Easy Ice Cream Layer Cake
/Make this simple, no-bake ice cream layer cake with a fast and easy recipe!
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Read MoreToday I am sharing one of our best family recipes! We always called this "Silly Cake" because it has no eggs and mixes up right in the pan. It is perfect if you have an egg allergy or if you ran out but still want chocolate cake. Also, having no bowl to wash is great if you don't like washing dishes. Are you sold on this cake yet? You should be. It is awesome!
Also, I think the chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting (actually, we say "icing") is pretty much a standard dessert where I live. It might be a PA Dutch/central PA thing. Peanut butter and chocolate are a great combination, so it just makes sense.
But, there is a funny story behind this cake recipe. I mention on my "about page" how I used to be an awful cook. Well, the first time I tried to make this cake, I used tablespoons for everything. Salt, baking soda, etc. When it came out of the oven and looked a little funny I was very insulted because Mom didn't want to put icing on it until we tried it. Poor Dad got the first piece. We asked if it was OK and he shook his head "yes", then his eyes got wide and he violently shook his head "no" as he rushed to spit it out. He said that he had never had a cake grow in his mouth before!
Thankfully, I learned the difference between tablespoons and teaspoons.
Don't let that story scare you. My 4yo and I made this cake last week and I took pics so that I can show you how easy this cake is to make.
Mix the dry ingredients together in a 9 x 13 baking dish. We usually use a metal pan but glass is fine, too.
Yeah, I am totally redoing that one... |
This quilt is also my July goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes.
Oh, well. I am giving myself points for effort. I am enormously pregnant, it feels like it is over 100 degrees out there with this humidity, and I have five kids to take care of here. The fact that I went to the trouble to bake anything down in my kitchen with no AC has got to be worth something!
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend! Happy Independence Day!! :D
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