Red, White, and Blueberry Icebox Cake

Name: Red, White, and Blueberry Icebox Cake
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 12 h
Total time: 12 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 pint blueberries; 1 pint heavy whipping cream; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoons lemon zest; 946 milliliters strawberries; 3 Tbsps sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 84 vanilla wafer cookies (approximately 1 1/2 boxes of cookies)

Red, White, and Blueberry Icebox Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 391 calories, 3g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up vanilla wafer cookies, heavy whipping cream, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 12 hours.

Instructions

Wash and hull strawberries. Set aside half the strawberries for garnish and puree the rest in a food processor.

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Strawberries

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Food Processor

Transfer puree to a medium sized bowl and stir in lemon juice, zest, and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Set aside.

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Lemon Juice

Sugar

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Bowl

Beat 1 cup of cream with electric mixture on high speed until soft peaks begin to form. Slowly fold in strawberry puree and continue beating until stiff peaks form.

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Strawberry Puree

Cream

On a large plate or serving platter, spread 1 tablespoon of strawberry whipped cream on the bottom to anchor cake to plate. Top with 14 wafer cookies in a circular pattern.

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Wafer Cookies

Whipped Cream

Strawberries

Spread

Using a spatula, cover wafers evenly with strawberry whipped cream, then top with wafer cookies. Repeat until you have 7 layers of wafers.

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Wafer Cookies

Whipped Cream

Strawberries

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Spatula

Beat remaining cup of cream with two tablespoons sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Using a spatula, spread whipped cream along top and sides of cake. To create the star design: cut a strawberry into 5 equal sized slices with a small slice to cover the space in the center of the star.

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Whipped Cream

Strawberries

Vanilla

Spread

Cream

Sugar

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Place the strawberry star in the center of the cake and top with blueberries in a circular pattern. Halve the remaining strawberries and arrange in an outer ring along the edge of the cake. Refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight before serving.

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Strawberries

Blueberries