Monday, August 8, 2011

Strawberry Ice Box Cake

 I rarely try recipes from cooking magazines these days because I have so many selections from cookboos that I own, also from previous old recipe collections of mine, the Internet, and even better, recipes from my foodie friends' blogs which I could be trying out every single day. I also have the newest issues of Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, and Food and Wine, but for now, those are just reading materials for now until I can catch up with all the others.
For the tutorial video, with the proper round wafers...click: Strawberry Ice Box Cake
I'm linking the Strawberry Ice Box Cake to: 
 Hearth and Soul Hop #60 @Zesty South Indian Kitchen
So what's wrong with this dessert?...the wafer cookies!...the directions!
I bought the August, 2011 issue of Woman's Day, at the checkout isle, from my local Publix supermarket, and I was so thrilled with all the light summer recipes, as in my previous post with the Watermelon Feta salad. I still want to try a few more recipes in this issue, but I have to resolve this wafer, and directions problem first. I was looking for a good quality of chocolate wafer cookies...the ones I remember, from 20 or 30 years ago, that were such high quality for ice-box cakes. No Luck!
I had no other choice than to buy a much less quality wafers, that turned out to be a dry, tasteless, soggy tasting mess, that totally ruined my yummy, tasty, and healthy frozen delight!
I will post the recipe, as it is in the magazine, and you be the judge as to what went wrong, besides the tasteless wafer cookies. We enjoyed the frozen delight...minus the wafers. I will make this again, now that I googled the wafers, and found out that I can actually buy Nabisco wafer cookies online! While I was googling, just check this awesome recipe out on this site with Oreo Fridge Cake
This also is a must try for me!


Here are the list of ingredients you will be needing for this recipe:

One pkg. of chocolate wafer cookies
heavy cream,for whipped cream
1 lb. fresh strawberries
gelatine
Fat free Greek yogurt
pure vanilla essence




Strawberry Ice Box Cake
Woman's Day magazine, Aug. 2011 issue

Line the bottom of an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides.






In a food processor, pulse l lb. hulled strawberries, with 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 tsp. pure vanilla until smooth.
















Transfer 1/4 cup of the strawberry mixture to a small saucepan, and sprinkle
1 1/4-oz unflavored gelatin, from a 1 oz. box
Cook over low heat, stir occasionally for about 2 minutes. Transfer the gelatin mixture to the food processor, and pulse to continue.



For the cream filling:

1 1/4 cups heavy cream
1 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt

Add the 1 cup fat-free yogurt to the heavy cream.








Beat the yogurt and heavy cream in a large bowl, until stiff peaks form... just like in the photo on the right!







Fold the strawberry mixture into the yogurt-cream mixture until fully incorporated.











Arrange 3 cookies (I added 4) on the bottom, spacing them evenly.
Placing 3 cookies against each long side of the pan.
(this is the part that seems confusing)

Note: When you do this process, you would have to cut the cookies in half, which I did, but it did not come out right.
Also, the type of cookies does make the difference.
Maybe with Oreos, would this work well.


OK...so here's the way it looks after adding the creamed mixture. The cookies disappeared....floating around somewhere on the bottom, the sides?...don't know!

Just noticed: Go to,
for instructional video, which I did not go to!
(also, now it makes sense. They used the round wafers. Problem solved...LOL)

Cover with aluminum foil, and freeze up to 8 hrs.
When ready to serve, Invert the cake unto a cutting board, remove pan, and parchment, and cut slices, crosswise!
So there you go...learn something new every day! No Top 9 for this either, but that's OK!
I buzz everybody, as I go down the list, but even when I get 97 buzz, which I got on my Rosemary Focaccia...still could not get into Top 9. Sorry for griping, just wanted to get it off my chest!
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37 comments:

Petra said...

Isteni! Nagyon tetszik ez a recept, gyorsan, egyszerűen, szuperfinomat. :))))

Three-Cookies said...

Good to hear that most of the cake was salvageable. Wafers and ice cream is usually nice but as you say the quality let you down. Yes probably no FB top 9 for this one!

Sandra said...

Very refreshing cake, interesting!I love strawberry and chocolate wafer cookies combo!

Junia said...

ahhh what a fun way to make a cake! the oreo one looks sooooo good. :D

Angie's Recipes said...

wow I love this ice cream cake! Sorry to hear about the lousy waffles..but hey..your homemade ice cream looks lipsmackingly good!

laurie said...

that oreo cake is delicous, I've made that,, too bad about the wafers,, who would think there would be much difference in such a simple cookie,

Parsley Sage said...

Sorry the waffles were poopy! If its any consolation it looks DELICIOUS! Your ice cream sounds amazing too :) Well done!

Christine's Pantry said...

Refreshing cake... yum!

Becka (The Elegant Eggplant) said...

How beautiful!!!

Dzoli said...

This looks absolutely scrumptious.Strawberies look amazing on the top:)

Nami | Just One Cookbook said...

