No-Bake Blueberry Icebox Cake – Recipe!

Cool, creamy and studded with fruit — No-Bake Blueberry Icebox Cake with Shaved Dark Chocolate is the answer to a delicious dessert on a hot summer day or evening.

Whether it’s burning hot where you live or you’re just not into baking, making an icebox cake should be right up your alley.  Icebox Cakes are those desserts many grandmas used to put together when you went for a visit, yet today they are quite popular.  Layering cookies or sweet crackers with whipped cream, and fresh fruit make up this delicious dessert.  It’s a refreshing sweet treat that takes minutes to prepare, and well worth the short amount of time in the kitchen.

I chose Graham Crackers to use for the base in this Icebox Cake because I had plenty in my pantry and they are relatively easy to come by for most of us.  Heavy cream, whipped with a touch of powdered sugar, and a splash of vanilla are another set of ingredients we often have on hand, or can find easily enough.  A basket or two of berries, especially blueberries seem to be available everywhere right now, but you could always substitute frozen fruit, just defrost it first and drain it well, you don’t want to make the cream soupy.

Layering in a casserole dish or pie pan is where it all begins with crackers, cream, and berries and then repeating with more crackers, cream, and berries.  A shaving of dark chocolate on top makes this treat a little more desirable after dinner to some and definitely pleases the chocolate lovers at the table.

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Ingredients

12 Graham Crackers, full size

2 cups heavy cream

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pint blueberries, washed

1 ounce dark chocolate

(Serves 8)

To Prepare:

1. In a stand mixer or large bowl, beat cream on high until frothy.  Add powdered sugar and vanilla, continue to beat until firm peaks.
2. In an 8 x 8 casserole dish, add a thin layer of cream to bottom of dish, followed by a layer of Graham Crackers (break to fit along sides).
3. Layer with 1/3 of cream and berries.  Repeat twice more – crackers, cream, berries.  Wrap with plastic and refrigerate for at least 5 hours, up to overnight.
4. Remove wrap and shave with chocolate.  Slice and serve, Enjoy!