Cake Batter Ice Cream Bread
ShareHomemade bread using 2 ingredients- ice cream and flour! I used Cake Batter Ice Cream to make ice cream bread but you can get creative with ANY flavor!
Did you read that right? Yes you did. Two-Ingredient Ice Cream Bread. When I saw this recipe my mind exploded.
I mean THINK of all the possibilities! Moose Tracks, Rocky Road, Mint Chocolate Chip (you already know how I feel about that), Cookies and Cream, Noah’s Arctic Freeze. Okay that last one is my husband’s creation of vanilla ice cream studded with frosted animal crackers. Patent pending (Shh! not really). Disregard that one. But ICE CREAM BREAD!
I first made this a few weeks ago with chocolate ice cream and a few chocolate chips thrown in the batter for good measure. I’ll be honest, it was okay. Here’s the thing- it looked like a brownie but it tasted like bread. It made my brain hurt.
Let me introduce you to my friend Cake Batter Ice Cream. He (?) goes well with sprinkles. Lots and lots of sprinkles. Also I just dumped them in the bottom of my bundt pan this time instead of mixing them into the batter. Score!
This is bread, not cake. It is dense with just the right amount of sweetness from the ice cream. You cut it and eat it with your hands. And then you laugh at the world because you are eating ice cream with your hands while others still have to use a spoon.
Also don’t feel the need to confess that you ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on cake batter ice cream bread.
I don’t.
Cake Batter Ice Cream Bread Recipe
PrintYield: 1 loaf
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35-45 minutes
Homemade bread using 2 ingredients- ice cream and flour!
Ingredients:
1.5 quart tub of cake batter ice cream
3 cups of self-rising flour
Sprinkles (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Let ice cream soften at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
- In the bowl of your mixer combine ice cream with flour until the flour is incorporated.
- Evenly distribute sprinkles in the bottom of a greased Bundt pan and scoop batter evenly on top.
- Bake for 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Invert and allow to cool completely.
Notes:
- Use any kind of ice cream (“light” or low-fat ice cream is not suggested)
- Get creative with add-ins!
- Don’t have self-rising flour? Make your own using this simple equation: For each 1 cup of flour add 1½ teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt
- This would make a killer french toast!
Source: Adapted from Taste of Home
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Delightful!
Voted…Good Luck 🙂
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Amazing!!!! 🙂
Oh my goodness, this is brilliant! And so pretty! (I think I have the same bundt pan but in a very light green!)
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That sounds beyond delicious! Must try it soon.
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I like that you call this bread and not cake – it gives us so many more options to spread things on it. I will definitely have to try this – I am always about new recipes and I haven't used my bundt pan in ages…love the sprinkles, too!
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Wow! This is genius. Love it!
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Whoa – didn't even know this was possible.
This is too fun. I would totally make a PB and J sandwich out of this bread with no shame at all. this is brilliant!
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This has been on must make for a couple weeks. I only have chocolate ice cream in my freezer though 🙁 I am just going to have to give up and buy new ice cream!!
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WOW!! This is one recipe that I will be making as soon as physically possible!! Sounds ridiculously good!
I have to admit I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this one, Katrina, but you haven't steered me wrong yet!
I guess I'm just going to have to give it a go.
It's reminding me of when Heinz came out with their green and purple ketchup when my kids were little.
My son's going to love the sprinkles or jimmies as we call them!
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You make me so proud 🙂 Hell yeah, you had a peanie butter sammich with that bread! You go girl! Love hand friendly ice cream. Well done!
And your naughty cheesecake? Voted. Oh my, how I voted.
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It looks so cute!
Gorgeous! I love ice cream bread! Yours is freaking awesome! And I voted. Good luck!
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sweet lord, how do you come up with this amazing stuff! I can't wait to make Moose Tracks!!!!
