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You are going to fall in love with this Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Cake. This dairy-free frozen dessert is creamy, refreshing, sweet and tart!
This luscious Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Cake is the thing of dairy free dreams! When this ice cream cake recipe was first whirling around in my head, I knew it would be yummy, but I had no idea how incredibly, deliciously amazing it would be.
My husband, who loves his dairy ice cream, had nearly half a cake in one sitting…he just couldn’t stop eating it! A big two thumbs up from all 3 kiddos as well. They were so sad when they found out the cake was all gone after only 2 days. 🙂 It’s that good!
The most difficult thing about this dairy free ice cream cake is waiting for it to set. I was so nervous while waiting because I wanted it to look nice, but I could only see the very top while it was in the pan. I un-molded it while holding my breath and nearly cried real tears when I realized how pretty it turned out. It’s so pretty!
Just a few simple toppings are needed to take this Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Cake to the gorgeous next level. I used lemon zest, fresh strawberries, and a couple of slices of fresh lemon. Perfection!
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Back to this scrumptious cake! I wish I could say I nailed this recipe on trial #1, but it took 3 trials to get the texture of this ice cream cake perfect! I wanted both ice cream layers to be the same silky smooth consistency. That was easy with the So Delicious Simply Strawberry layer, but proved much harder with my lemonade layer.
In trial #1, the lemonade layer was too icy, and was sliding off as the strawberry layer melted much quicker. It was delicious, but not quite right texturally. I finally nailed it with the addition of sweetened condensed coconut milk.
My inspiration for the pretzel pecan crust came from Strawberry Pretzel Salad. Have you had this salad before? It’s a strawberry jello salad with a pretzel crust and a sweet cream cheese layer in between.
The sweet, salty, creamy, and crunchy combo is super yummy, and it works in this vegan Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Cake just as well!
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Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Cake
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 ½ cups mini pretzels gluten free, if necessary
- 1 cup halved raw pecans
- 10 pitted Medjool dates soaked for 20 to 30 minutes in hot water
Strawberry Layer
- 2 pints So Delicious Simply Strawberry Coconut Milk Frozen Dessert softened
Lemonade Layer
- 1 can (14 oz) coconut cream
- 1 can (11 oz) sweetened condensed coconut milk
- ½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Optional toppings for serving
- lemon zest
- fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Line the bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan with a circle of parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a food processor, pulse the pretzels, pecans and dates until they start to come together to form a dough. The dough will still be a bit crumbly, but should hold together when pressed in your hand.
- Press the dough into an even layer into the bottom of the prepared spring form pan.
- Spread the softened So Delicious Simply Strawberry Coconut Milk Frozen Dessert into an even layer on top of the pretzel crust. Set the pan in the freezer while you prepare the top lemonade layer.
- Add all the ingredients for the lemonade layer to a blender and blend until smooth and thoroughly mixed. (Alternately, this probably works just as well in the bowl of the food processor you used earlier – just be sure to rinse it out well before adding the lemonade layer ingredients).
- Pour the lemonade layer over the strawberry layer in the spring form pan and put it back in the freezer to set (make sure the cake sits flat in the freezer), at least 6 hours, or overnight.
- After the cake is set, let it thaw a bit on the counter before unmolding and slicing. Serve topped with lemon zest and fresh strawberries.
- Keep leftovers in the freezer in an airtight container.
Nancy P. Beckham says
This looks so wonderful–except for one tiny thing. I hate dates and I do mean hate. I’m vegan, gf, soy free, but I am not afraid to eat a little sugar. How could I leave out the dates and still get the crust to work? I so want to try this, but the thought of dates makes me ill.
Jenn S. says
Hi, Nancy. I haven’t tried it any other way, but I”m thinking that brown rice syrup might work. Maybe start with 1/4 cup and add if you still need more just add tbsp by tbsp until the consistency is right. It should be sticky, but thick…so that you can press it into the pan. Good luck! Let me know how it turns out!
Anjali says
What a gorgeous cheesecake!! And the flavors…strawberry and lemonade! I need to pin this to try it out sometime soon!
Jenn S. says
Definitely not a cheesecake, but thank you! That’s a lemon sorbet on the top!