Food Babe's Pumpkin Ice Cream Cake
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • Pumpkin Cake:
  • 3 cups of flour – A mix of 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour and 1 cup oat flour works well
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • ⅔ cups coconut flakes
  • ⅔ cups coconut milk
  • 1 cup coconut oil melted
  • 2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 6 dates chopped
  • 6 prunes chopped
  • 2 ripe bananas chopped
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • For Ice Cream Cake Assembly:
  • 2 pints of store bought organic vanilla ice-cream or 2 batches of homemade coconut ice cream
  • 2 cups dried cranberries
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease large baking dish (9×13)
  2. Sit containers of ice cream out on counter to soften/melt
  3. In a large bowl combine dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, salt, and spices)
  4. In blender combine all sweeteners & liquid ingredients (pumpkin puree, coconut oil, coconut milk, dates, prunes, bananas, maple syrup and vanilla) – Blend until smooth
  5. Slowly stir and incorporate liquid mixture into dry ingredients – fold in dried coconut until moistened
  6. Pour batter into large greased baking dish
  7. Bake for 30-45mins – check doneness with a tooth pick (it will come out clean)
  8. Allow cake to cool before starting assembly with ice cream
  9. In a 8×4 baking dish – layer bottom with soft or melted ice cream and sprinkle top with some cranberries
  10. Slice cake pieces to about ½ inch thick and layer on top
  11. Repeat layer of ice-cream, cranberries, and cake one more time until you end with ice cream on top, finish with cranberries and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
  12. Freeze assembled cake for at least 4 hours
  13. Take cake out of the freezer for 5-10 mins before serving and slice into thin pieces
Notes
Recipe makes enough cake for 2 ice cream cakes (Two 8×4 baking dishes). This is a perfect dish that can be made ahead a week or two before a holiday gathering! ***Please buy all organic ingredients if possible***
Recipe by Food Babe at https://foodbabe.com/not-your-baskin-robbins-pumpkin-ice-cream-cake/