A 3 layer ice cream cake with an Oreo cookie base.
When I was a little girl growing up in rural East Coast Canada (a tiny village on Cape Breton Island, to be slightly more specific) we lived a 45-minute drive away from the nearest supermarket.
This meant that we did our big shopping trip once a month. It was an all day event. Our mother would take my younger brother and me through the mall stopping off at the craft section in Walmart, the pet store, and my favourite – the bookstore. Oh how I loved browsing through those books and, if I had saved up enough pennies, I’d buy myself a hardback Nancy Drew Mystery novel. Remember them, with their bright yellow covers?
Before all of this, we’d stop off at the local Dairy Queen restaurant for our lunch. If my mother taught me anything it was that you never do a supermarket shop when you’re hungry and even worse is bringing along your small children if they are hungry. Want to hear children nagging for everything in sight? Go ahead and take hungry kids into a supermarket.
At Dairy Queen we’d have a burger with fries for our lunch. Back then you were given, with your children’s meal, a small plastic grey Dairy Queen token you could exchange (then or at a later date) for a small ice cream sundae.
The exhilaration of walking up to the counter yourself as a small child and asking the server for your favourite flavour of ice cream and your chosen topping was something I remember with great fondness.
I also remember the giant freezers filled with ice cream cakes.
Those ice cream cakes were made with layers of flavoured ice cream and there was always a black crumbled biscuit layer which added texture to the cake. The tops of the cakes were decorated with piped icing, as a regular cake was, and oh my goodness gracious me they tasted fantastic.
I know this because I got to try one. Once.
Once.
Dairy Queen ice cream cakes were, in my financially constrained childhood, reserved with families with money. We had very little money, so we never had an ice cream cake. My best friend did once, and I got to taste hers.
The memory of that sweet cold ice cream cake with its crunchy black biscuit layer lingers with me in my adult years, 3000 miles away from the nearest Dairy Queen, and I’ve been longing to make one at home.
Inspiration struck recently, and so I created this – the one and only Cadbury Creme Egg recipe you will ever find on my blog – for your viewing (and tasting!) pleasure.
I bring you the Cadbury Creme Egg Ice Cream Cake! A google search yields zero results for such a creation, so I think I might be on to something new!
My recipe starts with a traditional Oreo cookie cheesecake crust – smashed up Oreo cookies mixed with melted butter and pressed into a cake tin. I used a silicone cake tin eight inches in diameter and three inches deep so the frozen cake would be the right shape and could be removed easily.
A quick and easy no churn condensed milk ice cream is divided into three and flavoured with chocolate, orange food colouring and Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean paste (my new favourite baking ingredient).
These layers, meant to resemble the layers of a Cadbury creme egg, are topped with a melted milk chocolate drizzle and some halved mini Cadbury creme eggs, and one regular sized egg.
It’s rather fantastic, wouldn’t you agree? Wait until you taste it…!
You’re welcome. x
| Servings | Prep Time | Passive Time |
| 12servings | 20minutes | 6hours |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 12servings | 20minutes |
| Passive Time |
| 6hours |
- For the Oreo Cookie Base
- 24 Oreo cookies
- 57 grams unsalted butter melted
- For the No Churn Ice Cream Layers
- 600 ml double cream
- 397 grams Carnation sweetened condensed milk tinned
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- orange food dye
- 1/2 tsp Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean paste
- For the Chocolate Decorations
- 100 grams milk chocolate
- 6 mini Cadbury creme eggs
- 1 large Cadbury creme egg
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Ingredients
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- To prepare the Oreo cookie base place the cookies into a plastic bag and bash them with a rolling pin until they are fine crumbs. Alternatively, process in a food processor or blender until they reach the right consistency.
- Stir in the melted butter until well combined and press into the base of an 8 inch round silicone cake tin with a depth of 3 inches. Place in the refrigerator to set while you get on with the ice cream.
- Weigh the bowl you're going to make your ice cream in.
- To prepare the no churn ice cream, whip the double cream with a whisk until it becomes soft and pillowy and begins to hold its shape.
- Pour in the sweetened condensed milk and stir until combined.
- Weigh the bowl again, subtract the weight of the bowl and this is the weight of how much ice cream mixture you have. Divide this mixture into three separate bowls. Place two of them in the fridge.
- Sift the cocoa powder into the first bowl and whisk until thick and well combined. Spoon this mixture over the Oreo cookie base and level with the back of a spoon. Pop into the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut one of your mini Cadbury creme eggs in half so you can see the shade of orange the 'yolk' is. Add enough orange food colouring, a few drops at a time, whisking after each addition, until you reach the desired shade.
- Spoon this orange coloured ice cream over the chocolate ice cream, smooth with the back of a spoon and pop back into the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Add the vanilla to the remaining bowl of ice cream mixture, stir well and spoon over the orange ice cream layer. Leave for several hours to chill entirely, preferably overnight.
- Just before you want to serve your ice cream cake, melt the milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl suspended over a pan of barely simmering water.
- Turn the silicone cake pan with your ice cream cake in it upside down and carefully roll down the edges of the cake tin to release the ice cream cake. Transfer right side up to a cake stand.
- Drizzle the melted milk chocolate around the outside top edge, allowing a little bit to drip down the sides.
