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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » 4th of July

    Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Roll for the 4th of July

    Modified: Aug 17, '23 · Published: Jun 26, '15 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    Keep cool this 4th of July by enjoying a slice or two of this
    Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Roll
    Keep cool this 4th of July by enjoying a slice or two of this Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Roll. You'll get cake, ice cream and sprinkles in each slice. Recipe from HungryHappenings.com
    It's all about ice cream around here this summer. When I'm hot, I want ice cream, so I just can't stop making frozen treats.
    Unlike all the decorated ice cream cones I've been making lately, this dessert will require that you turn on the oven. That blue star in the middle of the bright white ice cream is cake. Fortunately the cake you'll need to bake is really thin and bakes up really quickly, so you wont have to heat up your kitchen for too long.

    Keep cool this 4th of July by enjoying a slice or two of this Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Roll. You'll get cake, ice cream and sprinkles in each slice. Recipe from HungryHappenings.com
    Once the cake is baked, cooled, and frozen, it's time to make the ice cream.
    I suppose it would be possible to make this 4th of July dessert using softened store bought ice cream, but why bother, when you can whip up this no churn ice cream in just a few minutes.

    Just whisk some whipped cream, stir in a can of sweetened condensed milk, and you have a mixture that can easily be piped around the cake stars and that will freeze up beautifully.

    To keep this ice cream roll from melting too quickly on a hot summer day, I decided to add a bit of melted white chocolate to the sweetened condensed milk to give the frozen roll a bit more structure. To ensure the center of this dessert would be vibrantly white I chose to use Bright White Candy Melts, but if you don't mind an off white center, you can use pure white chocolate instead.

    Being this dessert needed a pop of red, I simply covered the ice cream roll with red sprinkles. It added just the right color and a little bit of crunch.

    When you cut into this 4th of July dessert, you get a bit of red, white and blue in every slice.

    Cake, Ice Cream and Sprinkles, all in one festive 4th of July Dessert. Make a Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Roll for your patriotic party. Recipe from HungryHappenings.com

    4th of July Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Roll

    Ingredients:

    Blue Cake Stars-
    1 (8.25 ounce) pouch Pillsbury Funfetti Aqua Blue Cake Mix
    2 egg whites
    ⅔ cup water
    ¼ cup vegetable oil

    White Chocolate Ice Cream-
    2 cups heavy whipping cream
    5 ounces Bright White Candy Melts
    1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
    Red Jimmies (sprinkles)

    Special Supplies Needed:
    1 inch star cookie cutter
    Rehruecken Non-Stick Loaf Cake Pan

    Instructions:

    Cut out blue cake stars to put inside your Patriotic Ice Cream Roll.
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Make cake mix according to package instructions.
    Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. Spread cake batter in pan. Bake for about 18 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
    Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and set on a cooling rack. Allow to cool for 30 minutes, then place in the freezer for at least one hour until firm.
    Remove cake from freezer, peel off the parchment paper and set cake on a cutting board. Cut out 1 inch stars using a metal cookie cutter.
    Place the cut stars back in the freezer, once again, until firm.
    Note: You'll use a little less than half of the cake for this dessert, so you don't need to cut the entire thing into star shapes.
    Homemade No Churn White Chocolate Ice Cream. Recipe from HungryHappenings.com
    Once the blue cake stars are frozen, it's time to make the ice cream.
    Pour the heavy whipping cream into the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl. Beat on high to stiff peaks.
    Pour candy melts into a small microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds on high, then stir. Heat for another 30 seconds, then stir. Continue to heat at 10 second increments, stirring after each, until melted.
    Stir in the sweetened condensed milk. If the chocolate seizes and you get small hard bits in the mixture, heat in the microwave for 10 second increments, stirring after each, until melted and smooth. If hot, allow this to cool so that it feels cool to the touch. Spoon in about ½ cup of whipped cream and stir until smooth.
    Pour it into the whipped cream and beat until well combined.
    How to make a Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Roll with blue cake stars hiding inside. Tutorial at HungryHappenings.com

    Line the Rehruecken pan with non-stick tin foil for the easiest removal.

    Spoon the ice cream into a large pastry bag or zip top bag. Pipe a thin layer of the ice cream into the pan.

    Arrange blue cake stars down the center of the pan, placing one of the five points down towards the bottom of the pan.

    Pipe ice cream around and over top of the cake stars. Smooth out and place in freezer for at least 3 hours.

    You will have some extra ice cream. Just put it in a freezer safe container and freeze until ready to eat.

    To unmold, pull up on the tin foil, remove the ice cream log from the pan, set the log on a serving plate, and peel off the tin foil.

    Red, White and Blue Ice Cream Roll for the 4th of July

    Sprinkle red jimmies over top of the ice cream log. You'll need to press them in around the sides in order to get them to stick.

    Cut a slice off the front of the ice cream log in order to reveal the blue star.

    Freeze until ready to serve.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Nicole (Bellenza) says

      July 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm

      Love this! Definitely a fantastic way to celebrate!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        July 20, 2015 at 3:19 am

        Thanks Nicole. It really did make a great dessert for the 4th of July:)

        Reply
    2. Kim Lange says

      July 02, 2015 at 12:08 am

      That looks so 4th of July amazing! Saw it and have to pin! Visiting from What's Cookin Wednesdays! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • beth says

        July 02, 2015 at 12:30 am

        I'm so happy you stopped by! Have a great 4th of July.

        Reply
    3. Lisa@hooplapalooza says

      June 27, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      oh my goodness you put ben and jerry's ice cream to shame! :>O 😉

      Reply
      • beth says

        June 27, 2015 at 1:27 pm

        Wow, that's a high compliment, indeed!

        Reply
    4. Sugartown Sweets says

      June 26, 2015 at 8:06 pm

      Your ice cream crafts are so "cool"! The blue cake stars in the center just put this one over the top. Love it! 🙂

      Reply
      • beth says

        June 26, 2015 at 8:27 pm

        Thanks, this dessert does have that wow factor!

        Reply
    5. The Partiologist says

      June 26, 2015 at 7:59 pm

      I'd scream for this Ice Cream, my family would love it!

      Reply
      • beth says

        June 26, 2015 at 8:26 pm

        I'm serving this for our movie night tonight, and hope my friends all enjoy it!

        Reply
    6. The Bearfoot Baker says

      June 26, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      Red, white and blue ice cream cake roll!!! WOW this is a dessert I NEED!

      Reply
      • beth says

        June 26, 2015 at 8:26 pm

        I'm happy to hear that!

        Reply
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