Funfetti Ice Cream Cake
Funfetti Ice Cream Cake is made with layers of fluffy funfetti cake, vanilla ice cream, frosted with a homemade whipped cream frosting, and lots of rainbow sprinkles! It's the perfect birthday cake or cake for summer and is so easy to make!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box funfetti cake mix plus ingredients listed on the box
Ice Cream Filling
- 1 1/2 quarts vanilla ice cream
Frosting
- 1 3/4 cups heavy whipping cream chilled
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup rainbow jimmies sprinkles plus more for decorating
Instructions
- Prepare funfetti cake and bake in 2, 9 or 8 inch round baking pans. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Line a springform pan or one of the round baking pans with plastic wrap (clean first to remove any crumbs).
- Once the cakes are cool, let the ice cream sit on the counter for 15 minutes or until it’s slightly softened and spreadable.
- Carefully cut the domes off each cake with a serrated knife so they are evenly flat.
- Place one of the cakes on the bottom of the plastic lined pan.
- Spread the ice cream all over the bottom cake layer, then add the second cake on top.
- Wrap the whole cake with plastic wrap well and then with foil. Place in the freezer to chill for at least 3 hours.
- To make the whipped frosting, place a metal or glass mixing bowl and the beaters in the freezer to chill for 15 minutes Add the heavy cream and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form, a few minutes. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and continue to beat until stiff peaks form, fold in jimmies sprinkles. The peaks should hold their shape when scooped with a spoon.
- Frost the entire cake with an offset spatula or butter knife (sides and top) with the frosting. Add leftover frosting to a piping bag with a jumbo star tip to decorate the edges. Decorate with sprinkles all around the top and the bottom edges. Place back in the freezer to chill for 1-2 hours (or longer if needed).
- When ready to serve and cut, let the cake sit out at room temperature for a few minutes to make the slicing easier. Enjoy!