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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Chocolate Chip Cookie Icebox Cake


March is a big birthday month for us.  Three out of four of my daughters are born in March and any day now  my first grandchild will be born so we will be celebrating even more birthdays in March.  When I was growing up many years ago my Grandmother used to make icebox cake for special occasions like birthdays using chocolate wafer cookies.  It was always one of my favorite cakes. This is the same idea only using chocolate chip cookies and not making it into a log or cylinder but making it cake shaped. We had this last weekend for one of our birthday celebrations.  Everyone loved it. This was found on Pinterest but is from Martha Stewart Living, July 2011. The original recipe was for the 8 dozen chocolate chip cookies to be homemade but I used food store bakery cookies which were not as good but saved me a lot of time.  Next time I will try making the cookies instead. You have to make this the night before so the cookies get soft.    

Ingredients:
4 cups heavy cream, divided
8 ounces mascarpone cream
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp whiskey (I didn't use because I don't like alcohol flavor in desserts)
8 dozen chocolate chip cookies (about 2" in diameter)
Rainbow sprinkles for garnish

Directions:
  1. Whisk 3 cups heavy cream and the mascarpone cream in a chilled bowl until soft peaks form. Add sugar. Whisk until medium-stiff peaks form. Refrigerate until ready to use.


  2. Arrange 9 cookies in a circle (with cookies touching) on a cake stand or a plate. Place 2 cookies in center. Carefully spread 1 cup cream mixture evenly over cookies, leaving a slight border. Repeat to form 7 more layers, ending with cookies (you'll have a few cookies left over). Refrigerate, lightly draped with plastic wrap, overnight.




    Whisk remaining cup heavy cream until soft peaks form. Spread over top of cake just before serving. Garnish with rainbow sprinkles.


Serves 10.   Keep any leftovers in the refrigerator until serving.

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12 comments:

  1. Looks so cute and yummy! :*) Pinned...thanks for sharing!!
    Have a fabulous day!!

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  2. This looks so cute, and would be great for my daughters birthday. Thank you for sharing.
    Kristen
    www.chickyscafe.com

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  3. I ADORE this! Like, I want to propose to it, marry it, have it's babies, and grow old with it. Is that weird?

    Thanks for linkin' up to What's Cookin' Wednesday! I'm sharing this on my facebook page! :)

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  4. Cute. How would you serve it? Would you cut into it like a regular ice box cake? Or pull the cookies out one by one?

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    1. The cookies get soft and then you slice it like you would a regular cake.

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  5. Hi Susan,
    I love this cake it looks like so much fun and delicious. Have a great St. Patrick's Day and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

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  6. Very pretty! Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party!

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  7. What a unique idea...I've never seen anything like this before. Love it! Thanks for sharing at Weekend Potluck!

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  8. Love this cake! I love the use of cookies :) It also turned out very pretty! Thanks so much for sharing at Tasty Creations :)

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  9. I love this- it looks so good and cute! Thanks!

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  11. Wow I don't have the foggiest idea where to start. Much obliged to you such

    a great amount for my cake it was exactly what I expected Nd it was what I

    wanted.I will be returning to you. I wish you achievement I wish you

    success I adored the environment in your home I implore God keeps you and

    you don't part Amen! Much thanks for the cakes they were excellent , decent

    and new.. ..We truly delighted in them.Much thanks to you I adored it! We

    were overwhelmed by a glorious cake. It looked marvelous. In the wake of

    dishing for kids, everybody hustled back for additional. This was totally

    scrumptious.

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