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Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Easter Ice Cream Cake

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A 3 layer ice cream cake with an Oreo cookie base.

Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Ice Cream Layer Cake

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.

Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Ice Cream Layer Cake

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.

Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Ice Cream Layer Cake

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!

Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Ice Cream Layer Cake

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

Cadbury Creme Egg No Churn Ice Cream Layer Cake

Cadbury Creme Egg Ice Cream Cake

A delicious three tiered no churn ice cream cake with an Oreo cookie base decorated with Cadbury creme eggs.
4 from 5 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 513kcal
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

For the Oreo Cookie Base

For the No Churn Ice Cream Layers

For the Chocolate Decorations

Instructions

  • 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!)

Nutrition

Calories: 513kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 177mg | Potassium: 256mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 960IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 140mg | Iron: 2.6mg
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Comments

  10. Andrew Petrie says

    Another name for this would be death by chocolate – Cadbury’s creme eggs are my all-time favourite !

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  11. 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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  17. 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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  21. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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

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  25. 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 🙂

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  27. 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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  29. 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

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  30. 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!

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  32. 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!

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  33. 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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  34. 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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  41. Lorraine says

    As someone who loves chocolate and ice cream…wouldn’t be making this just because I hate creme eggs and ice cream and I have a love/hate relationship.

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  44. Bridget-The Recipe Wench says

    I loved reading this post! I grew up close to a DQ but our family of 6 had to limit these types of treats. When my oldest brother played high school football, we’d drive to watch him and my parents would treat us to burgers and such. Good times. So different from my children’s childhood! Ice cream cakes?! I didn’t get those in my childhood either. My dad made ice cream for my birthday when I was in third grade. That was the highlight of the “party.” Ice cream. Also much different from the birthday parties of my daughters! I am so happy you are now able to enjoy ice cream cake!

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  46. shelby says

    You brought back a lot of memories for me as I was reading this post! I too went to DQ as a child, loved their ice cream cakes. My Nanny also love the cadbury creme eggs. She would have LOVED this cake!

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  47. Dean of Little Steps says

    Saw this on your Instagram feed and was really impressed! I love ice-cream cake and like you, it brings me back to my childhood. Im almost tempted to try this, although a bit worried because I’m no baking goddess like you obviously are! It just looks so pretty and I can imagine how delicious it also must be. Will save this post for future reference 😉 x

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  53. Tori Gabriel says

    Oh my God! This looks incredible! I want it so badly! How did you make it so perfectly?

    I love Dairy Queen. My hubby and I fell in love with it on a holiday in Florida. It was right next door to our hotel and we ended up stopping there every evening on the way home (unless it was late). They need to open one in the UK. ASAP!

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  58. Rachel @ Simple Seasonal says

    You’re dripping chocolate is absolutely perfect around this cake! So pretty and festive for Easter! And anything with Cadbury’s I just can’t get enough of!

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  59. Eb Gargano says

    Wow! This looks rather fabulous…I love your story about your monthly shopping trip as a child, I have so many little memories like that…trips which as adults seem rather mundane but as children they were exciting and full of anticipation and memories. Thanks for sharing. Eb x

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  60. Charlotte says

    This sounds and looks absolutely amazing! I have already eaten many cream eggs since they came back in the shops. x

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  68. Brian Jones says

    What a great looking cake, Cream Eggs were an absolute favourite of mine as a child and could never wait for this time of the year when they would once again start appearing in the shops!

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  69. Manju | Cooking Curries says

    What a beautiful story. I love reading about childhood memories of food! And that cake, wow!, looks so gorgeous! (and yes, I have been there – the book store visit and eyeing a copy of Nancy Drew!)

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  74. Someone's Mum says

    I have been sharing this on a few social media sites all day and every time I see those images I just think ‘wow’. It looks absolutely stunning and sounds delicious. I don’t know if I’ll ever get the time to try it (and it will never look as good as yours!) but am bookmarking to try when I get the time!

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  79. Shinee says

    What a stunning beauty you have here, Elizabeth!! Though I’m more of a Cadbury Caramel kind of girl, I’d eat this one in a heartbeat! Gorgeous shots, by the way!

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  93. Kayleigh says

    This is just incredible! Wow! Perfect for Easter – or Mondays 😉 I love how you’ve done the chocolate icing on top. Decoration is just perfect. Were the eggs hard to half? I love creme eggs, they’re my favourite thing about Spring/Easter.

