Cake Batter Funfetti Ice Cream
The perfect birthday or celebration ice cream, cake batter and sprinkles create a rich cake flavor in this easy frozen treat.Â
We have a string of summer-time birthdays in our family. Out of the five of us, I’m the only one who doesn’t have a summer birthday. The girl who isn’t a fan of cold gets stuck with a winter birthday, go figure. I made this ice cream a month ago, or nearly a month ago for my oldest daughter’s birthday. She requested “the orange ice cream” (aka orange creamsicle ice cream) again, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a special birthday related ice cream instead. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the creamsicle ice cream, but I had been waiting for the perfect moment to make a cake batter ice cream … of course loaded with sprinkles too. Because what’s birthday cake ice cream without sprinkles? That’d be a truly depressing ice cream if you ask me. Totally subpar. And you know what? She totally didn’t complain. Not one bit. In fact, she loved it. I’m positive you will too!
Yesterday also just happened to be the Mr’s birthday, so it seems fitting to finally share this ice cream… even though we didn’t have any of this to enjoy this past weekend. I did however whip up a total cheater cake. Sometimes you just have to. But I seriously wish I had some of this ice cream. Nothing beats homemade ice cream… except apple pie. Apple pie will win every time in my book.
This is a very vanilla, creamy cake batter ice cream, loaded with sprinkles and optionally topped off with homemade sweetened whipped cream… and more sprinkles. Because more sprinkles are always and forever totally necessary.
Cake Batter Funfetti Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 C whole milk
- 2 C heavy cream
- 3/4 C granulated sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 C yellow cake mix
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1/4 C rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks. Pour one cup heavy cream in a medium bowl, with mesh strainer set on top.
- In a medium saucepan, combine whole milk, remaining 1 cup heavy cream, sugar, salt, vanilla and cake mix. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth and then occasionally, until heated through and just steaming.
- While whisking the yolks continuously, slowly drizzle a quarter of the hot liquid into the yolks. Pour egg mixture into saucepan. Continue cooking until the mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon.
- Pour through mesh strainer into heavy cream. Cool over an ice bath. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill completely prior to churning, 4-6 hours or overnight.
- Churn according to manufacturer's directions. In the last 5 minutes of churning, slowly add rainbow sprinkles. Transfer to a freezer safe container. Freeze until solid.
Notes
Looking for more celebration recipes? Try these:
Cake batter funfetti chocolate chip cookies
Cake batter Rice Krispie treats
Funfetti cupcakes
Homemade ice cream sandwiches
Devil’s food cupcakes with vanilla buttercream
Mini cookies and cream cheesecakes
NY Times chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate chip cookie brownie bars
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This sprinkle loaded ice cream has my name written all over it! I’d love a huge bowl of it for breakfast. :) Homemade apple pie and homemade ice cream – YES! Two of my favorites. Apple pie will always win for me too, though.
Truly! Apple pie will always win but homemade ice cream is super delicious! :)
It just occurred to me I haven’t had any funfetti ice cream at all this summer, even from my local ice cream shop. I need to remedy that asap! This looks awesome, so many sprinkles – yay :)
Thanks so much Tracey! You’ve definitely got to remedy that before summer is over ;)
Such a perfect bday treat! I can see grown ups and kiddos a like getting very excited about this. I mean, be real: Who doesn’t grin when they see SPRINKLES!
Anyone who doesn’t love sprinkles has something wrong with them ;)
Ok, that looks perfectly creamy and delicious!
Thanks Carrian! :)
My favorite kind of ice cream!
Yay! :)
How incredible is this?!!! Two bowls for me please!
Thanks Steph!I’d be happy to share if we still had some! :)
What a fun way to celebrate! Wish I could have a bowl for breakfast!
The best breakfast ever, right? ;)
This look perfectly creamy, perfectly colorful and just perfectly awesome!! So my kind of fun ice cream!!
Thanks Tieghan!
This looks so good! I made cake batter funfetti ice cream about 6 weeks or so ago. I added Golden Oreos to it. I bet the cake mix in yours gives it such a great flavor. Happy Bday to your lil girl!
I still haven’t tried those golden oreo’s. I’ve got to add them to my list to try sometime soon!
So many birthdays to celebrate and you picked a great treat to celebrate them.
Thanks Meagan!