Whoa! This looks AMAZING Elizabeth! I love strawberry ice cream...and this is a cake version. I'd love the waffles and always eat with waffle cone or waffle cookies like these!

Patty said...

I have no clue what you did but I love getting these in my mailbox...this looks amazing...I don't even think I could begin to think about making it...

scrambledhenfruit said...

Anything with "Icebox" in the title has my vote right now! :) So sorry you had trouble finding the cookies you wanted for it. It still looks yummy!

Kelly @ Eat Yourself Skinny said...

Wow this looks fantastic!! What a great recipe, yummy! :)

mangiabella said...

i just adore the thought of icebox cake ~ I love the ones with whipped cream and the nabisco chocolate wafers, the really thin ones - and my father told me about one that can be made with chocolate pudding and graham crackers....i hope to try it soon....my grocery store doesn't have the old school thin wafers either...going to check out your link online! lovely post bella

Lizzy said...

Oh, so sorry the wafers were nasty, Lizzie. I can usually find the Nabisco Famous Wafers around here...but they are often out of stock, too. I'm glad you found them on-line b/c this looks like it would be a fabulous dessert! Off to bed...good night :) xo

Lin Ann said...

Awww, that's too bad. But thanks for the warning! When I noticed this in my updates I had to stop by because my mom used to make a freezer cake, but with chocolate and cream filling of some kind and graham crackers. This is making me crave it! I'll have to ask her for the recipe. Well, all the ingredients here sound so yummy, I hope it turns out better next time with the right crackers!

Shabs said...

Hey Elisabeth , the pics looks awesome , I love anything with strawberries in them and I think all of your recipes should be there among the top 9 coz I have tried most of your recipes and have gotten wonderful results , didn't find the need to change anything in it .

The Harried Cook said...

Ooops... It's awful that the cookies were no good! But the ice box cake look delicious! I think I should try it sometime... especially cos it has strawberries in it... thanks for sharing :)

Peggy said...

Sorry that the wafers didn't work out in this cake! But it just gives you a reason to try it again with the new ones =)

Jay said...

gorgeous pics....love d strawberry flavor..:)
Tasty Appetite

Bianka said...

Nagyon finom és ötletes

Pacheco Patty said...

The strawberry part of your cake looks so good, sorry the wafers were disappointing in your dessert, maybe next time leave out the wafers and serve your lovely cake with cookies on the side;-)

Kathy said...

Elizabeth, This really looks delicious even if you used a different cookie...sorry they got a bit soggy. The ingredients in this sound so wonderful....greek yogurt and fresh strawberries...yum!

mellissina2 said...

Elizabeth,nagyon kérek ebből a tortából!!!!!
Pár napja vagyok itthon! Nyaraltunk!!!!

Alea Milham said...

What a fun idea! Thank your for sharing it with The Hearth and Soul Hop.

Brenda said...

Elisabeth, I just love icebox cakes but I already know we can only get "no name" chocolate wafer cookies. I've never seen the Nabisco ones up here. I like your idea of using Oreos, now those we can get! It really does sound and look delicious. Frozen desserts are so good this time of year!

Veronica's Kitchen said...

The cake looks so pretty and refreshing. I hope you have better luck with the wafer next time. Can you put the wafter last just before serving so it won't get soggy or lay a layer of cake in between the cream and wafer may help????

Elisabeth said...

Veronica-that is a great suggestion, but unfortunately the wafer I was able to get was not a good quality. I googled the brand that I was not able to find, and I will be able to order that online. Also, as in the video, they used a round wafer which was not mentioned in the recipe!
Good advice...thanks for mentioning it!

Chic & Gorgeous Treats said...

May I have a slice? Strawberries, and made into ice cream with dark choco waffers can be my go to meal. Yumm and fantastic step by step guidance ;) I'm in envy now .. Jill Colonna's Mad About Macaroons is one book that I've not manage to get my hands on. Take care.. Hugssss

Monet said...

I have always had a hard time finding wafers too. I'm glad to know we can order them! I may have to try this once I get my own box. Thank you for sharing another delightful treat, sweet friend. I hope you had a great Tuesday. I'm looking forward to a week of good food and baking. Take care and much love

Swathi said...

Strawberry Ice box cake looks dleicious. I love strawberries with greek yogrut and heavy cream rich and awesome.

Swathi said...

Thanks for sharing this delicious fabulous recipe to Hearth and soul blog hop.

Tina (PinayInTexas) said...

If I have seen this post of yours yesterday when I was trying to decide what to do with my overripe strawberries, I could have made this cake instead of the panna cotta. It looks divine (even with that dry & tasteless wafer). :)

Mari said...

Good wafers or not it looks great! I am sure it tastes as delicious as it looks. You are so creative :)

Michael Toa said...

I still never had ice box cake to this day. That needs to change!! This is simply wonderful.

Miz Helen said...

Elizabeth,
I can't stop looking at this Strawberry Ice Box Cake. It just looks so delicious, cool and inviting for a summertime dessert. Thanks for sharing and have a great evening!
Miz Helen