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  97. Chloe says

    OH MY GOODNESS! I think I just went to heaven. This is absolutely incredible. The most delicious looking, beautifully, amazingly, divine cake I have ever seen in my life. I want to eat it now and I will definitely be making this! x

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  107. CakePants says

    Wow, this cake looks phenomenal! I never had ice cream cake at home either, when I was growing up, so perhaps I should start making up for lost time now! The chocolate drips down the side of the cake look PERFECT.

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  110. Sarah says

    Oh my goodness. I really, really need to make this! It sounds and looks amazing. I’m not the greatest at baking but I think I could do this. I’m going to pin this image and then make it with my children closer to Easter, thank you so much for sharing! xx

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  111. munchies and munchkins says

    Oh wow Elizabeth, this looks epic! I used to read about Dairy Queens in my teen American novels and I love that you explain what it was like. I was also a huge Nancy Drew fan. So impressed by this cake – we have an ice cream business and customers who would no doubt fight over this although we are yet to start making ice cream cakes. Sharing this everywhere!

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  112. Choclette says

    Oh I do agree, most definitely fantastic. I think you’re onto a real winner there. You were and still are one up on me, I’ve never tried an ice-cream cake. And now the only one I ever want to try is yours. How very clever of you to get the creme egg effect and to so artfully drizzle that chocolate down the sides. Thanks for linking to one of my recipes and thanks also for sharing this fantabulous creation with #WeShouldCocoa.

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  113. kellie@foodtoglow says

    Your DQ (and Walmart) trips bring back memories. I don’t think we ever ate a meal there, but I do remember the thrill of the first spoon of a hot fudge sundae. With salted peanuts. However, I remember eating ice cream cakes at birthday parties, and that will I or won’t I get brain freeze moment on the first chilly bite. You’ve brought back some nice memories. And this looks really delightful, Elizabeth. Your styling and photography just gets better and better.

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    • Elizabeth says

      DQ isn’t really renowned for their burgers, are they! Ice cream, all the way! 🙂 So glad you enjoyed my post Kellie, and thank you for your lovely comments xx

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  114. Sarah and Laura @ Wandercooks says

    Whhhhhhaaaaatttttt. So many yesses for this recipe. Those chocolate drips are perfection btw, and how did you get that layering so smooth! #veryjealous 😛

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    • Elizabeth says

      Haha, thank you so very much for making me smile! I weighed the mixture out so each layer had the same number of grams, then smoothed each layer with the back of a spoon.

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  116. Camilla says

    I love your ice cream cake Elizabeth and it wonderful to ee-create something you’ve only ever tasted once from your childhood. Those tastes never leave you and I too have had fun re-creating memories like this! Thank you for linking to my Brownies:-)

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  118. Yvonne says

    Oh my goodness! This looks out of this world. I have a little boy that would love this so will need to try it out. I bet it won’t look anywhere near as outstanding as your one though. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  126. Mel says

    I am not a creme egg fan at all, but your ice cream cake looks so delicious I would try it… and I’m pretty sure I would love it, too! #RecipeoftheWeek

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  127. Derek says

    Um yea, this looks incredible (to say the least)! Cadbury eggs were my favorite growing up and no you just had to go put it on an oreo cake! Thanks a lot 🙂

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  129. Kate | The Veg Space says

    Oh my word, what a cake!! Just perfection – A++ for your chocolate sauce drizzling technique. Love the colours, and the creme eggs of course. Love it. (And I LOVED Nancy Drew too, huge fan!).

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    • Elizabeth says

      Thank you so very much! I do miss reading those Nancy Drew books. I don’t think they’d have the same effect now though – but I spent many a childhood summer with my nose stuck in them!

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  130. Janice says

    What a lovely story, Elizabeth. My memory of ice cream cakes was Baskin Robbins in the early 80s in Glasgow. It was so exotic for us, never seen anything like it. Your Creme Egg cake is amazing, beautifully finished.

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  133. kate @veggie desserts says

    I think I’ve just passed out. This is Easter cake perfection. It looks so absolutely wonderful. As a fellow Canadian who knows the lure of the DQ ice cream cake, this is something that I have to make my kids. In fact it just may be my son’s birthday cake.

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