Ice Cream Cake with Cherries (Low-Carb Recipe)
Cherry Jello Ice Cake the perfect easy NO BAKE dessert for summer. Best of all, this cherry ice cake recipe has only 6 ingredients. With sour cream (or cream cheese), gelatin, and cherries.
Cherry Jello Ice Cake – Recipe
The way of preparations – easy
Prep time
- Total time – 4 hours
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cherry juice
- 1 cup cherries, pitted
- 10 envelopes of unflavored gelatin (1/4 oz each), divided
- 1 cup Swerve, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided
- 400 grams (1 2/3 cups) sour cream, divided
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder (unsweetened)
Instructions on how to make Cherry Jello Ice Cream Cake
Sour cream layer
- Whip half of the sour cream with half of Swerve, until nearly dissolved.
- Whisk in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
- Let rest a little bit.
- Whisk 1/4 cup cold water with 3 envelopes.
- Set aside for 1 minute.
- Add 1/4 cup boiling water to the gelatin mixture.
- Add gelatin mixture to the sour cream mixture.
- Pour into a medium-large bowl with a smooth interior.
- Refrigerate for approx. 45 minutes, or until firm.
- Meanwhile, make the 2nd layer.
Cherry layer
- Whisk cherry juice with 4 envelopes of gelatine. Let stand for 1 minute.
- Add 3/4 cup of boiling water to the gelatinous cherry juice. Whisk to combine.
- Mix in cherries (this will be your middle layer)
- Make sure the first layer is really solid before proceeding, otherwise the cream layer will be folded into the cherry layer.
- Pour the cherry mixture over the first cake layer.
- Refrigerate for approx. 1.5 hours, until firm.
Cocoa layer
- Whip remaining half of sour cream with remaining half of Swerve, until nearly dissolved.
- Therefore, whisk in cacao powder
- Add 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla.
- Let rest until the second layer is solid.
- Mix 1/4 cup of cold water with 3 packets of gelatin. Let rest for 1 minute.
- Add 1/4 cup boiling water to the gelatin mixture.
- Add gelatin mixture to the chocolate mixture.
- Pour over the two-layer cake.
- Refrigerate for approx. 45 minutes, until firm.
Inverting the cake
- Prepare serving plate.
- Bring a large pot of water to boiling point.
- Dip in the cake bowl into the pot several times. This should loosen the jello.
- Invert the jello cake over the plate. You may need to go over the edges with a knife to help it out.
- Serve and enjoy
Nutritional Informations (amount per serving)
- Calories – 104
- Total Fat – 7 g
- Total Carbs – 4 g
- Protein – 7 g
- Cholesterol 14