Chocolate-Cherry Icebox Cake
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Three 9-ounce packages chocolate wafer cookies (or make your own!)
- Two 10-ounce bags frozen pitted cherries (sour cherries preferred)
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- Unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting
- For the icebox cake: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat together the cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
- Transfer to a large resealable freezer bag or a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip.
- (If using a freezer bag, snip off a corner when ready to pipe.)
- Arrange an even layer of cookies in a 9-inch springform pan (or on a large flat plate).
- Spread the cookies with a 1/4-inch layer of whipped cream, leaving a narrow border at the edges.
- Repeat with the remaining cookies and cream; there should be 7 to 8 cookie layers total.
- End with a layer of whipped cream and then pipe cream on top in concentric circles to simulate a bumpy cake.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
- For the cherry sauce: Bring the cherries, sugar and 2/3 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring often.
- Stir together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water in a small bowl until smooth.
- Stir the cornstarch slurry into the boiling cherry mixture.
- Return to a boil and cook until thickened, stirring constantly, about 1 minute.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
- Puree in a blender or with an immersion blender.
- To serve, dust the top of the icebox cake with cocoa powder and drizzle with cherry sauce.
heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, three, cherries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, cocoa powder
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/amanda-freitag/chocolate-cherry-icebox-cake.html (may not work)