Chocolate Wafer Ice Box Cake With Fresh Strawberries

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 (9 ounce) package chocolate wafer cookies (or, make your own!)
• 2 pints strawberries, 3/4 of them sliced (the rest for on top)
• unsweetened cocoa (or chocolate shavings)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, beat cream, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form.
• 2 on a flat serving plate, arrange 7 cookies side by side in a circle, keeping 1 cookie in the center.
• 3 spread with 1/2 cup whipped cream, making a 7-inch circle. leave the tips of the cookies showing.
• 4 spread layer of strawberries.
• 5 repeat with remaining ingredients, making 5 layers of cookies and 5 layers of strawberries and ending with a layer of cream.
• 6 crumble any leftover cookies.
• 7 top with whole strawberries and cookie crumbles.
• 8 cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• 9 to serve, dust top lightly with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings.
• 10 time does not include overnight refrigeration. the refrigeration is important so the cookies go soft and cut easily.