Ice Cream Cake

Ingredients:
1 liter ice cream -favorite flavor- I vote for chocolate :)
1/4 cup jam -favorite flavor- I vote for berries :)
10 strawberries (cut in half)
3 kiwi (cut in slices)
3 cups of flour
3 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup butter (softened)
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
8 eggs (I know?!)

This recipe is from the Golden Book of Baking. This book is a gift from my friend Samia, which has 300 gorgeous recipes with pictures! So you can visit me and make an order from the catalogue :)

The first step is to prepare the cakes. Preheat the oven to 350F. You will need 2 round (around 9 inch) cake pans. Butter and flour the pans and set aside. In a deep bowl, mix the butter sugar and vanilla, until creamy. Then add the eggs one at a time. I have no idea why it needs so many eggs... Mix the remaining dry ingredients -flour baking powder salt- in a separate bowl. Once the batter is smooth, slowly beat the dry ingredients in. Finally, divide the batter into the 2 prepared pans. Bake them for 25 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. I chose to slightly underbake them because you carve out the middle part anyway, and I wanted the sides to remain soft (not dried out). Let the cakes cool for 10 minutes in their pans, then turn them onto a rack to cool completely.

Once they cooled, carve out the middle parts with a knife, leaving a 1 cm shell on the sides and the bottom. In the meantime, let the ice cream warm up and soften for 10 minutes. Then fill the holes of the cakes with the ice cream, and push firmly! I realized later that I needed to pack firmer, make sure you use all the space. Brush the cakes with jam (the circle around) and stick the two together, ice-cream packings facing each other. Wrap the cake firmly with either plastic wrap or foil and freeze overnight. I hate this, you have to wait..

Next day, brush the top of the cake with the remaining jam and stick the kiwi slices and the strawberries. Serve immediately! Isn't it good?

The only problem is: The cake needs to return to the freezer after each serving.. But in the later rounds the fruits on top take too long to defrost and the ice cream starts melting. So I think it would be better if you could bake this cake for a dinner party -so that it would be all gone at once!