Birthday Cake Funfetti Ice Cream

scooping funfetti ice cream from storage container.

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Birthday Cake Funfetti Ice Cream

Now you can enjoy Birthday Cake Funfetti Ice Cream year round with this delicious ice cream recipe. Made with real cake batter and rainbow sprinkles, this ice cream is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike.

Prep Time15

Cook Time0

churning35

Total Time50

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 4117kcal

Author: Kelly Bloom

Equipment

Ingredients

¾ cup sugar
⅔ cup yellow cake mix dry
2 cup heavy cream or Half & Half
2 cup whole milk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup rainbow sprinkles or any color, to mix into ice cream
2 vanilla frosted cupcakes or two pieces of frosted vanilla cake
¼ cup rainbow sprinkles for layering in the the tub

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Instructions

Whisk together the sugar and yellow cake mix in a large mixing bowl.
¾ cup sugar, ⅔ cup yellow cake mix
Add the cream, milk, and vanilla extract, beating with an electric hand mixer until combined.
2 cup heavy cream, 2 cup whole milk, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pour the birthday cake ice cream base into the ice cream maker freezer bowl and set program to "ice cream" mode, or follow the manufacturer's instructions for churning ice cream.
Just before the churning cycle ends, add ¼ cup of rainbow sprinkles and let the last minute or two of the churn cycle complete.
¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
Remove the dasher, scraping the ice cream back into the freezer bowl.
Crumble the two frosted cupcakes up into small pieces.
2 vanilla frosted cupcakes
Transfer half of the ice cream to an insulated ice cream storage container, or lined loaf pan, and distribute half the crumbled cupcakes mixture and 2 tablespoons of rainbow sprinkles on top of the ice cream.
¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
Repeat with the remaining half of the ice cream, crumbled cupcakes, and the last 2 tablespoons of rainbow sprinkles.
Cover the insulated ice cream tub and set in your freezer for the 'hardening' stage, about 2 hours.
PRO TIP: You can of course enjoy your Funfetti ice cream while in this soft serve stage also, but it will take the hardening stage to make it firm enough to scoop into balls.

Notes

Be sure to freeze the Cuisinart freezer bowl at least 8 hours before making this recipe.
Don't add the sprinkles to the fluid ice cream base! Wait until the ice cream is thickened and getting to soft serve stage, then add the sprinkles.
Use insulated ice cream loaf storage containers. The long containers make it much easier to get long pull ice cream scoops.

PRO TIP: For Christmas Confetti Cake ice cream, try adding a few drops of peppermint extract when making the ice cream base, then add red and green sprinkles at the end of the churn.

For Halloween Ice Cream, use some pumpkin spice and pumpkin spice extract in the ice cream base. Add orange and black sprinkles at the end of the churn. The Holiday themed flavor and sprinkle combinations are endless!

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