Oh that's a mess isn't it? It's also very delicious.
See, for the Amazing Turnip Girl's birthday, being in July, we do either ice box cakes or ice cream treats.
This year has been well, interesting. To say the absolute least.
She asked for a "Twinkie Cherry Cheesecake". And I was going to give her whatever she wanted.
So that meant coming up with a recipe for an icebox Twinkie Cherry Cheesecake.
Recipe first! Then all the story.
TG's Twinkie Cherry Cheesecake
- 1 box of Twinkies, sliced in half across the top, lengthwise. (so both sides have the round top and flat bottom and creamy filling)
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 can tart cherries packed in water (drained
- 1 box cheesecake flavored instant pudding
- 1 8 oz brick cream cheese
- 1.5 cups of milk
- whipped topping or whipped cream
Mix cherries.
Blend together milk, instant pudding and cream cheese.
Blend together milk, instant pudding and cream cheese.
In a 9x13x2 inch pan, put a layer of twinkies, cream side up.
Spread cherries on top.
Second layer of Twinkies
Spread cheesecake layer on that.
Cover and put in the fridge for at least 4 hour. Serve with a spoon and add whipped topping as you like.
It's honestly just that simple. No cooking involved.
So icebox cakes, as per the name, started before refrigerators were affordable and common. Most recipes are teeth achingly sweet though. Which makes sense. When it's very warm, we want sugar for the energy rush, or at least that's the theory.
That said, I definitely needed this cake to not be too sweet, which is why I added the can of tart water packed cherries to the pie filling layer and the whole brick of cream cheese to the cheesecake layer. That helped balance out the sweetness of the Twinkies.
Honestly, it was DELICIOUS. I was kind of impressed. TG was thrilled of course, and the rest of my family enjoyed it a lot.
Cover and put in the fridge for at least 4 hour. Serve with a spoon and add whipped topping as you like.
It's honestly just that simple. No cooking involved.
So icebox cakes, as per the name, started before refrigerators were affordable and common. Most recipes are teeth achingly sweet though. Which makes sense. When it's very warm, we want sugar for the energy rush, or at least that's the theory.
That said, I definitely needed this cake to not be too sweet, which is why I added the can of tart water packed cherries to the pie filling layer and the whole brick of cream cheese to the cheesecake layer. That helped balance out the sweetness of the Twinkies.
Honestly, it was DELICIOUS. I was kind of impressed. TG was thrilled of course, and the rest of my family enjoyed it a lot.