Canada Day is drawing near and I’m sharing an easy ice cream cake recipe that will impress all of your guests! With many large Canada Day festivities cancelled this year, I think it’s even more important to take some time to create something special for your family. This Maple Ice Cream Cake is incredibly easy dessert that looks extra special. With just 10 minutes prep, it’s not going to take much time away from your time to lounge in the sun, but it is going to be a fun surprise at the end of any summer day!
What makes this ice cream cake so special?
The star of the show in this Maple Ice Cream Cake are the new Canadian Maple, Eh! Ice Cream Bars from Chapman’s — they have a creamy vanilla base and a decadent maple swirl! They make a great no bake dessert for Canada Day on their own, but I wanted to use them to create something extra special! Making an ice cream cake with a maple leaf in the center would normally be a difficult thing to do, but these ice cream bars make it a breeze, and really add a fun twist that will surprise your family when you slice into it!
Tips for making this Maple Ice Cream Cake:
There is very little prep time required, but we do have to work in stages. For best results, we want our Maple Walnut Ice Cream to be softened, but we want our ice cream bars to be very firm. This way, we can set the ice cream bars into the ice cream and they will retain their maple leaf shape. Then we will freeze the ice cream bars into the ice cream so they don’t move, and we’ll add more Maple Walnut ice cream on top. Spread it so that we get a bit in every corn of the maple leaf bars! Lastly, we’ll add a crust of crumbled maple cookies. Easy peasy!
Variations on this Maple Ice Cream Cake:
You can use any flavor of ice cream you want, but I like Maple Walnut because it is classically Canadian. Vanilla or chocolate would also be great! For best results, choose an ice cream in a contrasting color so the Canadian Maple, Eh! Ice Cream Bars will really be set apart. You can use any flavor of crushed cookies you want for the base, or skip it entirely if you need to keep it gluten free. You can top with whipped cream, or a chocolate or white chocolate coating for a fun twist! Just be sure your melted chocolate will be sliceable when frozen by adding cream or butter to keep it soft.
More ice cream cakes you’ll love!
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