Black Forest Ice Cream Cake

1 quart vanilla or burgundy cherry ice cream, softened
1 3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
34 cup Hershey's cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup strong black coffee
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups whipped cream
1 cup cherry pie filling

Firmly pack ice cream into a foil-lined 9-inch round cake pan. Cover; freeze about 2 hours.

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

Combine sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large mixer bowl. Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared cake pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.

Place 1 cake layer upside down on serving plate; top with ice cream unmolded from cake pan. Place second layer cake, top side up over ice cream layer. Gently spread whipped cream on top and sides of cake. With a decorator's tube or spoon, make a border of whipped cream around edge of top layer of cake. Fill center with cherry pie filling. Cover and freeze at least 1 hour before serving.

* To sour milk, use 1 tablespoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.