Ice-Cream Blizzard Cake

We all love ice-cream cakes...

and my grands love DQ blizzards...

and so ice-cream blizzard cakes seemed like the right choice for their birthday cake this year.

• 1 chocolate cake mix
• 1 liter / quart premium vanilla ice-cream, slightly softened
• 1/2 milk
• Skor bits (1 cup, or to taste)
• Cool-Whip topping

1. Mix cake mix according to instructions on package and bake in 2 9-inch pans.  Cool completely.
2. Line a 9-inch cake pan with plastic wrap. 
3. In blender, combine the ice-cream and milk.  This works best doing 1/2 at a time. *
4. Pulse to blend until thick and uniform.
5. Add skor bits and pulse just until combined.
6. Pack into prepared cake pan, leveling the surface.
7. Freeze until firm.

*Blender needs to be heavy duty. Alternatively, allow the ice-cream to soften enough to stir skor bits in with a wooden spoon. 

To Assemble:

1. Cut one cake layer in half horizontally and place bottom on a round base.
2. Place frozen ice-cream layer on top of cake base.
3. Center top piece of cake on ice-cream layer.
4. Pop into the freezer and freeze until firm.

Decorate:

1. Frost entire cake with a layer of cool whip.
2. Use additional whipped topping in a pastry bag to decorate as you wish.
3. Write message on cake with melted chocolate or chocolate icing.
4. Store in freezer...for up to a few weeks.
5. Let sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes before serving. 

Those were the instructions for cake #1.  The second cake was an oreo blizzard ice-cream cake, prepared in the same way but using crushed oreo cookies rather than skor bits.  And that is the general method for making a yummy ice-cream cake at home.