snowball cake
This cake is a very light, very tasty dessert. It takes about 20-30 minutes to prepare, including the cool-down time of the gelatin. It can be decorated however you like with fruit or coconut (as we do) and be a birthday or holiday cake your guests will love and ask you for the recipe. My mother-in-law introduced me to this on my first visit and it's become a tradition since.
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prep time
40 Min
cook time
method
No-Cook or Other
yield
Can serve 10+ depending on Angel food cake size and portion sizes. Great for leftovers!
Ingredients
- 1 package gelatin
- dash salt
- 4 tablespoons cool water
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 large lemon juice, fresh
- 1 pint whipped cream
- 1 package angel food cake, premade
- 1 or 2 cans whipped topping (i used ready whip)
- - coconut, unsweetened
How To Make snowball cake
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Step 1Dissolve 1 pkg of Gelatin in 4 Tbs cool/cold water
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Step 2Add 1 cup boiling water, stirring well to dissolve the gelatin. Add dash of salt.
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Step 3Add 1 cup orange juice, 1 lemon, juiced with pits removed, and 1 cup sugar.
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Step 4Let mixture partially set. If in the fridge, keep an eye on it as you do not want it to fully set in the container you're using to mix.
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Step 5While it's cooling, tear apart 1 large angel food cake into bite size pieces. Line large bowl with waxed paper
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Step 6In the liquid mixture, fold in 1 pint of whipped cream. Don't forget this step like I did the first time I made it!
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Step 7In the bowl with the waxed paper, put in a layer of the torn pieces of Angel Food Cake - about 1/2 depending on how big your cake is and how big your bowl is.. Pour the same approximate amount of the gelatin mixture over the cake pieces slowly so it can soak in some. Repeat the layers.
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Step 8Cover with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to set up overnight. Unmold onto a plate, ice with more whipped cream, garnish with coconut or other favorite fruit or toppings. For us, we love coconut but the grandkids don't so we only put it on 1/2!
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