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Looks interesting! I'll maybe have to give this one a try…I'm sure my kids will love it! And yes, I think making it into a PB&J sandwich would be AWESOME! I voted for you…good luck! P.S…I LOVE your site 🙂
I've seen this going around and HAVE to give it a try. Dudette loves the chocolate and peanut butter ice cream at our local ice cream place. I wonder how that would go over in the bread. I don't want to make her head hurt, after all. 🙂 It's sounding like a lighter vanilla-type ice cream works better? I guess I'll just have to keep experimenting!
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I had to read this a couple of times to make sure I saw it right. Cake batter ice cream bread?!?! This is so amazing. Such a great idea and looks so pretty!!
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Lovely cake and so easy, yum! Also, I voted-have a great day!
You always have some of the most genius recipes. I need to try this and I will try it with a ton of other ice-creams! Ch'yea!
Oh my goodness gracious!! I can't believe this only has three ingredients. It looks amazing!!
I voted for you – good luck!!
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Oh my!!!! Ice Cream bread??? Sign me up now!! I just pinned it and posted on my FB wall! This is a definite must try for me.
OK, seriously?? I just died and went to heaven with this cake or bread, or whatever 'he' is.
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Voted, Good luck!!!
Love how colorful it is! I've never had good luck with bundt pans though 🙁
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I'll take a pb&j or nutella sandwich on this bread over plain white bread any day!! Oh, and I just voted for that delicious looking cheesecake of yours. It just looks so amazing. Love that drizzle.
Love the recipe! Question :how many cups is 1.5 quarts of the flour?
Wait. What? I feel like this shouldn't be possible and yet here's the proof, right in front of me. Though I do feel as though I need to make it for myself, just to be sure. For science. You know. 😉
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Brilliant! Ice Cream in a bread. Definitely will make me feel a little better than just eating a bowl of ice cream. Wonder if it will work with dairy -free ice cream.
Most creative use of ice cream I've seen. 😉
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That is stinking amazing. Added it to my funfetti round up 🙂
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Um, hello most amazing bread ever!
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Love the recipe and I just voted for you.
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Two ingredients? Now that's my kind of bread! It's so festive…sounds great.
This is the craziest thing I've ever heard! So wrong, it's right! Looks beautiful and tasty (even if I can't quite wrap my mind around it…).
This is all kinds of wonderful!
What a creative recipe!! I've never heard of anything like this. It looks fabulous 🙂
You got my vote! And seriously, Ice Cream Bread?!?! I am going to have to try this!
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Katrina, you are my HERO girl!! I cannot wait to try this!!""
I have seen the post of people making the ice cream bread and I'm totally on board. I bought the ice cream but haven't gotten around to making it yet. It will be a must do for this weekend. Hopefully mine turns out as nice as yours 🙂
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I love it! Laugh at the world while you eat ice-cream with your hands! Brilliant post and FAB recipe! Heading off to vote for you now…because I LOVED that pie! I remember it well…
OMG!!!! what a lovely cake…
Fantastic cake, love how colorful and happy it looks..
Congrats on the better recipe..you just passed me:))) your cake do look amazing, you got this one for sure, I 'll catch up on the next weeks challenge:)))
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Oh, Katrina, this cake/bread/whatever looks insane! Off the HOOK! And yeah, your PB mousse thingy will definitely get my vote.
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All I can say is, Oh my dear goodness! AMAZING! Yum! Please invite me over! 🙂
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Cake batter ice cream bread??!!!! Oh my god… I'm inspired! 🙂
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Oh my holy heck! That's just amazing! I can't wait to try this. it sounds so unreal (and stinkin' delicious!!!
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That has got to be the best best BEST recipe EVER!!!! And guess what? I'm making it tomorrow. OR rather, I'm sure my daughters will be making it tomorrow. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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The bread looks gorgeous , but I have to ask one thing what is a cake batter ice cream , is it just normal ice cream
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Yep- it's just a normal ice cream flavor. 🙂 I used a generic brand from Target.
You're killing me! Now I want to try this!!!
