Strawberry Icebox Cake For One
This strawberry icebox cake for one is a no-bake layered dessert with a sweet cream cheese filling and fresh strawberries. It chills for a few hours until the graham crackers soften into soft, cake-like layers.
Servings: 1 serving
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ounces cream cheese - softened to room temperature
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 sheets graham crackers (1 ounce/30 g)
- ½ cup sliced strawberries
Instructions
- Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
- In a separate bowl, whip the cold heavy cream until stiff peaks form, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until blended.
- Place a layer of graham crackers in the bottom of a 10-ounce ramekin or dessert dish, breaking them to fit as needed.
- Spread half of the filling evenly over the graham crackers.
- Top with half of the sliced strawberries.
- Add a second layer of graham crackers over the strawberries.
- Spread the remaining filling over the crackers.
- Arrange the rest of the sliced strawberries on top.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight, until the graham crackers soften into cake-like layers.
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Notes
Chill for at least 3 hours. The graham crackers need time in the cold to soften into cake-like layers. Three hours is the minimum, and overnight gives you the softest texture.
Start with cold cream and a chilled bowl. Cold heavy cream whips faster and holds stiff peaks longer. Pull the cream straight from the refrigerator, and chill your bowl and beaters for a few minutes first if you have time.
Stop whipping at stiff peaks. Whip just until the cream holds its shape and the peaks stand up. Going past that point turns the cream grainy and you lose the smooth, airy texture.
Use a 10-ounce ramekin. This size gives you the right depth for two cracker layers with filling and strawberries between them. A similar dessert dish or small bowl with straight sides works too.
If doubling the recipe, use either two 10-ounce ramekins or one 5x5-inch baking dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 727kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 63g | Saturated Fat: 39g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 192mg | Sodium: 224mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 2519IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 1mg
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