Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream Cake

This Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream Cake is a delightful and refreshing dessert you can prepare during the hot summer days. What can be more satisfying than serving a big slice of ice cream cake with your friends or family? 

This ice cream cake is very easy and quick to prepare. It consists of a moist and intense cherry brownie at the bottom, a no-churn vanilla ice cream with bits of semisweet chocolate and served with a fresh cherry coulis. As it is an ice cream cake, it is best to make it in advance, like a day before, to have time to set. 

As cherries are in season now, I’ve made this ice cream cake with fresh cherries, but feel free to change the fruits with any other seasonal fruits you like best. Berries are also a good alternative to cherries. Decorate the cake just before serving if you don’t want the fruits on top to be frozen.

The ice cream layer is extremely easy to prepare. No need to use store-bought ice cream and let it soften. For this no churn ice cream you need some chilled whipping cream, sweetened condensed milk and your favorite flavoring. This time it is vanilla, but use any other flavoring you like best, like almond, rum, mint, coffee, coconut extracts and so on.

How to make chocolate cherry ice cream cake

Begin by preparing the cocoa brownie. Then continue with preparing the vanilla ice cream and cherry coullis.

How to prepare the cocoa brownie.

Preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C) and grease an 8-inch (20cm) springform pan. Line it with parchment paper for easy removal.

In a bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until well combined. Add oil and rum extract, then sift in the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Whisk until fully incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place pitted cherries on top. Bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs attached. Allow the brownie to cool completely.

How to prepare the vanilla ice cream

In a large bowl, whip cream until stiff peaks form. Mix in sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract until well combined. Fold in the mini chocolate rocks.

Transfer the cooled brownie onto a serving platter. Place a cake ring around the brownie and line it with an acetate sheet.

Pour the ice cream mixture over the brownie, smoothing the top. Freeze for 6 hours or overnight until completely set.

How to prepare the cherry coulis

For the cherry coulis, combine cherries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, purée with a blender, strain through a fine-mesh strainer, and let it cool.

Before serving, decorate the ice cream cake with fresh cherries and chocolate decorations. Serve with the cherry coulis.

Hope you will try this Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream Cake as it is simply amazing. If you do, let me know if you try it out and share the photos with me on Instagram. Would love to see how it turns out for you. Enjoy!

If you like ice cream recipes you can also consider trying this amazing Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream or Nutella Ice Cream. These fruit ice cream recipes are also a great choice: Cherry Semifreddo, Baked Alaska, Melon Ice Cream and Apricot Ice Cream.

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