LET'S HAVE SOME PEACH ICEBOX CAKE AND A LITTLE TRIVIA

Photo: Ian Bagwell, Prop Styling: Mindy Shapiro Levine, Food Styling:Torie Cox

Yay!  Get your peach fix on while you still can this season, with this mouth-watering recipe from Stephen Rose of The Peach Truck in Nashville, TN.  What's great about this tantalizing treat, is that you'll never need to crank up that hot oven to prepare this Peach Icebox Cake.



PEACH ICEBOX CAKE

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups heavy cream
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
• 1 (5.3-oz.) container vanilla Greek yogurt
• 6 fresh peaches (about 2 lb.)
• 1 (14.4-oz.) pkg. graham crackers (about 27 crackers)
• Fresh mint sprig

DIRECTIONS

1.  Beat cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract with an electric mixer on high until stiff peaks form.

2.  Beat mascarpone cheese and yogurt in a separate bowl on medium speed until smooth.  Fold in whipped cream mixture and set aside.

3.  Gently rub peaches under the water to remove any fuzz.  Cut into 1/8 in. thick slices (really?-lol) which should make about  cups.

4.  Spread a thin layer of cream mixture into the bottom of a trifle dish.  Cover the cream with a single layer of graham crackers, breaking up some of them to fill in the gaps.  Add a layer of peaches to completely cover the crackers.  Keep repeating layers, ending the cream mixture.  Cover and chill for 4-12 hours.

5.  Top with any remaining broken cracker pieces, then garnish with mint, if you like.  Serve cold.

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