Spumoni Brownie Ice Cream Cake

5 from 3 votes

Spumoni Brownie Ice Cream Cake

You won’t believe how easy it is to make this Spumoni Brownie Ice Cream Cake at home! Ice cream is sandwiched between brownies, then topped with whipped cream, cherries, and nuts. It’s an Italian-American dessert that’s a perfect fit for fancy occasions and birthday parties.

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Freezing Time10

Total Time10 40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: Slices

Calories: 295kcal

Author: Emily Laurae

Equipment

Ingredients

1 Quart Spumoni Ice Cream Or the Ice Cream of your choice - slightly softened
2 Baked Brownie Layers ½ batch of your preferred brownie recipe (homemade or boxed)
½ cup Heavy Whipping Cream Whipped to medium peaks
Cherries, pistachios & almonds For garnish

Instructions

Using a 6 inch springform pan, line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment or plastic wrap. Then, add your slightly softened ice cream to the pan, pressing firmly so that the ice cream is packed. Freeze for at least 6 hours before continuing.
1 Quart Spumoni Ice Cream
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Separate your ½ batch of brownie batter into two greased and lined 6 inch cake pans. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the tops of the brownies are no longer wet, but still quite soft when you gently press on them. Allow the brownie layers to cool while the ice cream is freezing in the springform pan.
2 Baked Brownie Layers
Remove the ice cream once solid and set aside briefly. Wash out the springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
In the same 6 inch springform pan, add one of your 6 inch brownie layers to the bottom of the pan. Then, follow with your frozen cylinder of ice cream. Finally, press the last brownie later on top.
Freeze overnight until solidified and remove the ice cream cake from the springform pan. Decorate with whipping cream and the garnish of your choice before enjoying!
½ cup Heavy Whipping Cream, Cherries, pistachios & almonds

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Notes

Optional variations

Use this layered ice cream recipe as a blank slate and customize the flavors or presentation any way you like:

Instead of spumoni ice cream. Make this with vanilla, cherry, pistachio, chocolate, fudge brownie, horchata, mint chocolate chip, or strawberry ice cream instead.
Swap the layers. Make this cake with only one layer of brownies, chocolate cake, or chocolate cookie crumbles on the bottom and a thick layer of ice cream on top.
Layers of vibrant colors. Keep the three spumoni ice creams separate by freezing them one at a time in the springform pan. Once frozen solid, layer them on top of each other before sandwiching them in between the brownies. The finished cake should have layers of green, red, and brown.

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