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Simple & Healthy Ice Cream Cake

This healthy ice cream cake is a diet friendly treat.

Celebrations don’t have to involve sugar-fueled parties. This healthy ice cream cake can be turned into a gluten free, sugar free and probiotic dessert. It is rich and flavouful with a balanced sweetness.

A healthy cake?

The best part about this ice cream cake is that it is so easy to customize for any diet. It is a great way to celebrate without having to compromise great taste and good health. Here’s how to make a cake to suit your diet:

  • Gluten Free: Use gluten free graham cracker crumbs for the base.
  • Sugar Free: Use almond meal instead of a cookie base, along with sugar-free ice cream.
  • Low Fat: Make a cake with low-fat frozen yogurt.
  • Probiotic: Kefir cultured ice cream and whipping cream will add a dose of probiotics to this dessert.
  • Vegan: Use vegan ice cream and whipped coconut.

A healthy ice cream cake is gluten free, sugar free, probiotic, keto, vegan

A Cake For Every Occasion

A healthy ice cream cake is perfect for all sorts of occasions. It is endlessly customizable with lots of flavour options. Here are a few suggestions:

  1. Chocolate cherry: Use chocolate wafer cookies for the base, then add one layer of chocolate ice cream and a layer of cherry ice cream. Top with chocolate whipped cream and serve with sliced cherries.
  2. Sugar-free strawberry banana: Use almond meal for the base, then add a layer of vanilla frozen yogurt, and a layer of strawberry banana ice cream. Top with whipping cream and sliced strawberries.
  3. Mint chocolate: This is perfect for winter. Make layer of chocolate ice cream and a layer of mint ice cream. Decorate with crushed mint candies.
  4. Cherry cheesecake: This is the cake I made for the photograph. The base was made out of graham cracker crumbs. The bottom layer was a rich kefir cultured honey vanilla ice and the top layer was cherry ice cream. Serve with fermented cherry sauce.
  5. Lovely lemon: A lemon flavoured ice cream cake is fresh and simple. It is perfect with a graham cracker base or an almond base. Make a layer of vanilla ice cream and a layer of lemon ice cream. Decorate with whipped cream and lemon zest.
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Healthy Ice Cream Cake

A healthy ice cream cake is gluten free, sugar free, probiotic, keto, vegan

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It is easy to make ice cream cake. Create a healthy ice cream cake by using sugar-free and probiotic ice cream. See the sections above for suggestions as to how to create your own unique ice cream cake.

  • Author: Emillie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6" cake 1x
  • Category: Desserts
  • Method: Frozen
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 1/2 cups crumbs (cookie crumbs or ground almond – see notes)
  • 4 cups of ice cream
  • 2 cups whipping cream

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter and combine with the crumbs.
  2. Press half of the crumb mixture into the base of a 6″ springform pan.
  3. Spread 2 cups of ice cream.
  4. Top with the other half of the cookie crumbs.
  5. Spread a second layer of 2 cups of ice cream.
  6. Top with the whipping cream and decorate.
  7. Store the cake in a ziptop bag in the freezer until ready to serve. Allow to defrost for 10 minutes before serving.
  8. See the notes below for some helpful suggestions.

Notes

  • It is easiest to make this cake with freshly made ice cream. Store-bought ice cream will need to be softened before it is ready to spread out on the cake.
  • If you can spare the time, freeze the cake between each of the layers to make nice, clean layers.
  • Depending on the type of decorations, it can be better to decorate right before serving. This is particularly true of fresh fruit and fruit sauces.

Keywords: probiotic, gluten free, egg-free, refined sugar free, spring, summer, birthday, holiday, 30 minutes or less, 5 ingredients or less

Filed Under: TreatsTagged With: Cake, Ice cream, Ice cream cake, Sugar Free

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  1. Nikolai

    September 16, 2014 at 11:04 am

    This was delicious!

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