Funfetti Birthday Cake Ice Cream Cake Recipe - Cupcakes & Kale Chips (2024)

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Easy Funfetti Birthday Cake Ice Cream Cake is a kid-favorite no-bake dessert made with a simple cake batter-flavored no-churn ice cream recipe and loaded with rainbow sprinkles. But no box cake mix is needed, so this homemade ice cream cake is also gluten free!

Originally published on May 10, 2016

Gluten Free Cake Batter Ice Cream Cake

Most homemade cake batter ice cream recipes call for cake mix. But those of us with celiac disease or that doesn’t work so well.

While you can get a gluten free cake mix, they tend to be a bit more gritty than regular cake mix, which is not the texture you want in ice cream. Plus, they are more expensive, and then you have an open package of cake mix that doesn’t have the right amount to even bake a cake.

Plus, no-churn ice cream already tends to be fairly sweet already. So there really isn’t the need to add the additional sugar from a cake mix.

This frozen dessert tastes like cake batter ice cream, but it’s not made with a boxed cake mix or an ice cream maker. This no-churn ice cream cake just shouts, “Happy birthday!”. Slice through the thick chocolate frosting and reveal the rainbow sprinkles to have some seriously happy kids. They will be even happier when they take their first bite and taste that cake-flavored ice cream!

Are there eggs in cake batter ice cream cake? How about nuts and peanuts?

No, so this is the perfect birthday cake for someone with an egg allergy. And as long as you ensure your ingredients, particularly the rainbow sprinkles, are made at an allergy-safe facility, it’s also a great option for someone with a nut or peanut allergy.

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Ingredients

• No-churn ice cream base of heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk
• Melted butter
• Vanilla extract
• A pinch of salt
• Rainbow sprinkles to make it funfetti ice cream!
• Chocolate frosting made with chocolate chips and butter

How do you make birthday cake ice cream cake?

1. Combine the heavy cream, vanilla, and salt in a chilled bowl
2. Whip the cream to stiff peaks.
3. Pour the sweetened condensed milk and cooled melted butter into the whipped cream.

4. Fold into the whipped cream.

5. Add the rainbow sprinkles and fold in gently.

6. Spread the ice cream evenly in a springform pan lined with plastic wrap.

7. Freeze for several hours.

8. Frost the cake and return to the freezer.

Can you use regular frosting on an ice cream cake?

You can use any store bought or homemade frosting you like. However, once frozen, it does get a little hard and difficult to cut.

I typically use a lightly sweetened whipped cream, similar to what I put on my gluten free strawberries and cream cake. It has a similar texture to the cake, though a bit lighter, so it can still be cut well with the ice cream cake. For a chocolate whipped cream, you can just add a tablespoon or two of cocoa powder.

In this case, I went with this Two-Ingredient Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting from Cookies and Cups. It’s so easy and super chocolaty. It adds to the homemade cake and frosting flavor, without being an actual cake. Perfection!

What kind of pan do you use to make ice cream cake?

I like to use a leak-proof springform pan. Since you line the pan with plastic wrap, leaking isn’t really an issue. But these have a raised bottom, making it easier to slide the cake onto a serving plate when you want to frost it. An 8-inch springform pan is ideal, but these are harder to find in the leakproof version. So you can use a 7-inch or 9-inch, but you will end up with a taller or shorter cake than pictured here.

More no-churn ice cream cake recipes:

• No-Churn Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake
• Peanut Butter Cup No-Churn Ice Cream Cake
• Easy Homemade Ice Cream Cake Recipe
• Nutella Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake Cheesecake
• Peanut Butter Brownie Ice Cream Cake from The Bitter Side of Sweet
• Waffle Cone Sundae Ice Cream Cake from A Dash of Sanity
• Trix Ice Cream Cake from Cravings of a Lunatic
• Or buy one at the store and have an Ice Cream Cake Sundae Party

More rainbow desserts:

• Funfetti White Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
• Sparkling Rainbow Sherbet Floats
• Rainbow Jello Parfaits

Enjoy!