Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons orange flavored yogurt
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 3/4 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened
• 4 -6 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares (1 oz each)
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• fresh mixed berry (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 line an 8 inch square baking dish with foil and grease the foil, set aside. in a large bowl, combine butter,sugar,yougurt,egg,orange peel and vanilla until blended. combine flour and cocoa;stir into sugar mixture. add chocolate chips.
• 2 spread in prepared dish. bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs. cool on a wire rack.
• 3 spread the ice cream over cake. cover and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
• 4 remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. in a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and shortening;stir until smooth. using foil,lift dessert out of dish;gently peel off foil. cut into squares. garnish with berries and drizzle with chocolate.