😊 As you may know, my daughter has multiple anaphylactic food allergies since she was a baby. Since it’s absolutely impossible to find her a safe ice cream cake, we now make one! So, we came up with this peanut-free, nut-free, dairy-free Ice Cream Cake.
This Food Allergy-Friendly Ice Cream Cake is SCRUMPTIOUS, super easy, adaptable for most food allergies, inexpensive, no-bake & fun to make!
It’s been said, ice cream = happiness! And you can never have too much happiness.
Although a perfect way to cool off in summer, ice cream cake is delicious all year round. Perfect for summertime celebrations, BBQ’s or Tuesday afternoons! And easy enough to make in a vacation rental.
Although we usually make this Incredible Brownie Fudge Ice Cream Cake Food Allergy Friendly with layers of mint and vanilla #dairyfree ice cream, you can make this using your favorite flavors.
Some suggestions: cookies and cream ice cream with chocolate chip cookies, Oreo ice cream with Oreo cookies, strawberry ice cream with vanilla cookies or…use your imagination!
There are really only 3 main items for this ice cream cake:
Crunchy, cookie crumb base only uses a few ingredients and is so much better for us than the chemical laden pre-made graham cracker crusts, in my humble opinion.
Creamy, oh-so-delicious dairy-free ice cream really makes this ice cream cake, so use good quality.
Additions of middle layer of cookie crumbs, hot fudge and top decorations – lots of choices! If you prefer, caramel sauce instead of chocolate syrup, we say use caramel!
Although all our ingredients for this food allergy recipe are store bought, if you prefer to make homemade ice cream or fudge sauce, that sounds scrumptious too.
Priceless family memories: our kids enjoying their food allergy safe party!
This Food Allergy-Friendly Ice Cream Cake is SCRUMPTIOUS, super easy, no-bake, adaptable for food allergies, inexpensive & fun to make! 5 layers of YUM!
3TBSPDairy free butter, meltedWe use @EarthBalance
2PintsAllergy-friendly dairy free ice creamWe use @Oatly & @SoDelicious
8-10cookiesFood Allergy-friendly cookiesWe use @Divvies Chocolate Brownie Cookies
4TBSPChocolate or Caramel Syrup*We use dairy free @Hersheys Special Dark Syrup. Watch ingredients here!
7miniSun Butter mini chocolate cupsWe use @Free2B mini-Sun Butter cups
1canCoconut or allergy-friendly whipping creamRefrigerate ahead of time
1TBSPPowdered Sugar
1TBSPReal Vanilla Extract
1assortedFood Allergy-friendly candies/decorationsCould use berries or sprinkles.
Instructions
Make room in your freezer for Springform pan & mixing bowl.
Coat sides of Springform pan with spray or oil, line bottom with parchment paper.
Pulse graham crackers in food processor until fine.
In small bowl, add melted butter to graham cracker crumbs. Pour graham cracker crumbs into springform pan, patting down gently and spreading out evenly in pan.
Put pan in freezer for 20 minutes and remove 1 pint of ice cream from freezer, allowing to soften on counter for 20 minutes.
Spread softened ice cream on top of graham cracker crust using knife that you have dipped in hot water. Spread quickly and evenly. Place in freezer for 20 minutes.
Crumble brownie cookies using your hands in a small bowl- you want to be large cookie chunks. Reserve about 1 TBSP of cookie crumbs for top decoration.
Remove ice cream cake from freezer and top with cookie crumbs and drizzle Hersheys syrup over cookie crumbs. Place back in freezer for 20 minutes.
Remove 2nd pint of ice cream and allow to soften for 20 minutes while ice cream cake is chilling.
Spread 2nd pint of ice cream with knife dipped in hot water, quickly and evenly. Place back in freezer for 2 hours or overnight, make sure to cover tightly with wrap.
When getting ready to serve, using cold mixing bowl, whip up coconut or other whipping cream using your KitchenAid mixer. Add 1 TBSP powdered sugar and 1 TBSP vanilla extract and mix until stiff peaks form, about 3 -5 minutes.
Drizzle more chocolate syrup on top of ice cream cake, then place dollops of whipped cream on top of cake and add mini-Sun Butter cups, the reserved tablespoon of brownie cookie crumbles or any other decorations like sprinkles or fresh berries. Enjoy!
Ice Cream Cake Making Tips
As this is an incredibly easy concoction to prepare, only a few baking tips. First, you need a Springform pan. We use: aCuisinart.
Next, make plenty of room in your freezer to be able to place your Springform pan, lying flat. As well as room in your freezer for your KitchenAid mixing bowl. Lastly, a food processor makes quick prep of our graham crackers into fine crumbs.
As a long time, food allergy mom, this is a GREAT recipe to make with your kids/teens. Just don’t call it Food Allergy Cooking School…ask me how I know! 🙂
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Speaker, Educator, Travel Consultant, Advocate & Founder.
Long before founding An Easy Journey, LLC., Cindi Korpacz's career was built in high-stakes information technology (IT) and enterprise marketing.
Managing high profile accounts like the White House, Microsoft and hosting then VP Al Gore at the Executive Technology Pavilion in Washington DC.
When my daughter was diagnosed with multiple life threatening anaphylactic food allergies over 20 years ago, I redirected that executive focus towards solving a life altering problem:
How to navigate a world full of food allergens with total confidence and zero margin for error.
What started with careful family trip planning, expanded into a broad mission to train, educate and advocate for the food allergy community.
Over the last two decades I/we have:
Trained Schools, Colleges & Universities: Led comprehensive training programs on food allergy prevention, cross contact mitigation, and emergency response in educational environments.
Advised US Congressional Representatives: Advocated for critical food allergy safety legislation, labeling transparency, and policy reforms.
Spoken at National Food Allergy Conferences for FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) on advanced strategies for Traveling both domestically and internationally with Food Allergies.
Led Top National Food Allergy Fundraising Teams: Recognized as a top fundraising team for multiple years to advance food allergy research education & awareness.
Founded An Easy Journey, LLC.: Built an award winning, industry leading travel consulting firm that has helped thousands of clients travel all over the USA and World with 0 food allergy reactions. Now, this isn’t a guarantee, but proof that our strategies work in real food allergy environments and situations.
Consulted with Companies on their Food Allergy Training & Protocols to keep their employees and clients safer and less stressed.
If you’re a Company, Educational Facility or a Person/Family struggling with food allergies, Contact Us to discuss your specific challenges and goals. We’re on a mission to make living with food allergies truly An Easy Journey!
