Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake, a yummy homemade Best Ever Birthday Cake, made with everything kids and adults love, Nutella, Ice Cream, Oreos! Can’t get much better than this Ice Cream Cake.
My daughter’s 15th birthday cake story continues… After deciding that yes an Ice cream cake would be the perfect cake as long as it had all her specifications included, I got to work.
To tell you the truth I couldn’t believe that an ice cream cake would actually work.
I thought that the cake being frozen with the ice cream would become just as hard, and by the time it thawed so would the ice cream and all you would have on your plate would be melted, soggy cake floating in melted ice cream.
But surprise surprise the cake never freezes completely and it is an absolute perfect combination. I decided that I needed a firm cake that if the ice cream did start to melt the cake wouldn’t become a soupy mess.
For that reason I used a firm Italian type chocolate cake, and since there was no way I was going to find Oreo ice cream anytime soon in Italy, I made my own.
Actually any ice cream you want would work for this Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake, of course a name change would be in order.
Needless to say there would be no traditional butter cream icing on this birthday cake, nothing like a Nutella ganache drizzling down a perfect ice cream combination topped with Kit Kat milk chocolate and white chocolate balls.
Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake is so easy to put together, I actually made the cakes the night before and put it together the afternoon after.
If you are using store-bought ice cream just let it soften up a bit before spooning it into the cake pan.
Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake
Nutella ganache couldn’t be easier, thin it out so it easy to pour by placing it in a dish over a pot of boiling water.
Good to remember when you are looking for an easy and delicious birthday cake or a Easy Summer Dessert this Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake is a yummy alternative. Enjoy!
Nutella Kit Kat Oreo Ice Cream Cake
Ingredients
- TO MAKE THE CAKE
- 1 cup milk 245 grams
- 1 cup vegetable oil 224 grams
- 1 3/4 cups sugar 350 grams
- 2 1/2 cups flour 310 grams
- 1/2 cup cocoa 60 grams
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder 18 grams
- 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 ml
- FOR THE HOME MADE ICE CREAM
- 1 cup whole cream 240 grams
- 4 cups milk (I used 2%) 1 liter
- 1 1/4 cups fine sugar 156 grams
- 4 tablespoons Nutella
- 7 Oreo cookies crushed
- NUTELLA GANACHE
- 1 cup Nutella 250 grams
Instructions
- TO MAKE THE CAKE
- Pre-heat oven to 350° (180° celsius), lightly grease and flour 2, 8 " (20 centimeter) cake pans.
- In a medium bowl beat together for approximately 2 minutes, milk, oil, sugar, flour, and eggs and yolk then add cocoa, baking powder and vanilla beat again till smooth.
- Pour batter into the two prepared cake pans. Bake in pre-heated oven for approximately 30-35 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Place in the fridge for a couple of hours while the ice cream is in the freezer.
- FOR THE HOMEMADE ICECREAM
- In a medium bowl add cream, milk and sugar, beat on medium speed for 20 seconds.
- Pour into ice cream maker, use a spatula to get all the ingredients.
- When the ice cream is almost finished (in the last 5 minutes) add the Nutella and crushed Oreo cookies, and continue until it reaches desired creaminess, (see ice cream maker instructions) mine took 30 minutes. Depending on the size of your ice cream maker you may need to make double batches. There will be some ice cream left over. If using store bought leave out until ice cream softens, then line one of the cake pans with plastic wrap enough to let the ends hang over the pan, spoon the ice cream into the lined pan and smooth the top. Re freeze till very hard a couple of hours, or longer depending on how cold your freezer is.
- NUTELLA GANACHE
- In a small bowl add Nutella and place over a small pot of boiling water, stir until Nutella reaches an easy to pour constituency.
- PUTTING THE CAKE TOGETHER
- On a large plate place one layer of cake (bottom side up), remove ice cream from pan and place on top, cover with 2nd layer of cake, cover with Nutella ganache and top with kit kat balls. Re freeze for at least a couple of hours. Remove cake from freezer approximately 5 -10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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Jessica says
Looks amazing, do you think I could leave the cocoa out of the cake as my Daughter is not a fan of chocolate cake?
Rosemary says
Hi Jessica yes you could and substitute it with all purpose flour although I haven’t tried it that way, or you could use this cake recipe instead https://anitalianinmykitchen.com/coconut-cake/ for the recipe. Hope that helps.
cottercrunch says
you’re daughter is lucky! Next time I”ll come to her birthday party for this! haha
Rosemary says
Thank you.
Eliza says
What a fantastic looking cake! I’ll definitely have to give it a try – that ganache looks amazing!
Thanks for submitting this article to the Sunday Brunch Magazine.
All the best,
Eliza & Bel xx
Rose says
Thanks Eliza.
plasterer bristol says
Wow this sounds sooo good. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon
Rose says
Hi Simon, thanks and thanks for stopping by.
Katherines Corner says
oh my goodness!!! Pinned to my just desserts board. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop xo
Rose says
Hi Katherine, always a pleasure, thanks for pinning. Have a great day.
allthatsjas says
It looks absolutely divine and those are my favorite ingredients! Thanks for linking up at Thursday Favorite Things, can’t wait to see what you’ll share next week!
swathi says
Love this ice cream cake, my son’ have allergy to nutella so I will skip that part.
Rose says
Hi Swathi, thanks, maybe you could use a unsweetened chocolate glaze or more ice cream! Have a great weekend.
Maria says
Oh my goodness, this cake sounds divine!!!!! All my favorite things in one cake! It looks beautiful too!!!
Rose says
Hi Maria, thank you, it tasted really yummy too!
Robin @ thebakingexchange says
Your cake looks wonderful. You’ve got those perfect circular pans that you can take off easily. I need to get one of those. Hope your daughter liked it!
Rose says
Hi Robin, thanks and yes my daughter loved it, especially the gelato!
Sophia says
um, wow. This is fantastic!!
Sophia
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Rose says
Hi Sophia, thank you! Have a great day.
Marisa Franca @ All Our Way says
If a dessert can be described as decadent this one takes the cake 🙂 Although in the states we can get flavored ice creams I like the way you did everything from scratch. My kids and grandkids would absolutely love this. Grazie per la ricetta. Buona sera
Rose says
Hi Marisa, thanks my daughter absolutely loved it and why not all of her favourite ingredients LOL.
Krista says
I’ve been anxiously awaiting this post ever since you shared the nutella gelato recipe! The cake is stunning and looks absolutely delicious! I like to make my own cakes for my kids’ birthdays. I think this one would be the perfect cool treat for my son’s birthday in July.
Rose says
Hi Krista, thanks very much, I think this would be the perfect summer cake, and it went pretty quick too!