We had seven March birthdays
to celebrate this Sunday and
I decided to give my brother's
Ice Cream Tall Cake idea a try.
This enormous cake has been
a family tradition in his home
for years and I finally
decided to give it a try.
It consists of a layer of cake
topped with three layers of
ice cream. Over the years
as he has told me of how they
made it, it seemed daunting,
but I figured out a way
to make it easier.
I lined my cake pans with
plastic wrap and then
topped the plastic wrap
with a round of parchment
paper cut to fit. Then I
spooned the ice cream in,
starting along the edges. I
used a whole container of
ice cream for each layer.
I finally pressed the layer
down with the back of
my metal measuring cup
and did a final smoothing
with a knife.
I left the ice cream
layers in the freezer
overnight, as well as
the baked cake layer.
It was so easy to lift
the layers out using
the plastic wrap and
then removing the
parchment paper.
My brother Fritz always
frosts his with another
container of ice cream,
but I decided to use a
large container of
Cool Whip. I liked
that I could pipe the
Cool Whip out.
Of course, with that many
birthdays, we had to top
it with sprinkles. My SIL
loved the cake so much he
said we needed to make
this a weekly dessert!
From top to bottom the
flavors are
Mint Chocolate Chip
French Silk
Cookie Dough
The birthday drinks
were made by frosting
the edge of the goblets
and then dipping in
sprinkles. We placed
some cotton candy in each
glass and poured
Cherry 7Up in.
Everyone loved watching
the pop melt the
cotton candy and
turn the pop
different colors.
Thanks for stopping by
to help us celebrate
lots of birthdays.
