National Ice Cream Cake Day

National Ice Cream Cake Day is on June 27th in the United States.

An ice cream cake is pretty much what it sounds like; a cake made with ice cream. However, there are different types of ice cream cake. The most common variant sees the cake part baked as normal, cut to shape if needed, then frozen. The ice cream used is shaped if needed, and everything is assembled whilst frozen. Whipped cream is often used as a frosting; for one thing, other frostings will not stick successfully to the frozen parts.

The first ice cream cakes were made from biscuits and cream and in the Victorian era - the earliest recipes for ice cream cakes date back to the 1870s - bombes were made of ice cream and fruit in decorative moulds. These were sometimes lined with cake and biscuits. Today, the ice cream cake is a popular Fourth of July dessert in the US, and is often garnished with whipped cream, red berries and blueberries.

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