Summer Celebration Ice Cream Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons orange flavored yogurt
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup baking cocoa
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 3/4 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened
• 4-6 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares (1 oz each)
• 1 tablespoon shortening
• fresh mixed berry (to garnish)

Directions

1. 1

   Line an 8 inch square baking dish with foil and grease the foil, set aside. In a large bowl, combine butter,sugar,yougurt,egg,orange peel and vanilla until blended. Combine flour and cocoa;stir into sugar mixture. Add chocolate chips.

2. 2

   Spread in prepared dish. Bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with moist crumbs. Cool on a wire rack.

3. 3

   Spread the ice cream over cake. Cover and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.

4. 4

   Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and shortening;stir until smooth. Using foil,lift dessert out of dish;gently peel off foil. Cut into squares. Garnish with berries and drizzle with chocolate.