- Drizzle some of the remaining milk chocolate in the centre of the ice cream cake so that there is enough melted chocolate there to hold a large Cadbury creme egg upright in the centre.
- Cut the remaining mini Cadbury creme eggs into half and arrange around the outside top edge of the ice cream cake, and place the large Cadbury creme egg in the centre.
- You can store the ice cream cake in the freezer until needed, without the Cadbury creme egg decorations (these freeze so that they are rock solid!). You can simply cut one slice at a time, leaving it to defrost 5-10 minutes to reach a softer consistency, or allow the whole cake to stand at room temperature for about 20 - 30 minutes before serving (if you can wait that long!)
Click here to view the nutritional information for this recipe (base and ice cream cake layers only)
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Daily Deals UK says
I need this in my life!!! I take it it’s calorie free 😉
Chelsea Elizabeth says
Oh wow! Why have I never discovered ice cream cakes?! These sound AMAZING! Something I definitely need to try. My mouth is watering!
Miss Tracy Hanson says
Wow, this sounds absolutely delicious. Will have to try this out when I have time.
Miriam - londonkitchendiaries.com says
Love the look of the different layers! It is so beautiful
Dee says
It looks super delicious and very decadent –yum!
sarah says
Oh my … this is so mouth watering, it wouldn’t even last a day in this house. Lol
Leila Benhamida says
Looks so delicious very unique. What a great treat for Easter.
Hayley Mulgrove says
OMG this looks amazing so gotta try this x
Debbie Skerten says
For once I’m speechless – Wow
Andrew Petrie says
Another name for this would be death by chocolate – Cadbury’s creme eggs are my all-time favourite !
leeshastarr says
OMG! I’ve just fallen in love :’) I can’t stick to a diet when there are cakes like this around! I have to make this one day soon. I’ll be bookmarking the page
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Katie says
Oh my goodness, this looks AMAZING! I NEED to try it! Fab photos
Michael Robinson says
This looks incredible, I love cream eggs and I love cake…much want here 🙂
kim neville says
Wow looks amazing. My family would love this 🙂
helen newton says
OMG this looks sooooo yummy , such a great idea for Easter ♥
Nicol says
Omg this is beautiful! I need a slice or two or all of it
Mudpie Fridays says
oh my!! I have never heard of icecream cake but I do know a little boy who would love this very much! And cadbury creme eggs are my favourite so he won’t be alone. What a wonderful recipe. Thank you 🙂
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rachael says
elizabeth, this is why you’re my fave food blogger. this looks ahhhmazzzziiinnngggggg
Charlotte Oates says
Oh wow! You are clearly a baking genius as this sounds absolutely amazing, and it’s so beautiful too!
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Claire says
Oh my goodness, this looks and sounds delicious! Yummy!
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The Nice Nest says
That looks fantastic and I am a sucker for a cream egg! Most of all, I enjoyed your description of your childhood and the memories creating the cake brought back.
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Tracy Nixon says
I have all the imgredients ready to make this thank you!
Ness says
What an amazing creation! I’ve often heard about Dairy Queens but of course I’ve never been to one. If they serve stuff like this they definitely need to branch out into the UK!
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Jayne T says
Oh wow, these cake looks so, so tasty. I think I might have to try this out, many thanks for sharing the recipe. xx
Corin - ProWare says
Hi Elizabeth,
When I saw the image of this cake it literally made my jaw drop! It’s so gorgeous, well done 🙂
Lucy Melissa Smith (Hello Beautiful Bear) says
Oh my goodness – this looks amazing! I am totally craving creme eggs right now! ;P
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Mandi Morrison says
After seeing the pictures on Instagram, its great to discover the recipe, it looks delicious. My husband bought me an ice cream cake for my 21st birthday, we were on holiday in Spain, needless to say the cake didn’t last long, we obviously had to eat the entire thing or it would melt! (well that’s my excuse anyway)
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Melanie Edjourian says
Wow that looks amazing, thanks so much for sharing this recipe!!!
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Sassy says
I don’t like cRemember eggs, but I think you’re onto a winner with this cake! Fingers crossed you get endorsed for this brilliant idea! Xxx
Laura says
I cannot stand Oreo cookies (long story, you don’t want to know) but I wouldn’t touch them with a bargepole. However this cake looks AMAZING. I would just keep posting pictures of it everywhere! Certainly pinterest perfect!
Rebekah | Kitchen Gidget says
This cake is gorgeous! Dairy Queen holds a special place in my childhood as well so I’m feeling all the nostalgia!
Angela at Daysinbed says
It’s great to read a little about your childhood and experiences. The cake looks fab and hearing about the shopping and ice cream parlour reminds me of my youth too! Thanks for sharing and congrats on this amazing looking dessert! Be proud! It is awesome!
Georgina prince says
Oh good lord! This looks amazing, I can feel my diet slipping out the window haha, I want chocolate. Seriously though this is a wonderful recipe, your stuff is amazing x
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Leah Miller says
This looks utterly incredible!! I am not a huge fan of creme eggs, but I would look past that for a slice of this! Love the advice re not shopping on an empty tummy too, we were also taught that! xx
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DannyUK.com says
This looks absolutely fantastic! I am almost drooling just looking at the pictures…