Coffee and Cream Icebox Cake
- 1 34 heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 44 nabisco famous chocolate wafers
- 14 cup toasted hazelnuts, finely chopped for garnish
- 14 cup crushed chocolate cookies, wafer crumbs
- Lightly grease a 6-cup loaf pan.
- Line the pan with two pieces of overlapping plastic wrap, allowing the excess to hang over the edges of the pan.
- FOR THE CREAM:
- In a bowl, combine the cream, espresso powder, and sugar, Whisk until the cream holds firm peaks.
- Spoon about two-thirds of the whipped cream into the prepared pan.
- Tap the pan firmly on the counter to even the cream and eliminate any air bubbles.
- FOR THE COOKIES:.
- Starting at a short side of the pan, arrange 11 cookies in the cream, standing them on their edge in a row like dominoes.
- Gently squeeze the cookies together as you go.
- Do the same with a second row of cookies, slightly overlapping the cookies from the second row with the cookies in the first row.
- Continue with two more rows for a total of four rows.
- Press down on the cookies gently.
- Cover them with the remaining cream.
- Smooth the cream with a spatula, gently pressing to make sure any gaps between the cookies are filled.
- Tap the pan on the counter several times to eliminate any air pockets.
- TO SERVE:.
- Cover the cake with the excess plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 24 hours, preferably 2 days.
- When ready to serve, peel the plastic wrap from the top and gently tug on the plastic to loosen the cake from the sides of the pan, Set a cutting board on top of the pan and invert the cake onto the board.
- Lift the pan off and gently peel away the plastic wrap.
- Mix the hazelnuts with the cookie crumbs and sprinkle over the top of the cake.
- Slice carefully with a warm knife.
cream, espresso powder, sugar, chocolate wafers, hazelnuts, chocolate cookies
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coffee-and-cream-icebox-cake-380033 (may not work)