Happy Birthday to The Recipe Redux! This month we are celebrating their first successful year of delicious and healthy recipes with “Small Bites to Celebrate a Big Event.” And this is definitely a BIG EVENT!
I decided to make a favorite two-in-one dessert: ice cream cake! And with the first day of summer, what better way to enjoy it than in cute, bite-sized portions? This dessert has only two ingredients, but you can have any flavor ice cream, frozen yogurt, cake, or even brownie that you want. Want a variety of flavors? I say go for it!
All you need is cake mix, frozen yogurt or ice cream, a jelly roll pan, a small round cookie cutter about 1 1/4″ in diameter, and some fresh fruit to garnish. Alternatively, you can layer the ice cream on the cake, freeze it, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Either way, it’ll be cool, delicious and very fun to eat!
Ice Cream Cake Bites – using frozen yogurt and gluten-free cake recipe
One Bowl Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake recipe, slightly modified from original at food.com:
3 cups GF flour mix
1 1/2 tablespoons xanthan gum
1 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons instant espresso
3/4 cup coconut oil, melted
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups coffee
ice cream or frozen yogurt of your choice
fruit and herbs to garnish
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a jelly roll pan with nonstick cooking spray, set aside. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add all liquid ingredients, mix well. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
Using a round cookie cutter about 1 1/4″ in diameter, cut as many rounds as you need (you can make around 60-72 for one jelly roll sheet) and set aside on wax paper.
To assemble, place one cake round into cookie cutter. Scoop 1 heaping teaspoon of ice cream inside cookie cutter, place another cake round, banana slice, or strawberry slice inside cookie cutter and press down firmly, being careful not to squish the ice cream down the sides of the cake. Hold top down with index finger while unmolding. Place on wax sheet-lined plate, repeat with 4 more then transfer to freezer to firm up for at least 20 minutes. Serve and enjoy immediately!
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June 22, 2012 at 11:09
These look awesome, and I love the one bowl cake recipe concept!
June 22, 2012 at 14:39
Thanks, Marie, I was glad to have found this one-bowl recipe, too!
June 22, 2012 at 17:28
Hi! My name is Ashley and I’m interning with the Meal Makeover Moms this week. Love this idea- such an adorable dessert and an easy way to keep the portions healthy!
June 22, 2012 at 17:37
Hi, Ashley, hope your internship is going well with Meal Makeover Moms, which made some really awesome-looking won ton cheesecake bites! Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend! :)
June 22, 2012 at 19:21
OK – these are super adorable (and I’m super impressed with you getting some pretty shots of ICE CREAM no less :) I’m a big time ice cream + cake fan – my usual request on my birthday/
June 22, 2012 at 19:45
Thanks, Deanna! Cake and ice cream is awesome, but it was the WORST day to take pics of ice cream. It must have been 80 degrees in the house, and that’s why one of the ice cream bites looks like it has a pot belly, lol!
June 24, 2012 at 14:13
How cute are these? I think they are way beyond my skill level, but they look delicious!
June 25, 2012 at 10:14
Hey, Danielle, these are as easy as making cutout cookies…maybe even easier! Fruit and herbs can top off these bites and make them nice and colorful. Thanks for stopping by :)
June 28, 2012 at 20:08
Thanks for sharing your recipe, these look so cute and delicious!!! I live in Charleston (where it will be 100 degrees this weekend) so an ice cream treat on these hot days is a MUST! Can’t wait to try it!
Molly Jones
Intern for ReganMillerJones, Inc.
June 29, 2012 at 11:57
Hi, Molly, thanks for stopping by. They’re great topped with fruit like bananas and strawberries, and I also have a version with raw chocolate chip cookies that came out even better! Stay cool, and enjoy your summer. :)
June 29, 2012 at 20:45
Yum. What a party perfect dessert. The GF cake looks delish and easy. Thanks for celebrating our Redux b-day with us!
June 30, 2012 at 08:39
Thanks, Serena, it was fun! :)