This Cake Batter Ice Cream is packed with sprinkles and Golden Oreos. It’s rich, creamy, and fluffy, but it’s made without an ice cream maker!
Easy Cake Batter Ice Cream Recipe
I’m not usually a big ice cream eater. It’s fine, but I usually prefer cookies or bars for my empty calories. Until I made this. It’s the best ice cream I’ve ever had.
I made it for my husband because unlike me, he is a ridiculously huge ice cream lover. It’s his thing. He loves, loves, loves ice cream. We don’t tend to keep it in the house (his request) because he can’t trust himself around it.
However, he goes to the 24-hour Rite-Aid at 3am on ice cream runs at least four times a week. They have an in-store ice cream counter and he’s best friends with the graveyard shift employees. So I decided to give him an early Father’s Day present in the form of pink sprinkles and creamy, homemade ice cream. I just didn’t think I’d be the one falling in love with it.
It’s full of chopped Golden Oreos, sprinkles, and tastes like Funfetti Cake Batter. No cake mix involved. The flavoring secrets are a bit of almond extract, in conjunction with vanilla extract.
This is a no-cook recipe. It’s a major time saver to avoid standing around whisking eggs, cream, and sugar together, then having to wait for them to cool. The solution? A can of sweetened condensed milk. There are only two required ingredients to make it. Sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream.
Nor do you need an ice cream maker. I just recently got this Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Compressor from Sur La Table, but prior to that didn’t have one, and many of you may not have one either. This recipe can be made in an ice cream maker if you have one (details in the recipe card below), but it’s not necessary.
This ice cream is soft, fluffy, and light. Light in texture, not in calories. Between the sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, half a bottle of sprinkles, and two dozen Oreos, it’s not exactly diet food. But so worth it.
The flavor resembles sweetened, frozen whipped cream. This is not a bad thing! If you like buttercream frosting, real whipped cream or Cool Whip, or sweetened condensed milk, this is the ice cream for you. Since I love all those things, it’s definitely the ice cream for me.
It’s ridiculously creamy and rich. It’s like no ice cream I’ve ever tried. Maybe that’s why I love it. There’s an abundance of cookies and sprinkles in every bite. The sprinkles stay a bit crunchy while the cookies soften just slightly after being soaked in the rich, luscious, cream bath.
Although I used almond and vanilla extract, Golden Oreos, and sprinkles, my wheels are already turning with ideas of chocolate, peanut butter, Nutella, Cookie Butter, and cookie dough.
Cake Batter Ice Cream Ingredients
For this Golden Oreo ice cream, you’ll need:
- Golden Oreos or vanilla-flavored sandwich cookies
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Vanilla extract
- Almond extract
- Heavy whipping cream
- Sprinkles
How to Make No-Churn Ice Cream
To make the cake batter ice cream, simply whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks. Then, fold in a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, along with the almond and vanilla extracts.
Note that fold means be gentle. Don’t stir like you’re mashing potatoes. Take your time so that you don’t deflate the puffiness. If you have an ice cream maker, the machine does this folding step for you.
Gently stir in cookies, sprinkles, and freeze it for at least 6 hours. I dare you not to lick the bowl!
Tips for the Best No-Churn Ice Cream
Normally real vanilla extract is the way to go when making homemade ice cream, but to create that classic, nostalgic, bakery-style cake batter taste, use clear imitation vanilla extract for this recipe. Clear imitation is found next to real vanilla in the grocery store, usually for about one-third of the price. Trust me, it really does make a difference in the flavor of this cake batter ice cream!
When buying the ingredients for this ice cream, double check that you’re getting sweetened condensed milk and not evaporated milk. They’re two totally different milk products! I just wanted to mention that since I’ve accidentally purchased one instead of the other countless times.
Lastly, the ice cream freezes solid, but after 5 minutes at room temperature it’s easily scoopable. It’s similar to storebought ice cream and doesn’t turn ridiculously rock hard, an issue that can plague homemade ice cream.