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Wow bread made out of ice cream!! I can only imagine how good that would tastes. You’ve got my vote. That peanut butter truffle mousse cheesecake looks like heaven on a plate!
Pure evil genius and you know it!!!
I have never seen this before, but I'm fairly certain I need it in my life. Yesterday. So much fun!
Eating ice cream with your hands? Does this count as molecular gastronomy? 🙂
I'm so sorry I didn't come in time to vote for your contest… next time I'll be sure to vote for you because I really love your sweets! Now this bread… really???? That's it? This has to be my kind of bread – simple and hopefully there is no place for me to screw up. =P
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Love it Katrina, yours is super cute!!! Now the PB&J on the IC bread is genius!!!
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What a great "bread" idea! Yum!
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Love the sound of this (ice cream!), love the look too! Time to "pin"! Your husband's ice cream idea sounds GREAT!
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Oh am late but by now you would've won already!! my mind exploded too reading this and thank God my husband's been sleeping ;P
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This recipe is just plain crazieness! It really is… and I can not wait to try it! Your a genius!
Just tried this today with Double Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream! OMG!!! already thinking of other flavors that we want to try next time!
French toast anyone!!!????
Aahhh! One of the most creative recipes out there!! What a brilliant use of ice cream 🙂
I just found this recipe today- I am thinking maybe mint chip for St Patrick's day? hmmm-m-m-
where can you buy Cake Batter Ice Cream? I've never heard of it. The bread looks good though.
I bought mine at Target. It was their store brand (generic).
Tried it with gluten free flour and it turned out great!
hi,
this is amazing!! im from the UK and am i being really dumb but what is cake batter ice cream??
thanks
This was very dense with the kind of ice cream we used (cake batter). I should have added to the baking time by about 8 minutes, because it was underdone on the bottom, even though the toothpick came out clean. If I ever do this again, I will use a vanilla flavored ice cream only.
Sorry, we actually used piece of cake ice cream.
i LOVE this idea! could i make it in a different pan besides a bundt pan though?? baking time?
Hi Veronica! I have the original recipe link from Taste of Home sourced under the title here. They have other loaf options and baking times (I did not try it other than in the Bundt). Good luck!
This. Looks. Amazing. And yes, mind-blowing! Just found it on Pinterest, I haven't seen a recipe quite like this before. I just want to devour those slices of "bread." Must try soon!
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Has anyone tried it with whole wheat pastry flour?
Made this and it was awesome. Used chocolate ice cream…so delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
Oh the possibilities. Love this cake and all things that can come from this recipe. Yum!
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This would make AMAZING french toast !!
would a fruit flavored sherbet work with this ??
Katrina Bahl — May 13th, 2013 @ 10:31 am
I have only tried this recipe with ice cream at this point. Let me know if you try sherbet!
I made this today with Rum Raisin ice cream, and it is absolutely fantastic! Thanks so much for this super simple recipe idea!!
oh! also, I wanted to note, I had to use a regular bread pan when I made mine due to a lack of bundt pan. As reference to anyone else that might end up having to make it this way, it took about twice as long to bake.
I made this over the weekend with Chocolate Almond Crunch. It turned out perfectly. It’s the wildest thing! in the middle of it, I thought, “What the heck is going on here? What is going to happen??” It was great.
Have decided this will be my “go to” bread. People will *never* guess how it’s made! Can’t wait to try many, many more variations.
Thanks for the great — and fun — recipe.
Katrina Bahl — May 21st, 2013 @ 9:32 am
I’m so glad to hear it! I know it is a little bit of a stretch to wrap my brain around too. 🙂 But it is delicious!
AMAZING! I even have the self-rising flour! So excited:)
Katrina Bahl — May 21st, 2013 @ 9:31 am
I love this bread- isn’t it fun? I hope your family enjoys it, Sue.
That looks interesting. I had never heard of ice-cream bread.
