3-Ingredient Bundt Cake

  3.0 – 2 reviews  • Dessert
Low on ingredients but big on cake? This recipe needs only three ingredients to produce a tender, flavor-packed treat. The best part is you can use any flavor of cake mix and ice cream you want, and in any combination. Our top pick? Devil’s food cake and mint chocolate chip is epic. The only requirement is that you use a high-quality ice cream—standard ice creams have more air churned into them and won’t melt sufficiently.
Level: Easy
Total: 1 hr 40 min
Active: 10 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. Nonstick cooking spray, for the pan
  2. One 15.25-ounce box cake mix (any flavor)
  3. 1 pint high-quality ice cream (any flavor), completely melted
  4. 3 large eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Thoroughly spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with the cooking spray, making sure to cover the entire inner surface.
  2. Whisk together the cake mix, ice cream and eggs in a large bowl until well combined, then pour into the prepared Bundt pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted in middle of cake ring comes out clean and the sides of the cake are beginning to pull away from the edge of the pan, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for 20 minutes, then place a wire rack over the pan and invert the cake onto the rack. Cool completely.  

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 10 servings
Calories 260
Total Fat 8 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Carbohydrates 43 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 6 g
Protein 5 g
Cholesterol 67 mg
Sodium 304 mg

Reviews

Jonathan Murphy
I made this cake for the 4th using Ben and Jerry’s S’mores ice cream. Right idea but it just tasted like a box cake. You couldn’t taste anything different so it was a huge waste of really nice ice cream. Just make a real cake
Jeff Johnson
I’m going to make this over the Memorial Day weekend. Any recommendations on ice cream/cake mix pairings besides the one listed on this page? 
Julie Vazquez
This is a great quick cake. You simply place the pint of ice cream in the refrigerator over night to defrost, then mix in the morning. I have had great results with Blue Bell brand ice creams.  I have used sugar free cake mixes and the cakes still turn out great.
Wendy Gamble
Tasted very artificial even though I used genuine strawberry ice cream from scratch. Used pure cream, no milk. Texture was a little gummy. My husband liked it okay, but I’m not a fan.

Also, instructions don’t specify HOW to melt the ice cream. Microwave, room temp, in refrigerator? Also doesn’t specify one pint volume, weight, or liquid. If the ice cream is hot (from being melted in the microwave) when you mix in the egg, you’re gonna scramble the egg. While this IS an “easy” recipe given there are only three ingredients, you haven’t done well instructionally in teaching to the dumbest kid in the class. If you’re going to mark something as “easy,” then break out the crayons. This way instead of just making a recipe, your budding chefs will increase their culinary knowledge. This is your opportunity today, “We don’t mix eggs straight into hot mixtures because…” or “This is the difference between measuring by weight and volume…”. More people who cook/bake successfully means more interest in culinary arts and more hits to FN app, website, channel, etc.

 

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