Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Betty’s Chocoholic (ice cream!) Cake

May 24, 2016 at 11:04 am | Posted in BCM, cakes & tortes, groups, ice creams & frozen, layer cakes, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 12 Comments
Tags: cake, chocolate, ice cream

Hi. My name is Stephanie and I’m a chocoholic. I need to be kept away from that lady Betty…she’s such an enabler with her Chocoholic Cake! I don’t stand a chance against three layers of brownie cake sandwiched and frosted with ganache. That’s why I had to alter her original cake and make it an ice cream cake. Actually, that makes no sense whatsoever– don’t stand a chance against ice cream cake either.

We are only two, so I made a scaled back version of the cake…a third of the recipe got me two six-inch layers. It is Dorie who mentions in her recipe intro that the brownie layers would be a good base for an ice cream cake. I followed her fine suggestion and filled my two layers with some coffee ice cream and popped the whole thing in the freezer for a few hours. I made the ganache recipe, but rather than cool it and use it as frosting, I used it warm as a sauce. And then I put peanut butter cereal on top. I’ve lost my chocolate-addicted mind, clearly, but it’s really delicious. The frozen cake should temper a bit before saucing and serving though, because it’s pretty hard to get a fork through it otherwise. Also, when it’s tempered, you get the really good fudgy texture and chocolatey taste of the cake layers.

Next time, I may try this the way Betty had intended. Or else I’ll make a mint chip or raspberry ice cream cake out of it! For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll.

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I love that you made this an ice cream cake! It seems so appropriate with this recipe! Mint chip ice cream sounds like it’d be a great match!

Comment by Busy Oven— May 24, 2016 #

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Comment by apartamento casa terreno 0212.4223247/04123605721— May 24, 2016 #

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Coffee ice cream filling is a delicious idea.

Comment by Zosia— May 24, 2016 #

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oh yum! love coffee flavor with chocolate!

Comment by camellia's cottage— May 24, 2016 #

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Chocolate is all time favorite…… Looking yummy….

Comment by v4vikey— May 25, 2016 #

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Coffee ice cream looks and sounds like a super delicious idea.

Comment by Summer— May 25, 2016 #

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My goodness that is tempting! Love the ice cream cake concept.

Comment by Teresa— May 26, 2016 #

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Wow that looks delicious! I need to be kept away from all things chocolate…no amount of workouts can make up for the crazy number of sweets I eat!

Comment by juliableck— May 27, 2016 #

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This looks amazing! I also thought it would be good with ice cream!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— May 28, 2016 #

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Phwoar, that looks amazing. I love the icecream cake idea.

Comment by Cakelaw— May 28, 2016 #

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You have got me drooling. Great idea about the cake, ice cream, cereal, warm sauce. It all sounds so good.

Comment by Diane Zwang— May 30, 2016 #

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Oh my this turned out fantastic!! This is what I wanted to do but with mint chip 🙂

Comment by isthisakeeper— May 30, 2016 #

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