Ice cream sandwich

This recipe is from Joyofbaking.com!
This is easy dessert recipe using store bought icecream!
We only have to bake a thin chocolate cake layer to sandwich the icecream!
You can use any ice cream of your choice!

Ingredients:
All purpose flour-1/2 cup,
Cocoa pwd-1/4 cup,
Melted butter-1/2 cup,
Sugar-1/2 cup,
Egg-1,
Vanilla essence-1 tsp,
Ice cream- 750 gms-(You can use one whole brick)

Method:
Pre heat oven to 350 F or 180 C
Spread aluminium foil on a 10 by 15  jelly roll pan or  baking tray with a little extra foil hanging on the short side.
Using a brush,grease the foil with butter.
In a bowl,add the melted butter and sugar.

Using a wire whisk,beat the sugar for few second.

Add egg and beat for few seconds.

Add vanilla essence.

Sift flour and cocoa pwd through a sieve to remove lumps.

Stir until combined and smooth.

Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan,smoothing the top and filling all the corners.

Bake for 8 minutes in the oven.

The cake is just dry but soft to touch and the edges will begin to pull away from the sides.

If you over bake the cake it will become hard, dry and will break while making the sandwich.
Remove from oven and let it cool on wire rack.
Once the cake is at room temperature,gently lift the cake using the sides of the foil and remove the tray.
 Place the foil with the cake on the cutting board.

Take another small tray and line it with cling film or plastic wrap as the ice cream sandwich has to be wrapped and placed in the freezer to set.
Using a sharp knife divide the cake into two halves.

Place a flat spatula under one half of the cake and loosen the bottom to free from the foil.
Gently lift it and place it top side down on to the baking tray that has been lined with cling film or plastic wrap.

Take another bowl and scoop out the ice cream in it.

Leave the ice cream for  few minutes to soften as it will become difficult to spread if the ice cream is hard.

Once the ice cream has softened a little,spread it on the cake layer smoothing the top with a knife.

This has to be done very quickly as the hot weather will start melting the ice cream

Top the remaining half of the cake top side up.

Quickly wrap the ice cream sandwich tightly with the plastic warp.

Place the tray in the freezer overnight.

Unwrap the sandwich and cut the edges to even the sides.

Cut the sandwich into rectangles.

Place the ice cream sandwich in a container with a lid.
Put the ice cream rectangles in the freezer.

You can cut into small size while serving.
Enjoy the ice cream sandwich with your family and friends.