Brown Sugar Peach Icebox Cake

Brown Sugar Peach Icebox Cake

Yield: 8 servings From Episode 36

A no-fuss make-ahead dessert stacking store-bought pound cake with brown-sugar whipped cream and canned peaches—put together in minutes, then chilled until you serve.

Ingredients

  • One 16-ounce frozen pound cake, thawed
  • One 29-ounce can sliced peaches, drained and juice reserved
  • 1/4 cup peach preserves
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 6 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • Fresh basil, to garnish

Steps

  1. Take the pound cake out of its pan and line the pan with plastic wrap, leaving plenty of overhang.
  2. Cut the cake horizontally into 3 equal slices.
  3. Combine peaches, preserves, salt, and 3 tablespoons brown sugar in a bowl; set aside.
  4. Whip heavy cream with the remaining 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 2 tablespoons reserved peach juice until firm peaks form.
  5. Set one cake slice in the lined pan and press gently. Spread a third of the whipped cream and a thin layer of peach mixture on top. Repeat twice, holding back some peaches for serving.
  6. Cover loosely with the overhanging plastic wrap and chill 3 to 4 hours. Keep any leftover peach mixture.
  7. Lift the cake from the pan using the plastic wrap and discard the wrap. Garnish with basil, slice, and spoon reserved peaches over each serving.