11 Homemade Ice Cream Cakes for a Really Cool Celebration Dessert

Layered Ice Cream Cake

Transform this recipe into a birthday ice cream cake with flavors customized for the guest of honor. Simply pick up a box of cake mix and ice cream in his or her chosen flavors—the options are as limitless as the flavors stocked at your grocery store—and assemble cake layers with ice cream layers in a spingform pan. Oh, and don't forget the candles.

Chocolate-Peanut Ice Cream Cake

Come hot summer months any fan of the chocolate and peanut butter combination will swoon for this homemade ice cream cake. It stars both vanilla and chocolate ice cream with chocolate-covered peanuts and a chocolate-peanut butter sauce, which is precisely as dreamy as it sounds.

Layered Sherbet Cake

When it comes to a refreshing ice cream cake, you'd be hard-pressed to find one that tops this sherbet-filled cake. Start by baking a simple white boxed cake mix in 8-inch round pans for a layered cake. Horizontally halve each cake round and layer them with sherbet in between for this gorgeous presentation.

Buy It: Nordic Ware 8-Inch Round Cake Pan ($22, Target)

Butterscotch Crunch Squares

If you don't have a springform pan yet, or don't want to take the time to layer cake and ice cream as in many of these other ice cream cake recipes, turn to your trusty 13x9 and 9-inch square baking pans. That way you can make an ice cream cake in bar form. Stir together an oat and pecan mixture that serves as both crust and crumble. Drizzle the crust with a generous amount of butterscotch-flavored syrup and spread your butter-brickle ice cream over that, add the crumb mixture, and freeze until serving time.

Grown-Up S'mores Torte

No campfire is required to make this frozen take on a s'mores treat. Pulverize a graham cracker and almond crust in your food processor, press that into a springform pan, then layer with coffee ice cream, chocolate sauce, dulce de leche ice cream, marshmallow crème, and a sprinkling of mini marshmallows that you quickly broil until golden. Or, if you're the type who prefers a charred 'mallow that gets fully engulfed in flames, broil just a touch longer, being mindful of your ice cream melting.

Buy It: KitchenAid Food Processor ($100, Bed Bath & Beyond)

Tiramisu Semifreddo

Now here's an elegant ice cream cake that'll really impress. Sophisticated flavors of coffee and mascarpone combine with classic dessert flavors like vanilla and chocolate for this frozen version of a tiramisu dessert.

Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake with Mascarpone Ice Cream

Mmm, mmm, this is a dessert mashup recipe that cannot be resisted! All the flavors of tiramisu—spongy cake, mascarpone, coffee, and cocoa powder meet ice cream in this layered dessert.

Buy It: Nordic Ware Springform Pan ($14, Target)

Baked Alaska with Rum Pudding Ice Cream

Dessert throwback alert! Everyone will be impressed when you serve this retro take on an ice cream cake. At its core is layers of ice cream and purchased frozen pound cake. But what sets this recipe apart from the rest is the meringue coating that gets broiled for just a couple of minutes until brown for a frozen dessert served from the oven. It's practically a magic trick.

Mint Chocolate Chip Cake

With a sprinkling of crushed peppermint candies, this mint chocolate chip ice cream cake could be served as a winter holiday treat or a refreshing summer dessert. The mint flavor is amplified by stirring more peppermint candies and chocolate-mint candies into the ice cream. Fans of mint chocolate chip will devour this cake as fast as you can slice it—serve with a brain freeze warning.

Angel Food Ice Cream Cake

Make your own angel food cake, or purchase one from the bakery to shortcut this dessert and make it one of the easiest ice cream cake recipes out there. Just cut the cake into thirds horizontally, with a serrated knife, and layer in strawberry ice cream as listed or orange sherbet as shown in the picture.

Buy It: Wüsthof Serrated Knife ($150, Williams Sonoma)

Cheeseburger Ice Cream Cake

Similar to those cakes you saw on social media of realistic looking objects that were actually cake, this ice cream cake uses simple techniques to look like a giant cheeseburger. Methods like freezing ice cream in a 9-inch pan and baking the cake in an 8-inch pan allow for that "meat" overhang of your typical burger. Coloring coconut makes it look like shredded lettuce, you get the idea. Try all the tips to make this impressive ice cream cake at home.