| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 15 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup diced strawberries, plus sliced strawberries for topping
- 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 chocolate wafer cookies
- 1/2 small banana, sliced
- Chocolate syrup or sauce, for topping
- 2 tablespoons chopped toasted peanuts, for topping (optional)
- 2 maraschino cherries, for topping (optional)
Instructions
- In a blender, puree the diced strawberries with 1 to 2 tablespoons water until thick and smooth. Using an electric mixer, whip the cream until soft peaks form, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and strawberry puree and continue whipping until slightly stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes.
- For each dessert, place a chocolate cookie on a plate. Dollop with 1 tablespoon of the strawberry whipped cream; gently press another cookie on top. Repeat, alternating cookies and whipped cream, to make a stack 6 cookies high, ending with a cookie. Wrap lightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until the cookies soften slightly, 3 to 4 hours. Cover and refrigerate the remaining whipped cream.
- Just before serving, use an offset spatula or butter knife to smooth the sides of the cakes. Top each cake with a few strawberry and banana slices and some of the remaining whipped cream. Drizzle with chocolate syrup. Sprinkle with peanuts and top with a maraschino cherry.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 2 servings |
| Calories | 504 |
| Total Fat | 32 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Carbohydrates | 52 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 34 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 82 mg |
| Sodium | 234 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 2 servings |
| Calories | 504 |
| Total Fat | 32 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Carbohydrates | 52 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 34 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 82 mg |
| Sodium | 234 mg |
Reviews
Everyone loved it! Easy recipe that looks very impressive. The hardest part is making sure the wafer cookies aren’t broken in the package. Since the recipe claims it’s for two servings I doubled it to be able to use the whole package of chocolate wafer cookies (made 8 cakes, 5 cookies each).
You can swap toppings for whatever you have or prefer. I skipped the bananas, cherries and chocolate syrup and instead topped with remaining diced strawberries, raspberries, drizzled melted chocolate and toasted sliced almonds.