This recipe for Wave your Flag Cheesecake is sponsored by Kraft-Heinz. All opinions are my own.
This Wave Your Flag Cheesecake recipe is the perfect showstopper to start your summer off right by wowing your family and friends with this no bake dessert! It is sure to please and super easy to make.
This recipes are perfect for all occasions, starting off with the first major holiday of summer, the 4th of July! Of course, you don't want to forget to wow your friends for birthdays, picnics or family reunions!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
✔️ Wave your Flag Cheesecake will take center stage at your next bbq! No need to heat up the kitchen with this cheesecake dessert!
✔️ It is a super easy semi-homemade recipe with store bought pound cake, jello, and fruit all layered with a cheesecake filling
✔️ This cheesecake makes meal planning easy by saving time and money and there is no need to turn on the oven for this no bake cheesecake!
🥘 Ingredients
Cool whip whipped topping
Jello Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
Philadelphia Cream Cheese , softened
Prepared pound cake
Strawberries, to make the stripes on the flag
Boiling water, Ice cubes, cold water all for making the gelatin.
Blueberries, to arrange in the upper right hand corner of the flag.
Sugar
🔪 Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- Cut 1 cup strawberries into slices and halve remaining strawberries in half.
- Add the boiling water to the gelatin in large bowl and stir until dissolved.
- Add the ice to cold water to make 2 cups, add ice mixture to gelatin and stir until melted.
- Refrigerate gelatin for 5 minutes, or until the jello has slightly thickened.
- Cut the pound cake into slices and line the bottom of 13 x 9 dish.
- Stir the sliced strawberries and 1 cup of blueberries into the gelatin, then spoon over cake.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or until gelatin is firm.
FOR THE TOPPING
- In a large bowl, using a hand mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Fold in the cool whip.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the gelatin. Arrange blueberries in a square in the upper left hand corner of the pan. Then arrange strawberry halves in strips across the dish making a flag cheesecake wave.
🥄 Equipment
Cutting board
Chef knife
Large bowl
13 x 9 baking dish
Large spoon
🥫Storage
Store leftover cheesecake in the fridge up to 5 days.
📖 Variations
- Substitute blue raspberry gelatin for the strawberry gelatin.
- Angel food cake can be used in place of pound cake.
💭 Tips
- Cut the pound cake into 10 even slices. This fill ensure the bottom of the 13 x 9 dish is completely covered.
📚 Related Recipes
Jello Poke Cake is a delicious cake made with gelatin and frosted with cool whip topping.
Red, White, and Blueberry Pie is another great summer dessert
🍽 Serve with…
Serve wave your flag cheesecake at your next cookout along with Barbeque Bacon Cheeseburgers and Red White and Blue Potato Salad.
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📖 Recipe
Wave your Flag Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cool whip topping , thawed
- 6 ounces JELLO-Strawberry Flavor Gelatin (two 3-ounce packages)
- 16 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese , softened
- 10.75 ounces pound cake , cut into 10 slices
- 4 cups strawberries , divided
- 1½ cups boiling water
- ice cubes
- 1 cup cold water
- 1⅓ cups blueberries , divided
- ¼ cup sugar
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- Slice 1 cup of the strawberries and cut the remaining strawberries in half.
- Add the boiling water to the gelatin in large bowl and stir until dissolved.
- Add the ice to cold water to make 2 cups, add to the gelatin and stir until melted.
- Refrigerate for 5 minutes or until the jello has slightly thickened. Line the bottom of 13 x 9 dish with the pound cake.
- Stir the sliced strawberries and 1 cup of blueberries into the gelatin, then spoon the gelatin mixture onto the cake.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours or until gelatin is firm.
FOR THE TOPPING
- Whisk the cream cheese and sugar together in large bowl until creamy. Stir in the cool whip.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the gelatin and decorate with strawberries and blueberries.
Brandie
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