Grandma's Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake - Layered Whipped Cream Cake Recipe

Grandma's Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake has layers of whipped cream and chocolate wafer cookies to form an easy icebox cake.

Grandma's Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake - Layered Whipped Cream Cake Recipe

Grandma's Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake has been a family staple at every holiday for decades. This layered whipped cream cake recipe has only three ingredients including heavy whipping cream, sugar and chocolate wafer cookies.

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time12 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: grandma's famous chocolate wafer icebox cake, icebox cake with chocolate wafers, layered whipped cream cake, old fashioned icebox cake, whipped cream cake

Servings: servings

Calories: 178kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

1 pints heavy whipping cream, chilled
1 - 2 Tablespoons sugar
9 ounces thin chocolate wafer cookies

Instructions

Beat heavy whipping cream into soft peaks; add sugar, starting with 1 tablespoon, and continue to whip until medium firm peaks form. Taste, and add additional sugar, if desired.
In a 13x9 inch baking dish, smear a small amount of whipped cream on the bottom. Layer chocolate wafer cookies so they touch but do not overlap. Layer half the remaining whipped cream, and then one more layer of wafer cookies. Top with remaining whipped cream.
Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before serving.

Notes

Whip the heavy whipping cream until it holds a medium to stiff peak. If it's too loose, your whipped cream ice box cake will be runny.
Powdered sugar can be used for regular white sugar when sweetening the whipped cream. I prefer a not so sweet whipped cream for this icebox cake, but you can make yours as sweet as you like.
Any thin chocolate cookie will work if you can't find chocolate wafer cookies.
When layering, I like to put a tiny smear on the bottom of the dish so that the cookies stay in place.
Layer as many layers as you like; however, 1 pint of heavy whipping cream and 1 package of Nabisco chocolate wafer cookies typically will give you 2 layers of cookies and 2 layers of whipped cream (plus a tiny layer at the very bottom for stability).
Love whipped cream? Try this Oreo Fluff recipe.
Please note that the carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on the products you use. The auto-calculation is an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.

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