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Friday, August 19, 2016

broken glass cake

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 1 (3 ounce) package lime flavored jell-o® mix
  • 1 (3 ounce) package orange flavored jell-o® mix
  • 1 (3 ounce) package strawberry flavored jell-o®
  • 3 cups boiling water, divided
  • 3 cups cold water, divided
  • 1 cup canned pineapple juice
  • 1 (.25 ounce) package unflavored gelatin
  • 2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups chilled heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs

  • place lime, orange, and strawberry gelatin mixes into 3 separate 9x9-inch glass dishes.
  • pour 1 cup boiling water into each flavor of gelatin mix; stir the gelatin until dissolved.
  • pour 1 cup cold water into each flavor of gelatin, stir to combine, and refrigerate the 3 flavors of gelatin until set, at least 4 hours.
  • heat pineapple juice in a saucepan until hot but not simmering. stir unflavored gelatin into pineapple juice until dissolved. refrigerate pineapple juice mixture until cool and thickened, about 30 minutes. stir occasionally.
  • mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and brown sugar together in a bowl. set 1 cup of crumb mixture aside for garnish. press remaining 2 cups crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch cake pan to make a crust.
  • pour cream into a large metal mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until the cream is fluffy and forms soft peaks, about 3 minutes. slowly beat sugar into whipped cream, 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time; beat in vanilla extract.
  • cut the different flavors of gelatin into cubes. use a thin spatula to lift the cubes away from the bottom of the dish and loosen them.
  • very gently fold the thickened pineapple juice and gelatin cubes into the whipped cream mixture until thoroughly combined. spoon into the graham cracker crust.
  • sprinkle the cake with reserved graham cracker crumb mixture.
  • refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours to overnight.

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