Easy Chocolate Icebox Cake

  5.0 – 3 reviews  

This stunning icebox cake simply requires 5 basic ingredients. It is best to prepare it the day before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Additional Time: 8 hrs
Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8 to 10
Yield: 1 (8×4-inch) ice cream cake

Ingredients

  1. 3 cups heavy cream
  2. 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  3. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  4. 1 ½ (13.1 ounce) packages thin chocolate cream sandwich cookies, such as Oreo Thins

Instructions

  1. Line an 8×4-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, allowing the wrap to hang over the sides completely.
  2. Place cream in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract; continue to beat until soft-medium peaks form. Reserve 1 cup of whipped cream and refrigerate until ready to use.
  3. Place a thin layer of whipped cream in the bottom of the prepared pan. Reserve 2 cookies for garnish. Add a layer of cookies over the cream, breaking any cookies as necessary to fill in any empty spaces; top with 1/4 of remaining cream. Top with another layer of cookies and another 1/4 of remaining cream. Repeat the process two more times until all the cream is used. Top with remaining cookies, pressing them into the cream.
  4. Wrap the plastic around the loaf and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
  5. Unwrap cake and invert onto a serving plate. Top cake with reserved whipped cream. Crush reserved 2 cookies and sprinkle on top as garnish; slice and serve as desired.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 517 kcal
Carbohydrate 46 g
Cholesterol 81 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Protein 5 g
Saturated Fat 19 g
Sodium 228 mg
Sugars 29 g
Fat 36 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Matthew Adams
SO Good! My daughters helped make this recipe for a bbq we were attending. They devoured it before i could get a picture. It came together easy and tasted delicious. Definitely going to make this again.
Gary Powell
Simple to make & deliciously light.
Kristi Haley
So easy to prep and it looks amazing when you cut it into slices. Yum!

 

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