More Frozen Treats:
- Chocolate Cake Batter Milkshake — Drinking a whole chocolate cake batter milkshake sure beats the one or two measly licks of the batter that’s on the beaters after making a chocolate cake. This fast, easy, and very satisfying milkshake is perfect for anyone who loves cake batter and always wants one more taste!
- No-Churn Bourbon Salted Caramel Ice Cream — It’s ridiculously creamy and subtly flavored with bourbon, and ribbons of salted caramel are woven throughout. The crunchy Nutter Butter cookies add a pop of peanut butter flavor and lots of texture, while the chocolate chunks round out this rich, indulgent treat.
- Cookies and Cream Mocha Milkshake — Between the little bits of cookies which add texture, the mocha undertones, and the sweet creamy ice cream, my family went nuts for these milkshakes.
- Brownie Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches — Cookie dough ice cream is flanked between two rich and fudgy brownies, creating an enhanced and more decadent version of a classic ice cream sandwich.
- Copycat Wendy’s Frosty — This Copycat Wendy’s Frosty Recipe is low-fat and so easy to whip up! It tastes like a lighter chocolate milkshake, but it’s still super creamy and delicious.
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No-Churn Cake Batter Ice Cream with Golden Oreos
Ingredients
- 24 Golden Oreos or vanilla-flavored sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped
- one 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream*
- ¾ cup sprinkles
Instructions
To Make No-Churn Ice Cream:
- Chop the cookies; set aside.
- In a large bowl, add sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, almond extract, and stir to combine; set aside.
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or large mixing bowl and hand mixer; or lots of elbow grease doing it by hand), whip 2 cups heavy cream to very stiff peaks, about 5 minutes on high power.
- Gently add about half the whipped cream to the sweetened condensed milk mixture, and fold the cream in gently. Fold means turn the mixture over with a spatula from the bottom of the bowl up, rotate the bowl, repeat until the mixture is homogenous. The goal is to keep all that fluffy cream you just made as fluffy as possible. Take your time and be gentle. When you get the first half of the cream folded in and combined, add the remaining cream, and fold it until until mixture is smooth.
- Add the cookies, sprinkles, and gently fold them in to distribute evenly.
- Transfer ice cream mixture to a freezer-safe 2-quart container with a lid or freezer-safe bowl that can be covered with plasticwrap. Cover and freeze for at least 6 hours, or until solid. Ice cream takes about 5 minutes to come up to room temperature to scoop it out without having to wrestle with a rock. Ice cream will keep airtight in the freezer for up to 3 months.
If Using an Ice Cream Maker:
- If you are using an ice cream maker, steps 1, 2, 3 are the same. Skip steps 4 and 5. Instead, add 4 cups heavy cream to the sweetened condensed milk mixture, and stir to combine. Step 6 is the same. For step 7, follow processing directions on your ice cream maker, noting to chill the mixture if necessary before churning.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Funfetti Cookie Dough Balls — The sweet, rich, sprinkle-filled dough satisfies cookie dough cravings, and it’s safe to eat raw.
Funfetti and Oreo Chocolate Chip Cookies — The cookies are loaded with Oreos, sprinkles, chocolate chips, and are adapted from my favorite recipe for chocolate chip cookies. They’re soft, moist, buttery, and thick enough to sink your teeth into.
I can’t be trusted around ice cream either. I keep it out of the house just to be on the safe side. I love the stuff! There’s no way I could resisit this creamy treasure. Yum!
Creamy treasure is right. There are no words for how creamy it is!
Averie, it looks so good!! And I have to tell ya, I love how creamy this ice cream turned out. And the golden oreos inside add much more creaminess (well, the filling does!). I loved the extra sweetness from the Oreos. And the sprinkles! Nice touch. This is the happiest looking ice cream I’ve ever seen. I honestly couldn’t believe how easy this was to make or why I’ve waited so long to make it! I think my next batch will be peanut butter ;)
PB would just take this stuff over the edge. My wheels were and are turning. I have quite a few ideas from cookie butter to PB to Nutella to salted caramel…I mean, limitless, really :)
Oh my!! You know I love ice cream and especially on that requiers no whisking of eggs! Hooray!
