Ingredients
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- Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, plus more for pans, room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk (I used almond, use what you love)
- ½ cup Frosted Animal Cookies, chopped
- For assembly
- 2 pints high quality vanilla bean ice cream, softened
- 1 cup Frosted Animal Cookies, chopped
- 1 cup marshmallow fluff
- 11 whole Frosted Animal Cookies
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Bake the cakes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour 2 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. I did this by hand but a hand or stand mixer will work. Beat in eggs one at a time, followed by vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in the cookies.
- Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool completely in pans. Cakes may be made 1 day ahead of time and stored in pans covered tightly with plastic wrap.
- When you are ready to assemble the cake, remove the cakes from the pans and level the tops of them with a serrated knife. Line one of the cake pans with plastic wrap, leaving a fair amount of overhang. Place one cake in the lined cake pan. Top with 1 pint of ice cream, spreading it into an even layer. Top with chopped Animal Cookies. Press the cookies and ice cream lightly into the cake.
- Place the second cake on top. Spread second pint of ice cream on top of the cake. Cover with plastic that is left as overhang and freeze for at least 2 hours and up to overnight. When ready to serve, top with marshmallow fluff and whole Animal Cookies. Finish with sprinkles. Slice cake using a large serrated knife.
Notes
Cake recipe adapted from Food and Wine
Additional chilling time is necessary
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes