Oreo Ice Cream Cake

Ingredients

BROWNIE
3/4 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup butter
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

ICE CREAM CAKE
3 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened in the refrigerator (about an hour or until you can stick a spoon in easily)
15 Oreos(or similar) cookies

Decorating
Whipping cream 1L (Whipped)
Oreo Cookies

Chocolate Icing
3/4 cup butter, cubed
6 ounces unsweetened bakers chocolate
6 cups confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup milk
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Serves 8 to 12

Directions

BROWNIE

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line a 9 inch round pan with parchment paper, and grease the paper with butter.

Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.

Remove from heat.

Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.

Stir in remaining ingredients.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean

Cool completely, flip pan and peel away parchment paper.

ICE CREAM CAKE

Start by putting Oreo cookies into a food processor and blend until most is broken up (personal preference on this one, if your like cookies more fine and nice big chunks)

With a 9 inch spring form cake, line the edge of spring form cake with parchment paper, line the bottom with your baked brownie

In a mixer, place your softened ice cream, along with your cookie crumbs and mix until cookies are well incorporated. pour this into your prepared spring form. Cover and re-freeze.

CHOCOLATE ICING

Chop chocolate, and melt with butter in a small sauce pan, Remove from heat.

Meanwhile combine icing sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in a mixer until smooth.

While beating sugar, slowly add melted chocolate until fluff.

Spread icing evenly between layers, on top and sides

ASSEMBLY

Remove ice cream cake form freezer (make sure it is frozen and not runny) Take spring form off cake, and peel off parchment. Ice the sides and top with whipped cream, and decorate with chocolate icing, Oreo's, and remaining whipped cream

Original Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe Recipe found at Grandmothers Kitchen Recipes.