Banana Split Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
Cake made with ice cream sandwiches, assembled in a loaf pan.
Servings 12 people
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup fudge sauce or chocolate sauce
- 1 box mini ice cream sandwiches (You'll need at least 10)
- 2 cartons thawed frozen whipped topping or make your own Whip and sweeten 12 to 16 oz of heavy cream
- ½ cup strawberry topping or try strawberry pie filling
- 2 cups chocolate ice cream (approximate),softened
- 10 or so vanilla wafers aka Nilla Wafers
- 2 cups banana ice cream (approximate),softened
Instructions
- Line the inside of an 8 ½ by 4 ½ inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving a large overhang on all sides so that you can wrap up the cake later.
- Spoon a layer of fudge sauce across the bottom of the lined pan.
- Lay 5 mini ice cream sandwiches horizontally in the loaf pan over the fudge sauce.
- Spoon a thin layer of whipped topping or whipped cream over the sandwiches, then spoon some strawberry topping over the whipped cream.
- Spread a layer of softened chocolate ice cream directly over the strawberry topping, then add a layer of vanilla wafers. Put back in the freezer to solidify the chocolate ice cream a bit, then repeat, adding a layer of softened banana ice cream. Lay 5 more ice cream sandwiches over the top. These will be the base when the cake is inverted.
- Wrap tightly in plastic and freeze until very cold and firm.
- Remove from the freezer, loosen and lift from pan. Peel back plastic. Cover entire block with a thin layer of whipped cream or whipped topping. This is your crumb layer. Return to freezer until firm. When frozen, remove from the freezer, invert, and cover with a neater layer of whipped cream or whipped topping. Set on a long tray, then cover with plastic wrap and keep very cold until closer to serving time.
- Closer to serving time, spread on a final layer whipped topping, smoothing it so you have a neat block, then decorate it as you wish.
- After you've decorated it you can go ahead and serve it or store it in the freezer. If you freeze it, let it stand for 10 to 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
Cook time is actually freezer time.
