Since the 4th of July is right around the corner, Red, White & Blue Ice Cream Cake is the perfect dessert to celebrate Independence Day.
This dessert is beautiful and does take time. But, it’s very easy to put together – there’s absolutely no cooking involved! Everything except the homemade whipped cream (easy peasy) and the raspberry sauce can be made a day (or two) ahead of time.
The dessert consists of a layer of Sara Lee pound cake, a layer of blueberry ice cream (vanilla ice cream and blueberry preserves) and a layer of raspberry sorbet with raspberry preserves mixed in.
The last time I made this dessert, I couldn’t find raspberry sorbet so I substituted raspberry sherbet. It worked perfectly!
Ingredients At A Glance – Full Recipe Card with instructions is at the end of this post.
Note: At one time in my life, I didn’t care for raspberries. Over the years I’ve learned to love them.
Red, White & Blue Ice Cream Cake Is A Hit!
Most of the family loved this dessert and it’s so easy to make.
Added later: Daughter #3 said this dessert was one of the best she’s ever had. She kept saying, “Awesome,” so I assume she liked it. The hubs loved it, too. It’s a winner!
Helpful Hint: I wouldn’t serve this outside, because you’ll have a hot mess once it starts melting. It’s definitely a dessert to serve in the comfort of air conditioning.
Oops, I forgot to address the pink elephant in the room! Did you notice that the raspberry layer leans more toward pink than red?
The last time I made this dessert, I couldn’t find raspberry sorbet so I used raspberry sherbet. It worked fine and tasted awesome so if you can’t find sorbet just use sherbet.
What’s your favorite summertime dessert?
Here are some more of my favorite summertime recipes!
- Festive White Cake With Raspberry Sauce
- Best Raspberry Recipes (including yummy cupcakes)
- Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- Blueberry Yum Yum
Red, White & Blue Ice Cream Cake
Red White and Blue Ice Cream Cake is delicious and refreshing on a hot summer day.
Ingredients
- 1 Sara Lee frozen pound cake, thawed
- 2 pt. vanilla ice cream - softened
- ½ cup blueberry preserves
- 2 pt. raspberry sorbet, softened
- ½ cup raspberry preserves
- 1 (10-oz.) package frozen raspberries, thawed
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- assorted fresh berries, mint leaves for garnish
Instructions
- Cut 10 (1/2-inch-thick) slices from the cake. Arrange slices in a single layer on the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan, trimming as needed to fit snugly in the pan. Save the remaining cake for another use.
- Stir together softened vanilla ice cream and blueberry preserves in a medium bowl. Spread blueberry ice cream mixture over cake slices. Cover and freeze for 1 hour.
- Stir together softened raspberry sorbet and raspberry preserves in a medium bowl. Spread raspberry sorbet mixture over blueberry ice-cream mixture. Cover and freeze for 3 hours.
- In a blender, process frozen raspberries, honey, and 2 Tbsp. water until smooth. Press the raspberry mixture through a wire-mesh strainer using the back of a spoon. Discard pulp and seeds. Chill until ready to serve.
- Before serving, beat whipping cream and sugar at medium speed until soft peaks form. Gently run a sharp knife around the edge of the cake to loosen. Remove the springform ring. Spread whipped cream over frozen cake. Drizzle with raspberry-honey sauce. Garnish with assorted berries and mint leaves if desired.
- Store leftovers in the freezer.
Notes
This ice cream cake can be made a day or two ahead of time and stored in an airtight container in the freezer until ready to serve. Make the whipped topping just before serving.
44 comments
Even if everyone doesn’t enjoy the raspberries, we must all agree that this dessert if overwhelmingly beautiful! It doesn’t matter about the pinkish color! I didn’t even notice until you pointed it out. This passes great for a Patriotic addition to the menu!
It is pretty, Shirley! And easy to make! 🙂
Hi Alli! I think this looks gorgeous and I know I would love it because I happen to love raspberries! Maybe the next time you could try the red layer with strawberry if everyone in your family might like that better? I’m laughing at the “photo session” because do I ever understand that – people hovering by, spoons and forks in hand, practically breathing down your neck to hurry…that’s the photo session description around here. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this lovely dessert and have a wonderful day!
