Recipe
3-Ingredient Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake
This beautiful cake requires only 3 ingredients and absolutely no baking. The colorful swirls of the Swiss roll make a vibrant, drool-worthy outside. And each slice reveals an even prettier ice cream filling inside. It’s easy to make, it looks fancy, and it tastes like a fruit-filled summer day. If you want to impress your friends, this is definitely one for the books.
Swiss Roll Bomb Cake
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 16 hours (freeze time)
- Total Time: 16 hours 30 minutes
- Servings: 4-6 servings
- Easy
Ingredients
- 1 box packaged strawberry cream Swiss rolls
- 2 cup softened vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup softened pistachio ice cream
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Step 1
Cut each roll in 5 or 6 slices.
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Step 2
Line a medium-sized bowl with plastic wrap.
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Step 3
Line the bowl with the slices of the rolls. Push the slices against the bowl and fill in gaps with extra pieces.
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Step 4
Add softened ice cream into the bowl and spread to cover all the cake. Leave a crater-shaped cavity in the middle for the second ice cream.
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Step 5
Freeze for 8 hours, or until the ice cream is firm.
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Step 6
Fill in the hole with the pistachio ice cream.
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Step 7
Cover the top with more cake slices.
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Step 8
Freeze for another 8 hours, or until firm.
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Step 9
Invert the cake on board or plate, and remove the bowl and plastic wrap.
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