Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Cake

The finished product!

The yummy slices

The birthday boy and his cake.

 For Brett's birthday, I always ask him to pick what kind of dessert/cake he wants me to make for him. This year he chose an ice cream cake. I had never made one, but was excited to learn how! This one was really easy - you just need the right types of pans. I used three 9" round pans and a 9" spring form pan.

Ingredients
1 chocolate cake mix (I used Devil Food Cake)
1/2 gallon of mint chocolate ice cream softened
Mint Oreos crushed - I used about 1 row from a package
heavy whipping cream
sugar
4 oz semi sweet bakers chocolate squares

Mix cake according to box and bake in 3 9" round cake pans that are well greased. Bake and let cool. Layer the cake in the following order inside the spring form pan:
1 cake layer
1/3 softened ice cream
handful crushed oreos
repeat these layers

Cover cake and freeze overnight.

For the ganache topping:
Melt the chocolate squares with the heavy whipping cream, either in the microwave or on the stovetop. I prefer microwave because its so easy to burn the chocolate on the stove. Cook for 1 minute and stir. Repeat until the mixture is the right consistency to pour over the cake. I added almost a cup of cream, but I would add a little at a time until its right for your desired use. We also added some sugar to make it a bit sweeter. :)

Pour the topping over the cake after removing the spring form rim. Top with remainder of crushed oreos.

Easy and yummy! And this was so much cheaper than buying an ice cream cake from cold stone!
Enjoy! After the first day, we added hot fudge sauce to the slices for a little extra sweetness. Yes, we love chocolate! Hooray for Birthday cakes!! (and No, we didn't put any candles in this cake, haha!)

~Heather