Ingredients

  • 2 pints vanilla ice cream
  • 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 12 cups cake flour
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 4 tart cooking apples, pared, cored, sliced
  • 12 cup all-purpose flour
  • 12 cup walnuts
  • 12 cup granulated sugar
  • 12 cup brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 12 cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
  • 12 cup shredded coconut

Method

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter and flour 13x9-inch baking pan.
  • Place ice cream in refrigerator and let soften 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, prepare cake: using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until creamy.
  • Gradually beat in sugar and continue to beat until very light and fluffy.
  • Sift cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt onto sheet of waxed paper.
  • Beat eggs into butter mixture one at a time.
  • Beat in vanilla.
  • Reduce speed on mixer and mix dry ingredients and buttermilk alternately into batter, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
  • Do n ot overmix or cake will be tough.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
  • Scatter apples evenly over top.
  • Make topping: process flour, walnuts, sugars, cinnamon and butter in food processor until butter pieces are size of small peas.
  • Add coconut and process until just combined.
  • Sprinkle cake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
  • While cake is baking, scoop 1 pint ice cream into mixing bowl, sprinkle with half the 1-1/2 t. cinnamon, and fold lightly together with rubber spatula.
  • Return ice cream to container.
  • Repeat with remaining ice cream and cinnmon.
  • Freeze until ready to serve.