Creamy Vanilla Icebox Cake
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This Creamy Vanilla Icebox Cake is the easiest dessert you’ll ever make! Layers of wafer cookies & whipped cream piled with fresh berries. Takes less than 10 minutes to make! Then just chill all day in the fridge and let time do it’s magic. After about 6 hours, the whipped cream softens the cookies so they are like moist fluffy layers of cake. Magic and delicious! We’ve been making icebox cakes for years and not only are they so easy (here is my Graham Cracker Lemon Icebox Cake), but they are crowd pleasers. Everyone loves them.
Another wonderful thing about Icebox Cakes is how versatile they are – you can also use chocolate wafer cookies (I like this kind) or graham crackers, and I’ve also tried using Oreo Thins – those work well and add another layer of creaminess. You can also flavor the whipped cream – I’ve tried mint whipped cream (with chocolate wafers) and also lemon whipped cream (with graham crackers).
Have you made an Icebox Cake before? If not you’ll love this simple Creamy Vanilla Icebox Cake. Give it a try! I like to make it on a cake stand and chill it for 6-8 hours.
Creamy Vanilla Icebox Cake
Ingredients
Vanilla Whipped Cream
- 4 cups heavy whipping cream, chilled (1 quart)
- 5 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or paste
Ingredients for Cake
- 1 box (family size – 15 oz) Nilla Wafers or other wafer cookies
- 1-2 cups berries for topping
Instructions
- Get out a cake stand or other cake pan you'd like to use for the cake. Set aside.
- In a large metal bowl, pour the cold heavy whipping cream. Add the white sugar and let sit for 1 minute for sugar to dissolve. Then add vanilla.
- Whip the cold whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
- Spoon a large heap of whipped cream into bottom of the cake stand or cake pan. Spread evenly across bottom.
- On top of cream layer, add Nilla Wafer cookies in a single layer (If you have a pan with edges, break them as needed to form to the shape of your pan – small gaps are okay.)
- Repeat by adding another cream layer, then another layer of Nilla Wafers until you are out of cookies or have as many layers as you'd like. Finish the top with a thick layer of whipped cream.
- Place in the fridge and chill for 6-8 hours (or overnight).
- When ready to serve, top with fresh berries. Cut to serve and enjoy!
I hope you love this Creamy Vanilla Icebox Cake – let me know if you decide to make it too! Click here to see my other dessert recipes and tag me with photos if you make this @plumstreetcollective on Instagram. Thanks!
