The birthday cake

Happy Birthday, JJ

The birthday ice cream cake turned out wonderful. It was completely dairy free. Amazing! There is one thing I would do different but still overall it was great! Even those of us that can have dairy liked it.

3 cups of graham crackers crumbs

2/3 cup butter melted

Combine and press mixture into 9-inch springform pan - coating the bottom and the sides.

Freeze solid (about 30 minutes)

Next it called for a layer of fudge but there is no fudge that is dairy free. I substituted by melting chocolate chips that have no dairy and spreading it on --- this created a very hard layer that was difficult to cut through. I recommend just using hersey's chocolate and drizzling a layer on top.

1 1/2 qts chocolate ice cream (I used Purely Decadent Dairy Free Chocolate Obsession - contains soy and coconut)

3/4 cup toasted almonds (I didn't use this as JJ didn't want it.)

1 cup mini marshmallows

Soften ice cream and mix together.

Spread over hersey's layer

Freeze until firm

Spread a layer of hersey's chocolate. Freeze

1 qt. vanilla ice cream. (I used Purely Decadent Dairy free Purely Vanilla)

Soften and spread on top of the last layer.

Freeze solid.

Then place oven rack 6 inches from broiler. Top cake with 1 1/2 cups marshmallows. Place under broiler 1 to 2 minutes until marshmallows are toasted. Then return to freezer. When firm, cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 5 hours or up to 3 days.