This look incredible! The sprinkles and the oreos. Whoa baby! I love it!
you have so many ice cream posts and if you ever try this type of ice cream base, LMK what you think of it compared to the full whisking, cooking, etc routine!
Could these scoops get any better?
I think I’m in the middle on the ice cream vs. cookies/bars debate — I’ll take either, depending on my mood. :) Love that you can make this ice cream without an ice cream maker! I’ve done this sort of version before — whipped cream, fold in the other ingredients — and I honestly prefer it over the ice cream maker! It always seems creamier.
Creamy wasn’t even the word for this. It was heaven-sent, out of this world creamy. Like nothing I’ve ever even had! Glad to know you’ve done the same and get the same results!
Oh my goodness…YUM! Golden Oreos are pretty much the only cookie I actually buy. Breyer’s makes a Golden Oreo flavor but I’m not a fan of their ice cream, so I will definitely be making this one instead. I was actually going to make a Golden Oreo milkshake this evening, but I hear this ice cream calling my name instead!!
MAKE THIS! I never buy ice cream and so didn’t even know that Breyer’s had a flavor similar. If you at all like golden oreos and ice cream, this is going to put you over the edge. I am not even a big fan and it’s the best ice cream Ive ever had!
YAY!!! I have yet to buy an ice cream maker…. I know I know.. I’ll get to it… but in the mean time…
In the mean time is right :)
Wow, wow, wow is about all I can say to this! Love homemade ice cream, but I love eeeeasy homemade ice creams like this one the best! I just love how simple it is. :)
Too easy. Now that I have this little whipped cream method in my back pocket, it’s almost too dangerous that I know it! :)
I am a big ice cream lover (I know I mention banana soft serve often) so anything creamy and frozen is appealing year around. I don’t have an ice cream maker, but I freeze just about anything and then grind it up in the vita mix. This looks so easy and rich— with lots of flavor options! I do get interested in ice cream makers every now and then–what do you think of your Breville?
If you love ice cream, you have to try this! It’s like taking banana softserve and improving upon it by a hundred fold. I cannot even tell you how good this stuff is, Paula! And like I said in the post, I’m not even a big ice cream person normally!
Love, love, love this recipe! I need some Golden Oreos immediately. Dream. Come. True.
Or any kind of Oreo, Nilla wafers, graham crackers, leftover cookies – there is nothing ‘wrong’ to put in the mix!
I’ve never made ice-cream myself but this seems to be relatively easy and so good so I may give it a try :D
It’s the easiest thing ever. Whip some cream, stir in sweet cond milk, add-ins, and freeze!
I’ve had this type of ice cream before but without the oreos- it’s delicious!
That’s good to know you’ve had this type of ice cream! So good, right!
I’ve been secretly avoiding pulling out my ice cream maker because it’s so much darn work to go through all the steps of cooking and whisking, etc. I love ice cream, but the time it takes to make it is a bit discouraging. I cannot believe how simple this recipe is, and with so many delicious treats mixed in! This is just the motivation I needed, Averie!
I know…so many steps. Whisking, cooking, cooling, then all the pieces and parts to wash; kettles to clean. You have really got to want it. This is so easy! Lmk if you try it!
I meant “g-l-a-d” =)
Awesome dessert, Averie. Gald your husband likes ice cream so your readers get the benefit of the recipe =)
Glad you like it!
Thank you thank you thank you for this recipe. We made a frozen yogurt with my friend Erin and now I see beautiful ice creams on her blog, but she has an ice cream maker. I don’t and it made me sad. But now I can make something icy and delicious without it :)
It’s insanely good and you can be eating ice cream in a matter of hours. LMK if you try it!