Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Cake With Whipped Cream Frosting

Such a pretty cake and so easy to make. Everyone raved about it, but as a warning when making, be sure to take the cake out of the freezer at least a half hour before trying to cut and freeze as the cake layer freezes HARD!! Prep time does not include time to soften ice cream. When it came to frosting, I was worried about having enough for decorating so doubled the frosting amount and while I had a lot left over, don't think it would have been enough for frosting and decorating without it

• Ready In: 43 mins
• Serves: 14
• Yields: 1 8" Cake

Ingredients

• BLUE CAKE LAYER

• 1⁄4 cup salted butter, room temperature
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup sour cream
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  large  egg whites
• 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1  tablespoon water
•  blue gel  food coloring

• ICE CREAM

• 1 1⁄2 quarts vanilla ice cream, X2
•  red gel  food coloring

• STABILIZED WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

• 1  teaspoon plain gelatin
• 1  tablespoon cold water
• 1  cup  whipping cream
• 1  tablespoon powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. CAKE:
2. reheat oven to 350°F (176°C). Prepare an 8 inch cake pan with a circle of parchment paper in the bottom and grease the sides.
3. To make the cake batter, beat the sugar and butter together until light in color and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Don’t skimp on the creaming.
4. Add the sour cream and vanilla extract and mix until well incorporated.
5. Add the egg whites and mix until well combined.
6. Combine the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl, then add half of the dry ingredients to batter and mix until well combined.
7. Add the milk and water and mix until well combined.
8. Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
9. Spread the cake batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
10. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs. Set the cake aside to cool.
11. When the cake has cooled, lined two 8 inch cake pans with clear wrap that covers the bottom and sides of the pans.
12. Remove the dome from the top of the blue cake layer, then place it in the bottom of one of the cake pans.
13. Soften the cartons of ice cream. I let mine sit out for about 15-20 minutes, then added all but about a quarter of the ice cream to a large bowl. Use a rubber spatula to stir it well until it all comes together to a consistency similar to soft serve ice cream. Add half of the ice cream to another bowl and set it in the freezer for a few minutes while you work with the other half.
14. Add the white vanilla ice cream to the top of the blue cake layer and spread into an even layer. Set the cake/ice cream in the freezer to freeze completely.
15. Remove the remaining half of the vanilla ice cream from the freezer and color it with red gel icing color.
16. Add the ice cream to the other prepared cake pan and spread into an even layer. Freeze until firm.
17. Once both ice cream layers are firm, remove the blue cake layer/white ice cream from its pan and place on a cardboard cake circle or serving platter. Keep in mind that it will need to fit in your freezer.
18. Remove the red layer from it’s pan and set on top of the white ice cream layer. Place cake back in the freezer.
19. STABILIZED WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING:
20. Add gelatin to cold water in a bowl.
21. Set this over a saucepan with boiling water until the gelatin is clear.
22. Cool to room temperature.
23. Meanwhile whip the cream until it is medium thick.
24. With the mixer still on, pour gelatin into the center of the cream.
25. Continue to whip. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
26. Continue whipping until cream is in soft peaks.
27. At this point you can add food coloring, keeping half white and half red.