I thought about strawberries . . . after I made the thing. 🙂 Hindsight and all that . . .
This looks refreshing and I would like to give it a try. My kids have simple taste when it comes to ice cream, but I love adventurous flavors.
The grands didn’t want to taste it when they found out about the raspberry preserves. 🙂
Gorgeouse & festive! Happy 4th & this is a great treat for the World Cup this Thursday. Go Team USA!
Happy 4th to you, too!
It looks like a hit to me! I’d take a large slice of that right now:)
It looks amazing . . . . would love to try it out!
Can we talk about how good that cake looks and how amazing your pictures are?
Thanks, Logan!
That looks SO awesome for the 4th. I need to get my menu in order!
We’re having a huge community event at our church so at least I don’t have to cook. 🙂
Big Hit! I would love to have a slice of that cake now, it looks so good!!!!
It was very good!
Gorgeous looking cake! I’ll be making that one for sure this 4th of July! I’ve got a couple of parties to attend to so this would be perfect and super easy! PS How is it almost the 4th of July already?!?!? Ha!!
Where did June go??? 🙂
Wow! What a beautiful cake. I’m amazed you got any pictures before it was a puddle! (It always takes me forever to get pictures taken.) Really nice job. Pinning!
That was probably the quickest photo session I’ve ever done, plus it was raining and there was a break in the rain so I went for it. 🙂
Yeah, there really weren’t going to be any second chances to get those pix were there? 🙂
Beautiful for sure! And a no backing cake in July is a big plus too!
It’s a big plus in this southern heat! 🙂
I think I would love it – I really like raspberries – especially in dessert, but probably not the blueberries 🙂 It looks pretty though – love the color!
Stop. OMG! This looks like something straight out of a magazine! It’s absolutely beautiful!
Oh, Alli! That’s so pretty! And here in Florida in July, the COLDER the food the better!
That’s how I feel, too, Kristen, the colder, the better!
That looks fabulous! I wondered how it would survive a pool party, so thanks for the tip to keep it inside (that would work for my excuse to stay inside… “I have to watch the cake!”)
It’s definitely an inside dessert. 🙂
Well, you sure made it look pretty, my dear!! 🙂
I’m with you, son-in-law, daughter # 3 & husband LOL. I’m pretty sure I would love this cake and your pictures look mouthwatering! We love ice cream cakes and any refreshing fruity no-bake cakes during the summer <3 .
Total hit!!! Looks amazing Alli 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
In this Florida heat, anything I can make without using the oven is A ok with me!
Plain vanilla ice cream; it’s so simple and classic.
That desert is beautiful! And perfect for July 4th Celebrations, even if it is a little more pink than red. My son always wants ice cream cakes at Dairy Queen and they are really expensive and almost always contain Chocolate, which he has an intolerance to. I had never thought about making my own ice cream cake until now! Thank You for another great idea Alli!
It did turn out well and making ice cream cakes are so easy using a springform pan. 🙂
It’s SO PRETTY! And I’m sure it was very yummy too! 🙂
Alli,
For me this was a definite hit! Love the colors, the berries, the sauce, and presentation! Thanks for the inspiration for my July 4th dessert 🙂
Pinned 🙂
This looks really good. Will have to try it, only I might have to use strawberry instead of raspberry (I’m on the hate side…)
Thanks for sharing at The Weekend Social, I’m looking forward to seeing you again next Thursday at 9pm EST at http://www.thequestionablehomesteader.com for another installment of The Weekend Social.
This cake is absolutely gorgeous! Its great that I can print it out.. thats a great feature! Thanks for visiting my Fabulous Friday Party. I truly appreciate it.
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Maria
Thanks! I love a good party!
This looks so good! I love a fresh and fruity dessert. Don’t tell anyone but some times I get tired of chocolate desserts. Summer calls for fruit and ice cream 🙂 Thanks for sharing on the Be. You. tiful link party.
This looks amazing. It’s starting to get really hot here in Kansas so I plan to make everything I can cold.
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