Ice Cream Cake!

I have had an itch to make ice cream cake for a while, and last night I did just that! It's really not that hard. But I did determine that I need to make my layers a bit thicker (I was trying to avoid monster ice cream cake).
Still. Very tasty...

Ice Cream Cake:

• 1 gallon of ice cream (I used 2 different kinds: about 1/2 gallon each) - more for thicker layers
• 1 jar hot fudge
• 1 box chocolate cookies

I started by taking out by bottom layer ice cream to soften. Next, I crushed my chocolate cookies in the food processor to make crumbs. Then I added the jar of hot fudge to the crumbs, and pressed 1/2 of them down into the bottom of a spring form pan.

On top of this base, I spread my softened ice cream, smoothing to create as smooth of a layer as possible. I put this in the freezer to set.

Meanwhile, I took out my other flavor of ice cream to soften. Once the first layer was set (not necessarily solid, but pretty firm), I pressed the remaining crumb/hot fudge mixture on top of it. Then I covered this with my softened ice cream, creating the top layer.

I froze this until set, slid it out of the springform pan, and covered it all in cool whip. Then I let it freeze until solid. Okay, no I didn't. My husband and I had a mushy piece last night because couldn't wait! But I did wait until it was solid to take a picture for you.

Oh well. You know what they say....

Let them eat cake!