freeze individual scoops of ice cream in a cupcake pan with paper liners for easy serving.
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This is my favorite no churn ice cream recipe! It’s so easy and delicious.
YUM! My kids would love, LOVE this!! Such a fantastic idea!
LOVE this! Such a fun and delicious treat!!
I gotta make this! Looks great!
My kids are going to love this. I am so excited to make it with them!
I made this recipe this past Saturday, and I have to say it was the best dessert of any kind I’ve ever had. It’s soooo good!
Awesome recipe!
It’s my niece’s birthday next week.
I’m gonna make this for her!
Keep those great recipes coming!!!
Ohhh I love birthday cake ice cream! Recipe sounds so easy to make and delish! Best of all I have some cupcakes in the freezer!
me too Kristina! Yum @ cupcakes in the freezer I don’t have that kind of will power 😉
My kids would go crazy for this ice cream! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Thanks Karly!
What fun!
Thank you Genie!
Love birthday cake anything! This ice cream looks perfect. My daughter would love if I made it for her birthday!
Me too, thank you Christin!
What a seriously fun birthday ice cream! I wish my birthday was coming up!
Thanks Jocelyn! No birthday required. Whip it up just because using store bought (or homemade!) cupcakes.