Smores Coffee And Fudge Ice Cream Cake Recipe Epicuriouscom

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind graham crackers, toasted almonds, and 3 tablespoons sugar in processor. Add 1/2 cup melted butter; process mixture until moist crumbs form. Press graham cracker mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch high sides. Bake crust until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Cool graham cracker crust completely.
• Spread 2 cups softened ice cream in crust. Spoon 3/4 cup cooled Fudge Sauce over. Freeze until sauce is just set, about 10 minutes. Refrigerate or freeze remaining ice cream as necessary to prevent ice cream from melting. Repeat layering with 2 cups ice cream, then 3/4 cup sauce. Freeze until sauce is just set. Spread remaining 2 cups ice cream over. Cover and freeze cake overnight. Refrigerate remaining Fudge Sauce.
• Preheat broiler. Warm remaining Fudge Sauce in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Place cake in pan on baking sheet. Spread marshmallow creme over top of cake. Sprinkle miniature marshmallows over in a single layer. Broil just until marshmallows are deep brown, watching closely to avoid burning, about 1 minute. Run knife between pan sides and cake to loosen. Remove pan sides. Cut cake into wedges. Serve cake immediately with warm Fudge Sauce.

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F. FINELY GRIND GRAHAM CRACKERS, TOASTED ALMONDS AND 3 TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR IN A FOOD PROCESSOR. ADD 1/2 CUP MELTED BUTTER; PROCESS MIXTURE UNTIL MOIST CRUMBS FORM. PRESS GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST ONTO BOTTOM AND UP SIDES OF 9-INCH DIAMETER SPRINGFORM PAN WITH 2 3/4 INCH HIGH SIDES. BAKE CRUST UNTIL EDGES ARE GOLDEN, ABOUT 12 MINUTES. COOL GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST. COOL GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST COMPLETELY.
• 2. SPREAD 2 CUPS OF SOFTENED ICE CREAM IN CRUST. SPOON 3/4 CUP OF FUDGE SAUCE OVER. FREEZE UNTIL FUDGE SAUCE IS JUST SET, ABOUT 10 MINUTES. FREEZE REMAINING ICE CREAM TO PREVENT ICE CREAM FROM MELTING. REPEAT LAYERING WITH 2 CUPS ICE CREAM, THEN 3/4 CUP OF SAUCE. CONTINUE LAYING TILL ICE CREAM IS GONE. COVER AND FREEZE OVERNIGHT. REFRIGERATE REMAINING FUDGE SAUCE.
• 3. PREHEAT BROILER. WARM REMAINING FUDGE SAUCE IN SMALL SAUCEPAN OVER LOW HEAT. REMOVE FROM HEAT. PLACE CAKE ON BAKING SHEET. SPREAD MARSHMELLOW CREME OVER TOP OF CAKE. SPRINKLE MARSHMALLOWS OVER IN A SINGLE LAYER. BROIL JUST UNTIL MARSHMALLOWS ARE DEEP BROWN, WATCHING CAREFULLY NOT TO BURN, ABOUT I MINUTE.
• 4. RUN KNIFE BETWEEN PAN SIDES AND CAKE IS LOOSEN. REMOVE PAN SIDES. CUT CAKE IN WEDGES. DRIZZLE SOME OF THE REMAINING FUDGE SAUCE ON CUT PIECES. SERVE CAKE IMMEDIATELY AND IF YOU HAVE ANY LEFTOVERS WHICH I DOUBT YOU WILL FREEZE!!

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Crush 8-1/2 crackers to form fine crumbs; break remaining crackers into rectangles. Place cracker crumbs in medium bowl. Add butter and sugar; mix well. Press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 12 min. or until lightly browned. Cool completely.
• Meanwhile, microwave chocolate and COOL WHIP in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 to 2-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is blended, stirring after each minute. Let stand 15 min. Spread chocolate mixture over crust. Stand cracker rectangles, top-sides facing out, around edge of pan, pressing gently into chocolate mixture to secure. Freeze 20 min. or until filling is firm.
• Cover with ice cream. Freeze 4 hours or until ice cream layer is very firm. When ready to serve dessert, reserve 2 cups marshmallows. Microwave remaining marshmallows and milk in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min. 15 sec. or until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Cool 10 min.
• Heat broiler. Place dessert on baking sheet; top with melted marshmallow mixture and reserved marshmallows. Broil, 6 inches from heat, 1 min. or until marshmallows are golden brown. Remove rim of pan before serving dessert.

Steps:

• Line 9x5-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, allowing wrap to extend up and over all sides of pan.
• In medium bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold in marshmallow creme.
• To make Cake, spread about 1/2 cup whipped cream mixture in bottom of pan, spreading as evenly as possible. Top with layer of graham crackers, overlapping slightly if needed. Spread 3/4 cup pudding over graham crackers. Top with another layer of graham crackers. Spread 3/4 cup whipped cream mixture over crackers. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the marshmallows. Top with another layer of graham crackers. Continue layering, pudding, graham crackers, whipped cream mixture, marshmallows, graham crackers, pudding and then graham crackers. If needed, press cake down in pan. Top with remaining whipped cream mixture. Cover top with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 12 hours before serving.
• Before serving, remove plastic wrap from top of cake. Place serving platter upside down over pan; turn platter and pan over. Remove pan; peel off plastic wrap.
• In medium bowl, whip 1 cup whipping cream and the powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Frost cake with whipped cream.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave hot fudge topping on High about 15 seconds or just until drizzling consistency. Drizzle over top of cake. Crumble remaining graham crackers; sprinkle over top. Store in refrigerator.