Patriotic Icebox Cake Recipe
Patriotic Icebox Cake Recipe
I love browsing Pinterest and looking at all the beautifully decorated Cakes . Truth be told I SUCK at cake decorating.
When I do make a cake I am usually embarrassed to present it to my family let alone the whole internet!
A few summers back I discovered an icebox cake recipe where you layer ice cream sandwiches and various toppings. It looks complicated, but this icebox cake recipe honestly couldn’t be more easy to put together.
My version uses red and blue ice cream for an even more stunning presentation. Now you can wow your guests at your 4th of July picnic without slaving (or stressing) over piping a cake!
Let me show you how.
Patriotic Icebox Cake Recipe
- 12 Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
- 16 oz Whipped Topping, divided(I used Cool Whip Extra Creamy)
- ¼ cup Vanilla Wafers,crushed
- 1 box Vanilla Instant Pudding
- Red and Blue Food Coloring
- Mix 8 oz of cool whip with the pudding packet. Fold in vanilla wafers.
- Divide this mixture in half. Add the desired amount of red food coloring to one half, and the desired amount of blue to other half.
- On a cookie sheet or other flat tray, stack four ice cream sandwiches. Cover with the blue cool whip topping. Be careful not to go too far over the sides of the ice cream sandwiches.
- Top with 4 more ice cream sandwiches. Cover these with the red cool whip.
- Top with 4 more ice cream sandwiches. Cover this with the container of plain (white) cool whip.
- Freeze for at least 2-3 hours before serving.
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Other Patriotic Desserts from Blogs I love:
Patriotic Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Barkvia Crazy for Crust
Red, White, and Blue Donuts via Taste and Tell
Red, White, and Blue Pinwheels via Just a Taste
Patriotic Banana Cream Pie via Secret Life of a Chef’s Wife
Blue Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies via Spachet the Spatula
Have you ever made an icebox cake recipe? What is your favorite dessert to wow guests?
This looks really gorgeous! I would celebrate my country anytime with this beautiful cake!
Soooo creative and delicious. I am sure everyone you serve this to gives you plenty of oooo’s and aaaaa’s!!
Thank you Betsy!
How pretty. I forgot all about the ice cream sandwich cake. I used to do it with chocolate and caramel syrup, messy but so delicious!!
Thanks Marcia! Oh yum I love caramel syrup!
Very cute and easy! Great idea for a 4th of July picnic!
So much easier than it looks! Thanks Carrie!
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Wow! It looks like it’s hard to do, but it’s really not. Such a cool cake!
I know right! Way easier than it looks.
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What size box of pudding?
Hi Kelly,
It was the smaller size 3.8 oz. 🙂
That cake is so gorgeous I don’t even know if I would eat it! I think it would be fun to make this but all pink for a little girls bday!
Hi Madaline,
I know right? Its such a shame to ruin it. Love your idea of making it with pink!
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This cake looks amazing! I’m loving the layered color of the cake. Colors could really bring attraction to the food. I believe this tastes good too.
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