There are many opportunities for decorating ice cream cakes.Since you're working with ice cream, you need to keep the cake in the freezer if it starts to melt, which will make the decorating process take a little longer.By using a frosting that works with a frozen cake, such as whipped cream, and choosing fun toppings to complete your decorating theme, you can create an ice cream cake that tastes as delicious as it looks.
Step 1: The cake should be frozen for at least 3 hours.
You want your ice cream cake to stay together while you're icing and decorating it, so keeping it as frozen as possible is important.
Step 2: It's a good idea to add a frosting to a frozen cake.
buttercream frostings will break if they are frozen.After being used, a whipped cream topping will stay nice and smooth.You can either use ice cream as the icing or use a chocolate fudge frosting.Ice cream flavors should be softened for a few minutes to make spreading it easier.If you want to whip up your own whipped cream, buying pre-made is fine.
Step 3: Food coloring and frosting can be used to make a color other than white.
If you don't want the base layer of your frosting to be white, you can add some color to it.When mixing the food coloring and the frosting, use a spoon to make sure it's blended evenly.You can always make the color darker by only adding 3-4 drops of food coloring.If you've made your own whipped cream, add food coloring last.
Step 4: Icing starts on the sides of the cake.
Use a knife, spoon, or other utensil to apply frosting to the cake's sides first.
Step 5: The top of the cake needs to be iced.
The sides of the cake should be covered in icing.To make decorating go more smoothly, try to get the frosting in an even layer on top.If you're worried about the cake melting during the icing process, put it back in the freezer for 30 minutes.The cake may begin to melt after a few minutes.
Step 6: If you want to perfect the icing, use an offset spatula.
The sides and top of the cake can be smoothed out with the spatula.This will give the cake a professional look.To smooth the edge of the spatula, hold the offset at a slight angle.
Step 7: The cake should be placed in the freezer for 20 minutes.
Once the cake has a base layer of icing covering it, you want to let it set.You are ready to continue decorating once the 20 minutes are up.
Step 8: There is an ice cream cake.
The theme could encompass a movie, book, holiday, or color scheme.You should come up with a plan for how you'd like to decorate the cake.A birthday cake might be covered in balloons.The top of the cake could be turned into a football field with frosting.You could use candy flowers to decorate the cake.If you want to decide on a theme or idea, try looking through food and dessert magazines, looking at pictures on social media, or doing an online search.
Step 9: The whipped cream frosting can be dyed.
You need to separate whipped cream into cups for each color you want.Use a few drops of food coloring and mix it into the whipped cream using a spoon.For a 4th of July ice cream cake, separate the frosting into 3 sections, dyeing one red, one blue, and keeping the last section white.To make a back-to-school cake, use yellow or red frosting to draw an apple on the cake.Make sure you fill half of the bag with whipped cream.Adding color to your frosting is not possible if you used fudge or ice cream.
Step 10: To decorate, fill a piping bag with whipped cream.
If you want to insert the shaped tip into the bottom of the bag first, make sure to scoop your whipped cream frosting into a piping bag.It's a good idea to fill the bag at least half full.You will need different bags for each color of frosting.If you don't have piping bags or tips, you can fill a bag with whipped cream and cut off the tip of the bag.How much you cut off the tip depends on how big your piping is.Start by removing the very tip, 0.25 cm.
Step 11: Start decorating the cake by squeezing the piping bag.
If you aim the tip of the bag onto the cake, you can create wording, shapes, or borders.To prevent the cake from melting too quickly, make sure you decorate in a cool area.If you want to create a border with icing, start at the edge of the cake and work your way around the corners.If you want to make other elements such as flowers or pictures, you should add lettering to your cake.When squeezing out the frosting, go slowly.
Step 12: If the cake starts to melt, put it in the freezer.
It is not likely that you will be able to decorate the entire cake in 1 sitting.The cake will solidify again if you put it back in the freezer for 20 minutes.The texture and stability of the ice cream cake will determine whether the cake starts to melt.
Step 13: If you want, you can use other candy and treats to decorate the cake.
It's up to you to get creative with your topping.Sprinkles, chocolates, cherries, slices of fruit, or even little props can be added to a cake.You could add ice cream cones to the cake that looks like turrets if you wanted to make it look like a castle.There is an under-the-sea ice cream cake covered in Swedish fish and other gummies.
Step 14: The ice cream cake should be frozen until it is time to eat it.
It is possible to take the cake out of the freezer to make it easier to eat.The cake can be kept in the freezer for a month.The hot water will make the slicing process much easier.If possible, cover the ice cream cake with wax paper.