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Do you love strawberries and icebox cake, and pie recipes? Yes! Then you’ll love this no-bake strawberry icebox cake. Perfect for all your fresh strawberries, and makes an awesome dessert. Have you tried some of our favorite cakes and icebox cake recipes before? If not, add them to your lists of recipes to make.
This no-bake strawberry icebox cake; dessert with strawberries is super easy to assemble, pop in the fridge to set up and serve it.
Strawberry Icebox Cake
This icebox cake recipe is really easy. But, if you are looking for other recipes with strawberries, here’s where you can find all our Strawberry Recipes.
I made my first one last year. It was a banana icebox cake. The problem, not everyone in my house loves bananas. I decided to create my recipe with my fresh strawberries. I am a huge strawberry lover. Are you?
As a matter of fact, everyone in my house and family loves strawberries, which made this recipe a winner in our house. I love no-bake desserts for when it’s too hot to bake. You might remember our tiramisu affogato recipe? It’s another good no-bake dessert to check out.
Pick up a box of Vanilla wafers, 2 containers of heavy whipping cream, and lots of fresh, yummy strawberries, then…
How to make Strawberry Icebox Cake
Rinse them off and set them aside to dry.
Ingredients you need for strawberry icebox cake
Vanilla Wafers(1-11 oz. box or bigger). If you prefer a strawberry pie with a graham cracker crust, you might like our otherstrawberry icebox pie.
Strawberries 2-3 baskets
Heavy Whipping Cream 6 ounces (2-3 oz. cartons or 1-3 oz. carton + 1 Cool Whip)
Delicious no bake cake recipes made in the icebox.This strawberry icebox cake is easy to make for a dessert. Make ahead and serve! Everyone will love it!
Prep Time20 minutes
Additional Time4 hours
Total Time4 hours20 minutes
Ingredients
Vanilla Wafers 1 large box or more
Strawberries 2-3 baskets
Heavy Whipping Cream 6 ounces, 2-3 oz. cartons
A softened cube of butter
Pam non stick cooking spray
Vanilla 2 tsp.
Confectioners Sugar 1 cup
Cool Whip
Instructions
Pre spray your 9 x 13 baking dish with Pam *or another non stick spray.
Wash, dry and hull your strawberries. Set them aside.
Crush 2 cups of Vanilla Wafers in a mixing bowl. (reserve rest for layering)
Add 2-1/2 melted tablespoons of butter to your crushed wafers and stir. Next dump them into your baking dish and press flat covering the entire bottom of the dish.
In a large (chilled) mixing bowl whip up one of your cartons or 3oz. of whipping cream until the whipping cream peaks. Next add vanilla and confectioners sugar. Whip until peaks again. Cover and set into fridge until needed.
Cut your strawberries into slices.
Begin to assemble by layering strawberries, whip cream, wafers, whip cream, strawberries for final layer before topping.
For the topping: take half a container of Cool Whip or mix up more whipping cream. For the whipping cream topping mix whipping cream with Confectioners Sugar (1 cup)
and Vanilla (2 tsp.) (omit sugar & vanilla if using the Cool Whip).
Then add a half cup to one cup of chopped strawberries that have been muddled a little (just smash them a bit) Next mix it together with your whipped topping. Add this final whipped strawberry layer to the top of the strawberry icebox cake, then top with extra strawberries and Vanilla Wafers.
Be sure to set your finished icebox cake in the fridge to set up at least 4 hours!
Notes
The reason I topped with Cool Whip is because I ran out of whipping cream to do the final layer. I just happened to have one in the freezer so I let it thaw and used it. No matter if the top layer is Cool Whip or Whip Cream it will be fine. If using Cool Whip you will not have to sweeten or add the vanilla. You will still add strawberries to the top layer.
Be sure to set your finished icebox cake in the fridge to set up at least 4 hours!
This no bake dish can be made the night before.
Cover the dish with saran wrap prior to storing in the refrigerator.
See, that wasn’t hard. After it sets up in the fridge, it’s so easy to serve.
The vanilla wafer cookies soften into a cake-like yum, the strawberries and cream all mixed together make for one of the best, delicious strawberry icebox cake recipes! If you have never tried an ice-box cake with vanilla wafers, you should.
This is one that I can actually succeed at making I think! Pinning:) And I will share with you once I finally do it… haha.
Hi Joanna, I have total faith in you that you can make this easy recipe. Can’t wait to see it when you do!
YUMMY !!
Who wouldn’t love this awesome cake?!
I’d eat it straight from the pan with a teaspoon 🙂
Hi Winnie, Thank you! Hope you made it by the party to share your recipes with us.