Easy Brownie and Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Cake

Make this easy delicious summer ice cream cake a day ahead to allow time for the whole thing to freeze adequately. This is a delicious cake that I make for my husband. He prefers brownies to cake and he just loves ice cream. I added the Reese's® Peanut Butter Cups because the grand kids and their nanny love them too! It is a great all-in-one cake and ice cream cake. I hope you enjoy it!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 1198 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup butter, melted
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup caramel ice cream topping
• cooking spray
• ½ gallon vanilla ice cream with fudge and caramel swirls
• 1 (13 ounce) package miniature peanut butter cups (such as Reese's® Minis)
• 2 cups fudge ice cream topping
• 2 cups prepared chocolate buttercream frosting, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray at 9x13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.

Step 2

Combine sugar, flour, butter, eggs, walnuts, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl, stirring well as each ingredient is added, until smooth batter forms. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until top is dry and edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature, 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 4

Remove ice cream from freezer to defrost slightly, about 10 minutes. Spread caramel topping over cooled brownies using a rubber spatula. Spread a single layer of ice cream over caramel topping. Scatter 1/2 of the peanut butter cups evenly and press into ice cream layer. Place cake in freezer until ice cream layer is hardened, at least 1 hour.

Step 5

Remove baking dish from freezer. Spread an even layer of fudge topping over cake. Cover with waxed paper and return to freezer until hardened, about at least 1 hour.

Step 6

Frost cake with chocolate frosting and top with remaining peanut butter cups.