Chocolate Malt Ice-Cream Cake

Make your cake even better by topping it with malted milk ball candies.

1 1/2

cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

cup sugar

1/4

cup unsweetened baking cocoa

teaspoon baking soda

1/2

teaspoon salt

cup water

1/3

cup vegetable oil

teaspoon white vinegar

teaspoon vanilla

cup chocolate fudge topping

1 1/2

quarts (6 cups) vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

cups malted milk ball candies, coarsely chopped

cup whipping (heavy) cream

1/4

cup chocolate fudge topping

Additional malted milk ball candies, if desired

1

Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease bottom and side of springform pan, 9x3 or 10x2 3/4 inches, with shortening; lightly flour. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir vigorously about 1 minute or until well blended. Immediately pour into pan.
2

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
3

Spread 1 cup fudge topping over cake; freeze about 1 hour or until topping is firm. In large bowl, mix ice cream and coarsely chopped candies; spread over cake. Freeze about 4 hours or until ice cream is firm.
4

In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
5

Remove side of pan; place cake on serving plate. Top with whipped cream. Melt 1/4 cup fudge topping; drizzle over whipped cream. Garnish with additional candies.

Source: Betty