Whipped Strawberry Icebox Cake (No Bake!)

By MaryEllen

Ingredients

• 12 oz cream cheese
• 4 cups heavy cream, divided
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 4 cups diced strawberries
• Nilla Wafers Cookies (15 oz)
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 drop red food coloring (optional)

Details

Servings 15
Adapted from spendwithpennies.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Cream together cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice until soft and fluffy.
Add 3 cups heavy cream and beat on medium until thickened and fluffy. Gently fold strawberries into the whipped cream mixture.
Place a single layer of vanilla wafers in a 9x13 pan. Top with ⅓ of the cream mixture. Repeat layers 2 more times.

Combine remaining cup of heavy cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and food coloring if using. Beat on medium high until thickened. Spread over icebox cake. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Top with additional strawberries and serve.