Rainbow Ice Cream Cake

This wasn't exactly hard to make, just labor intensive. On Friday, I threw a surprise party for one of my best friends and I decided to make her a six layer ice cream cake. It turned out to be more gorgeous than I could have imagined and delicious to boot. I used a 9in spring form pan, which ended up being just too short, so I taped a second pan on top, a problem which could have been avoided had I done a bit more planning, but it didn't seem to hurt the cake.

Bottom Crust
1 row of Oreos (about 10 cookies)
1/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup of hot fudge

Cake
2 tubs vanilla ice cream

Assorted food dye
2 rows of Oreos (about 20 cookies)

To make the bottom crust, place the row of Oreos in to a mixing bowl. Use a potato masher to crush the Oreos in to medium sized pieces. Mix in the melted butter then spread across the bottom of the spring form pan. Microwave the hot fudge for 30 seconds and then pour it over the Oreos.

Scoop 1/3 of the first tub of ice cream in to a separate mixing bowl. Stir in the purple food dye until it becomes the desired color and a consistency that can be easily stirred. Spread the ice cream evenly over the bottom layer. Crush 4-5 Oreos into very small pieces and sprinkle evenly over the ice cream. Place in the freezer until firm.

Repeat with all the layers going from blue, green, yellow, orange, and finally red, allowing at least 15 minutes to freeze between each layer.

Drizzle the left over fudge on top of the final layer and freeze until ready to serve. Remove the sides and let melt until it can be cut and served.

This cake was a huge hit and incredibly festive. If I weren't making it with all the separate colors, I think it would take a significantly short amount of time, but regardless- it was worth it.