Ice-cream Cake

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Ice-cream cake is a cake that is made partly or entirely out of ice-cream, sometimes decorated with whipped cream, chocolate or confectionery.
Ice-cream cake is popularly made with three layers; one layer is cake; the next layer, ice-cream; and the third layer, cake layered over the ice-cream.
Ice-cream cakes are made usually by moulding soft ice-cream and cake into shape, using a bowl, special shaped cake tin, or other mould.
Ice-cream cakes are often made for special occasions such as weddings and birthdays, and are sometimes themed for children’s birthday parties.
Ice-cream cakes were originally made like trifle, with cookies and cream, although they were served frozen.

Ice-cream cake is very popular in North America and Australia, but not as common in Europe.
Food historians believe ice-cream cakes were invented in the 1600s, becoming popular in the next century, and ice-cream cake recipes from the 1870s have been found.
Ice-cream cakes can be often purchased from supermarkets and ice-cream retailers, and Baskin-Robbins, Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, Friendly’s and Cold Stone Creamery are among the popular suppliers.
Ice-cream cakes were originally luxurious desserts that wealthy men and women ate.
Historically, ice-cream cakes were often made by lining the mould with cake or biscuits first, and filling the remaining part of the mould with ice-cream, and this technique is still sometimes used today.