Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar and vanilla; beat until stiff. Spread heaping teaspoonfuls on the cookies. Make six stacks of cookies; turn stacks on edge and place on a serving platter, forming a 14-in.-long cake. , Frost top and sides with remaining whipped cream. Garnish with chocolate curls if desired. Refrigerate for 4-6 hours before serving.

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer using a whisk attachment, whisk the heavy cream and powdered sugar until stiff.
• Crush one-third of the wafers by hand or with a rolling pin inside a resalable plastic bag until they become coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In a round 9-inch springform pan, layer in one-third of the whipped cream, smoothing evenly with a spatula. Then layer half of the remaining flat whole wafers close to each other, then one-third more of the whipped cream, then the remaining whole wafers and finally top with the rest of the whipped cream. Garnish the top of cake with the crushed wafers.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
• Run a paring knife around the springform pan and release the wall of the pan from around the cake. Leave the cake on the bottom of the pan and transfer to a serving dish or cake stand, then slice and serve.

Steps:

• Whip 3 cups of cream with 3 tablespoons sugar and the vanilla until soft peaks form.
• In a 9-by-9-inch cake pan with a removable bottom, spread a layer of whipped cream. Top with a layer of cookies. Continue layering cream and cookies, finishing with a layer of cream, until all the cookies are incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
• Whip remaining 1 1/2 cups cream with remaining tablespoon sugar until soft peaks form. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Remove cake from refrigerator, and unmold. Pipe whipped cream over top and sides. Garnish with chocolate curls. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Beat 3/4 cup cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Spread a long rectangular layer of whipped cream, about 10 inches by 2 inches, onto a serving plate.
• Pour sherry into a flat-bottomed bowl. Dip a wafer cookie quickly into the sherry, spread one side of it with whipped cream, and stand it up on the layer of cream on the serving plate. Position a glass or can to hold the cookie up on the plain side, if necessary.
• Repeat, spreading cream on one side of a cookie and placing it next to the cream-covered side of the previous cookie. Continue until all cookies are used. Cover the cake with aluminum foil and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
• Unwrap the cake. Beat remaining 3/4 cup cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Cover the cake on all sides with whipped cream. Sprinkle with grated chocolate and almonds.

Steps:

• Whip 1 1/2 cups of the cream, 1/4 cup of the confectioners sugar and the vanilla together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until you have soft peaks.
• Stack 6 cookies on top of each other, spreading about 1 tablespoon whipped cream on top of each wafer, and topping the final wafer in the stack with some whipped cream.
• Repeat until you have 6 stacks of 6 wafers.
• Lay the cookie stack on their sides, next to each other, on a rimmed baking sheet to make a 14" log.
• Wrap the log in plastic wrap and freeze till firm, at least 6 hours.
• When ready, combine the remaining 1 1/4 cups heavy cream, the remaining 1/4 cup confectioners sugar, and the cocoa powder in a medium bowl and whip with mixer until it holds stiff peaks.
• Spread the cocoa whipped cream evenly over the log.
• Loosen the cake from the baking sheet with a wide spatula and carefully transfer to a long serving platter.
• Let stand at room temperature for 15-20 min before slicing.
• Sprinkle the nonpareils just before serving because they might bleed from the moisture.

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, beat cream, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. The cake is quite rich, so I prefer not to make the whipped cream too sweet.
• 2. On a flat serving plate, arrange 7 cookies side by side in a circle, keeping 1 cookie in the center.
• 3. Spread whipped cream over cookies, repeating to the height you desire. Some cookies may be broken so I use them to fill in blank spots. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• 4. This recipe can be made as a log, or at Christmas we make it into a wreath. Cut on the bias if you make it this way.