I saw in the recipe and it says you can use any kind of ice cream. Does that mean any flavor or any brand? I would love to substitute butter pecan or cookies and cream ice cream for the cake batter flavor!
Katrina Bahl — July 17th, 2013 @ 9:31 am
Yes- any flavor as long as it’s full fat (no sugar free or reduced fat). Enjoy!
Anything that had ice cream in it has to be good. My only question is; what kind of cold cuts do you suggest with it for sandwiches?
Katrina Bahl — July 23rd, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
Ha! Ummmmm I’m drawing a blank…
Just made one with Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream…..not to bad! I think it’s a cross between cake and bread. It’s moist like a cake, but a consistency like bread.
I made it this morning with birthday cake batter ice cream..was really pretty but to me it had no flavor…I would suggest some vanilla or almond extract.
Katrina Bahl — August 5th, 2013 @ 3:09 pm
Interesting!
I am making this as I type. I did do one thing to change it up. I am using vanilla bean ice cream. But I added a packet of the frosting mix in flavor. I used cotton candy. Hope it comes out good.
I’m a bit late for the party, but how much is 1.5 quart tub of cake batter ice cream? And: cake batter ice cream: is that regular ice cream?
would love to give this a try. Sounds so interesting.
xx
Nadja from Holland
Katrina Bahl — May 20th, 2014 @ 10:29 am
Yes there is a flavor of ice cream here called “cake batter.” Any flavor you love will do- just remember that this is not a sweet bread. And I’m not sure what measurements you need but there are plenty of online measurement conversion charts I’m sure you can find it no problem. Thanks for writing!
I can’t even. How does this even. I’m so excited to try this!
Katrina Bahl — August 22nd, 2014 @ 10:13 am
Ha! My mind was blown too. 🙂
sounds amazing. I’m thinking of trying it with sea-salt caramel ice cream. I wonder if this could be done with frozen yogurt as well.
Katrina Bahl — August 22nd, 2014 @ 10:12 am
Hmm idk if it could be done with frozen yogurt.
Do you have to use a bundt pan? I don’t have one…
Katrina Bahl — August 22nd, 2014 @ 10:11 am
The original recipe I linked to used a loaf pan. However the baking time will be different.
I made this for work today using Cookies & Cream ice cream. Everyone loved it.
Katrina Bahl — August 22nd, 2014 @ 10:00 am
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know. And ummm that sounds like the perfect ice cream to use!
I used Butter Pecan ice cream and walnuts instead of sprinkles. When it was done cooling, I drizzled butter pecan maple syrup over the top. It tastes like a pancake. YUM.
Katrina Bahl — August 22nd, 2014 @ 9:47 am
Whoa! That sounds amazing! Thanks for letting me know. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Bread and ice cream! My two favorite things! Just curious about storing it, though. Does it need to be refrigerated?
Katrina Bahl — September 17th, 2014 @ 11:00 am
No- because you are baking it so it will be just like a loaf of bread or a cake.
Katrina Bahl — September 17th, 2014 @ 11:00 am
No- because you are baking it so it will be just like a loaf of bread or a cake.
Nadja from Holland on MAY 16, 2014 at 2:45 AM asked how much is 1.5 quart tub of ice cream. You probably found the answer already, but in case you still need to know: it’s 1.41 liter. Hope it helps 🙂
How is this gluten free when your using flour?
Hi! Came across this recipe via Buzzfeedand already excited it bake it for family!
I don’t have a baking oven though; can this recipe be made in microwave? Am an amateur at baking and would truly appreciate your help!
I am going to try this with gluten free flour and salted caramel cashew milk “ice cream”. We have severe food allergies but I think this juuuuuust might work. For us its for sure worth a try.
do I need to grease the pan?
Katrina Bahl — July 16th, 2015 @ 9:09 am
Yes you do
I’m going to try this tomorrow. Thank you
Do I have to use a bundt pan or will a regular 9*13 work?