It was just a matter of time, wasn’t it? What with all those mason jar projects I’ve been tackling as my surgered finger heals.
It’s been a good run.
Well, some of my loyal readers may think otherwise. You don’t fool me. I can hear your sarcasm dripping thick in the comment threads …
I thought I had another brilliant mason jar idea up my sleeve: recreating one of my favorite childhood desserts in a mason jar. An ice box cake. And this recipe couldn’t be any easier to make. I mean, it only has four ingredients:
1. Chocolate Wafers
2. Heavy Whipping Cream
3. Sugar
4. Vanilla Extract
The super simple recipe can be found on the side of the box. It amounts to combining the heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl and whipping it up with a mixer until it forms peaks. Then you simply spread some whipped cream on a wafer. Put a wafer on top. Spread more whipped cream on that wafer and so on and so on …
My idea was to layer the whipped cream and wafers in the mason jar. You know, a dollop of whipped cream, followed by a wafer, followed by a dollop of whipped cream, followed by a wafer …. layered all the way until I hit the top.
But the whipped cream wouldn’t dollop neatly in the jar. And it smudged all over the sides. And you couldn’t see the wafers. They got lost in a sea of whipped cream dollops ….
In the end, it was just a big messy jar of wafers and whipped cream. Granted, a deliciously-scrumptious-melt-in-your-mouth messy jar of whipped cream and chocolate wafers.
So I was forced to go with plan B. Just stacking them up on a platter …
… to make little single serve ice box cakes. Single serve little ice box cakes that my teen son devoured in two bites.
And I’m thinking this fail may be a sign. You know, a sign that screams STOP IT WITH ALL THE MASON JAR PROJECTS ALREADY!
Yeah, they’re wearing thin on me too. Maybe I should start a burlap projects series …
Or book pages …
or …
or …
If you’re NOT sick of mason jar projects, you can find even more at my Mason Jar Project Gallery here …
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Or maps? mod podge? the world is your oyster… 🙂
xo Heidi
PS — those wouldn’t have lasted in my home either!
Why don’t you give yourself a real challenge? You know, a project that combines mason jars, burlap, book pages, and pallets? 😉
Those are pretty darn cute I agree, but anything edible is really not a fail in my book. Especially when it’s described as melt in your mouth.
Bliss
Ummm…. those look delicious. Leaning towers of whipped cream and cookies? Sign me up.
And I love your mason jar projects! (Did you whip your own cream? If you put it in a piping bag, you may have been able to get it in the jar without having the sides all smeary-like)
I’m waiting for you to do a tutorial on making a mason jar wine glass that won’t snap apart when you wash it… Some people (me) like to keep it classy like that!
Send the ugly smeared mason jar desserts to me! I’ll take care of ’em!
You made me laugh out loud! I’m making some of these…for my son…on a plate (not that he’d care what they look like) but they look mouth-watering-ly delish!!!!
Oh, and I’m anxiously awaiting the next “series”….burlap, mod podge, interesting things to do with a dozen white bath towels (I’m considering that one myself)…so much wonderful “material” there…no pun intended…of course. xo
I LOVE that cake! I made it last summer for the first time in like 20 years. It was so good! Isn’t it time for the finger to go back to work?
Yum. Sorry they didn’t work in your mason jars but they look great and inviting stacked on that plate.
You had me at the title. 🙂
Love the mini icebox cakes! Totally pinned!
I made Ice Box Cakes in a jar, the recipe called for 1 cup of mint soaked in a cup of whip cream overnight then strained and next whipped with some sugar. That mint was so overpowering. But, I made the dessert, very carefully put a very small dollop of the cream on the cookie and then smushed it a bit, the cream peeks out. Way, way too much mint. Next time I’ll just make a vaniila cream or sprinkle in some instant coffee to the whipped cream. Who doesn’t like the combo of coffee and chocolate?
I’ve never tried it with mint so thanks for the warning!!! 🙂 Linda