This recipe looks great, but serving four to six is not Nearly enough in my household. Each family member’s bowl of ice cream consists of scoop after scoop after scoop, etc., until the bowl is piled high with ice cream. No polite one-scoop for us! As this is the case, if I make this in my one-gallon ice cream maker, will I only be filling the container half full? a quarter full? I wonder if you could tell us how much your ice cream recipes make – i.e., one gallon; 1/2 gallon, etc. – instead of how many they serve… Thanks!
Hi Wendy – I actually linked to the ice cream maker I use, at the bottom of the post. It makes up to 1 1/2 quarts but every batch varies slightly.
Yum! We have a ton of birthdays toward the end of June beginning of July–its a little crazy how many birthdays we have to celebrate in a 2 week time span! This ice cream looks divine.
Isn’t it crazy how everything always seems so bunched up and then there is nothing?
Holy yum! I have a weakness for cake batter desserts! I’m stuck with a winter day too. My kiddos just celebrated their bday last week. I just may need to celebrate one more time with a batch of this incredible looking ice cream!
We totally got ripped off with winter days. I’m sure your kiddos would be totally game for celebrating again ;)
This ice cream! This is the perfect birthday treat. Who needs cake when the ice cream is this good!
Right?! Ice cream always wins.
Holy yum! This looks ridiculously good, I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate! :)
Thanks Kelly!
Oh sprinkles. How could this not be the best birthday ice cream ever!! Love it.
Always sprinkles ;)
I’m really starting to love cake batter anything, so this ice cream looks totally perfect! I’d love a big bowl with my lunch…
Or even as lunch ;)
I love love love cake batter anything, so I know I’d be all over this ice cream. It looks SO good!
Thanks Amy. I guarantee you’d love this!
You know this is brilliant, right? 50 gold mitts for you, friend!
haha! Thanks Lauren :)
I would choose this sprinkle loaded ice cream over cake any day of the week!
I fully agree and thanks! :)
How beautiful that bowl of ice cream is! Love it and want some!!!
Thanks Robyn! :)
OMG! Our favorite!
Yay! One of ours too :)
I would be in trouble with a batch of this in front of me. I have no self-control when it comes to sprinkles and cake mix!
I couldn’t agree more! :)
I always wished I had a summer birthday! There would be so many more options for things to do for it :) This looks amazing! I want a huge bowl right now!
I know!! Way more things to do in the summer vs winter… unless you’re a snow bunny or something but that’s totally not my thing.
I will definitely be making this!
I hope you enjoy it!
happy birthday, joshhhhhhhh! i would like to give him the gift of eating an entire bowl of this for him! i’m generous :)
So very generous of you ;)
Yum! This looks absolutely delicious and so fun. The photos are beautiful, too!
G’day Rachel,
Even thought it is winter here in the Land Down Under and is COLD brrrrrrrr, true!
I could go for one of these now as looks delish too!
Cheers! Joanne
Okay, wait! cake batter and ice cream??? I’M DROOLING! ^_^
I love ice cream in every form and always requested an ice cream cake for my birthday growing up. I think this ice cream in any of those cakes would have been perfect!
Ohhh yum. Cake batter anything is totally my jam.
What a fun birthday treat! I haven’t had this kind of ice cream in a long time. I say it’s about time to remedy that.
I remember the first time I had cake batter ice cream at Maggie Moo’s on a visit to Nashville several years ago. I’ve been hooked ever since. It blew my mind. Can’t wait to try this one.
LOVE this ice cream. Cake Batter has always been a favorite!!
Oh just stop it! This looks too good, I need a very large bowl please ;)
I followed the recipe this weekend and it was awesome! Thanks! I was hoping you could explain to me why you left that 1 cup of heavy cream unheated for mixing at the end? All ice cream recipes I’ve seen heat all of the cream. What’s the “physics” behind that? Thanks again, sooooo good!
So glad you enjoyed it! I don’t have a scientific explanation for you as to why my recipes call for it to be made that way, beyond that’s how I first learned to do it so I’ve continued with that method. One possible explanation is it helps to cool the custard quicker, along with an ice bath. But if it works and tastes great, why change methods? :)
This is the absolute best ice cream I have ever made!! My husband and kids agreed. I added thin swirls of vanilla frosting colored blue and it was a whole party. Thank you for this incredible recipe, I will be making this over and over!!
So glad everyone enjoyed it, Corrie! Thanks so much for sharing!