You’ll Love this Patriotic No-Bake Ice Cream Cake!
This No-Bake Ice Cream Cake is your new go-to for summer parties—made in just 15 minutes with pound cake, ice cream, Cool Whip, and all the sprinkles. Red, white & scooped to perfection ✨🧁
Zero effort, max vibes. 🍦🎆
Ingredients
- 1 store-bought pound cake (like Sara Lee), sliced horizontally into 3 layers
- Red, white & blue ice cream (like Breyers Star Spangled or Kroger’s Red White & Blue Swirl)
- 1 tub Cool Whip (thawed)
- Patriotic sprinkles
Directions
- Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving extra to hang over the edges (about 3 inches on each side.) Cut a loaf of pound cake into thirds horizontally so there is a bottom, top, and middle layer.
- Place the bottom slice of pound cake into the pan.
- Scoop a generous layer of red, white, and blue ice cream over the cake—no need to separate by color, just mix it in however it scoops!
- Repeat with the middle layer of cake and more scooped ice cream.
- Top with the final slice of pound cake and press down gently.
- Wrap it up with the overhanging plastic wrap and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
- Remove from pan, frost with Cool Whip, and top with patriotic sprinkles.
- Freeze another 30 minutes before slicing and serving!
Here’s a Quick Video Tutorial!
Perfect Presentation Platters!
This No-Bake Ice Cream Cake looks festive on just about anything! We created a special Patriotic Amazon Storefront with dozens of red, white, and blue products. Here are some of our other favorite platters:
Patriotic Serving Trays: How cute and fun are these red, white, and blue serving trays from Amazon?
Paper Plates: These Patriotic Plates are adorable, as well as this cute option with cherries!
White Serving Platters: For some lookalike platters, you could go with this set of two white porcelain platters, which can be used year-round for so many different occasions! I also love this marble tray for an amazing price!! For another all-white option, this white marble pastry board from World Market is my favorite!
Can I Prep This in Advance?
Yes! You can wait to add the Cool Whip until 30-minutes before serving and keep the rest frozen for 4 hours (minimum) or up to a week ahead of time.
Storing Leftover No-Bake Ice Cream Cake
Place any leftovers in a Ziploc Bag and freeze, where it should stay fresh for up to one month (but we predict that there won’t be many leftovers!) 🙂
More Patriotic Recipes
We hope this easy No-Bake Ice Cream Cake helps to create a fun memory for you and your people! For more easy and patriotic recipes, be sure to check out our DIY Berry Shortcake Bar, these Red, White, and Blue Magic Cookie Bars, or these fun Patriotic Cherries (boozy version optional.) Have a wonderful 4th, friends!
You’ll Love this Patriotic No-Bake Ice Cream Cake!
This No-Bake Ice Cream Cake is your new go-to for summer—made in 15 minutes with pound cake, Ice Cream, Cool Whip, and all the sprinkles.
Ingredients
-
- 1 store-bought pound cake (like Sara Lee), sliced horizontally into 3 layers
-
- Red, white & blue ice cream (like Breyers Star Spangled or Kroger’s Red White & Blue Swirl)
-
- 1 tub Cool Whip (thawed)
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- Patriotic sprinkles
Instructions
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- Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving extra to hang over the edges (about 3 inches on each side.) Cut a loaf of pound cake into thirds horizontally so there is a bottom, top, and middle layer.
-
- Place the bottom slice of pound cake into the pan.
-
- Scoop a generous layer of red, white, and blue ice cream over the cake—no need to separate by color, just mix it in however it scoops!
-
- Repeat with the middle layer of cake and more scooped ice cream.
-
- Top with the final slice of pound cake and press down gently.
-
- Wrap it up with the overhanging plastic wrap and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
-
- Remove from pan, frost with Cool Whip, and top with patriotic sprinkles.
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- Freeze another 30 minutes before slicing and serving!
