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Lemon Blueberry Icebox Cake

During the spring and summer months, the last thing I want to do is heat up the house turning on the oven. While I love baking, I’m a big fan of the no-bake desserts. You can find plenty circulating in magazines, on Instagram, and on Pinterest this time of year. But this lemon blueberry icebox cake is worth the bookmark.

Lemon Blueberry Icebox Cake

Author: Hamilton Beach Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 3 cups heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup sugar, divided
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 jar (10 ounces) lemon curd
  • 15 (2-inch each) ginger snap cookies
  • 3 cups fresh blueberries
  • Blueberries, for garnish
  • Zest of 1 lemon, for garnish

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, with hand or stand mixer on high speed, beat heavy cream, ¼ cup sugar and vanilla extract about 2 to 3 minutes or until soft peaks form. Cover and refrigerate.
  2. In a large bowl, on high speed beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until creamy, about 1 minute. Add lemon curd, beating until well blended.
  3. Stir 2 cups whipped cream into cream cheese mixture and spoon into a 13×9-inch dish.
  4. Layer cookies and blueberries over lemon cream cheese mixture. Top with remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate overnight or until the cookies are softened.
  5. Garnish with blueberries and lemon zest, if desired.

Notes

Serves 18

First, make some fresh whipped cream by beating heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla for about 2 to 3 minutes with your Hamilton Beach hand mixer. When soft peaks form, cover and refrigerate. You could certainly use store-bought whipped cream but since we skipped preheating the oven, we figured we had a little time to spare.

Next, beat cream cheese and sugar for about a minute until the mixture is creamy. Then add lemon curd and continue beating until well blended. Stir two cups of whipped cream into the lemon curd mixture and reserve the rest.

Now it’s time to assemble your “cake.” In the bottom of a 13X9 baking dish spread the lemon curd/whipped cream mixture. Layer ginger snap cookies on top of the lemon mixture in a single layer. Next, add a heavy-handed layer of fresh blueberries. Top with the remaining whipped cream and refrigerate.

In the refrigerator the ingredients transform into what we know as icebox cake. The cookies absorb some of the moisture from the lemon mixture and soften, creating a cake-like texture.

When the cookies are softened, remove the cake from the fridge and add toppings before serving. We topped ours with even more blueberries and lemon zest, but you could adda few extra gingersnaps, too.

Serve this no-bake cake at a bridal shower, kids’ birthday party, or summer cookout. While this cake may skip the “baking” is definitely doesn’t skip on flavor thanks to the plump, sweet blueberries and spicy gingersnaps. Leave the oven off and let your refrigerator do all the “baking” for you this summer.

Other Test Kitchen recipes you might like:

https://blog.hamiltonbeach.com/fresh-summer-peaches-call-for-homemade-peach-cobbler/

https://blog.hamiltonbeach.com/the-best-and-we-mean-the-best-homemade-blueberry-cobbler-ice-cream/

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Comments

  1. your recipe looks and sounds delicious, love this time of year with blueberries being in season here in the south

  2. Jennifer, it’s really delicious. The blueberries and the lemon make it the perfect spring dessert! Let us know how you like it.

  3. What is “store bought whipped cream”? I only know of Cool Whip (not made of cream) and the spray can cream which goes flat in minutes.

    I might try something like this soon. Yum!
    Thanks!

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