Birthday Cake Protein Ice Cream
Sweets
ninja creami
protein ice cream
high protein
birthday cake
Single Serving
Kelton Maloy · ★★★★★
Birthday Cake Protein Ice Cream
PREP 5 min · COOK 0 min · SERVES 1
1 SERV
MEDIUM
5 min
0 min
Ingredients
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FOR THE ICE CREAM BASE
1 1/2 cups Milk50 by DairyPure (9 g protein per cup)
1 scoop vanilla or cake batter whey protein powder (about 33 g)
2 tablespoons sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix (keeps it scoopable, not icy)
1 tablespoon honey (optional, Milk50 is already lightly sweet)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon butter or almond extract (this is what makes it read like cake batter)
1 pinch salt
FOR THE GREEK YOGURT FROSTING TOPPING
1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt (about 12 g protein)
1 tablespoon sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
1 teaspoon honey (optional, to sweeten the frosting)
1-2 tablespoons Milk50 by DairyPure (to loosen to a frosting consistency)
FOR THE BIRTHDAY CAKE PIECES
1/2 cup store-bought birthday cake or vanilla protein cake (cut into small cubes)
2 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles (divided, for mixing in and topping)
Method
METHOD: NINJA CREAMI
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Build the base. Add the Milk50, protein powder, pudding mix, honey if using, vanilla, butter extract, and salt to a Ninja Creami pint. Whisk hard with a fork right in the pint until there are no dry clumps, or blend for 10 seconds for the smoothest result. Do not add the sprinkles yet. Frozen in, they bleed their color and turn the base gray.
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Level and freeze. Tap the pint on the counter a few times to settle the base flat, which keeps the Creami from carving an uneven, crumbly pint. Freeze on a level shelf for a full 24 hours. Less than that and the spin comes out soft.
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Prep the birthday cake pieces. Cut about 1/2 cup of store-bought birthday cake or a vanilla protein cake into small cubes and set aside. No baking required, any soft vanilla or funfetti cake works.
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Whip the frosting topping. Stir the Greek yogurt, pudding mix, honey if using, and just enough Milk50 together until it is thick and spreadable like frosting, not runny. Keep it cold in the fridge until you plate.
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First spin. Run the frozen pint on the Lite Ice Cream setting. Use Lite, not the full Ice Cream setting, because this base is lower in fat and sugar than dairy ice cream and Lite is built for exactly that. If your Creami has no Lite setting, use Ice Cream.
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Re-spin to creamy. The first pass almost always comes out crumbly or powdery. That is normal for a protein base. Drizzle a splash of Milk50, 1 to 2 tablespoons, over the top, then run Re-spin. Repeat one more Re-spin with another small splash if it still looks dry. You are chasing soft-serve smooth. Add the milk a tablespoon at a time so it does not turn soupy.
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Mix in. Poke a hole down the center of the pint with the handle of a spoon, drop in 1 tablespoon of the sprinkles and a few of the birthday cake cubes, and run the Mix-In setting once.
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Plate it like the birthday version. Scoop into a bowl, spoon the Greek yogurt frosting over the top so it pools like melted frosting, pile on the rest of the birthday cake pieces, and finish with the last of the sprinkles.
Macros
600
Calories
50g
Protein
9g
Fat
78g
Carbs
Per serving · approximate values
Storage
On the protein number: The pint runs roughly 38 grams of protein from the Milk50 and one scoop of whey before any topping. The Greek yogurt frosting adds about 12 more, so the full bowl lands near 50 grams. Confirm the exact number against the protein powder you actually use, since scoops range from 20 to 25 grams.Lite vs Ice Cream setting: Lite Ice Cream is the right call for any low-fat, low-sugar protein base. The standard Ice Cream setting is calibrated for full-dairy pints and can leave a protein base powdery, so plan on an extra Re-spin if that is all you have.The crumbly first spin is normal. Every protein Creami base looks like snow on the first pass. A small splash of Milk50 and a Re-spin fixes it every time.Sprinkles: always fold them in at the Mix-In stage, never into the base before freezing, or the whole pint turns muddy gray.