Even though it has an old fashioned name, this Ice Box Cake does not have an old fashioned taste. The fruit that it is packed with makes this recipe fresh and flavorful.

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Ice Box Cake

Course Dessert

Author TGIF - This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• 3 ½ cups very cold heavy whipping cream
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Graham crackers
• 4 cups - fresh fruit - strawberries blueberries, red raspberries and blackberries, or any combination you like

Instructions

• Place mixing bowl in freezer about 30 min before using to chill
• While mixing bowl is chilling, prepare fruit by cleaning and slicing strawberries
• In a large mixing bowl, beat heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form
• Divide whipping cream mixture into fourths
• Spread a small spoonful of cream on bottom of pan evenly
• Add graham crackers, trim crackers to fit if necessary
• Spread ¼ of the whipping cream mixture on top of the graham crackers
• Add ⅓ of the fruit on top of the whipping cream
• Optional but helpful to level the crackers - Add a small amount of whip cream on top of the fruit to level it.
• Add another layer of graham crackers, pressing down gently into the cream
• Then repeat layers, finishing the cream on top
• Cover and refrigerate overnight
• Garnish with additional fruit if you like
• Serve chilled
• Store leftovers in the refrigerator

Notes

Any type of fruit can be used on this icebox cake. You can also add instant vanilla pudding in between the layers.

No matter if you put this dessert in your “icebox” or your “refrigerator”, I doubt it will stay for long.  Hope you enjoy!

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I don’t know about you but figuring out what to make for my grandkids to eat when they are here can be challenging.  I want to splurge them with goodies but their momma wants them to eat healthy.

I get that.  I want them to eat healthy too but a Grandma’s got to have some fun, right?

For me, trying to maintain a balance between healthy food and Grammy’s treats is the key.  I am hoping that these Frozen Yogurt Bites will satisfy the healthy momma requirements.

I mean they ARE made with greek yogurt.  Anything that is made with Greek Yogurt is healthy, right?  Plus look at all the delicious fresh fruit that you can use.  Momma’s got to be happy about that.

And these aren’t just for kids.  I used to have two gallon size ziploc bags of these just ready and waiting.

Now I only have one bag.

Hubby ate the other one.

Luckily these are super easy and super fast to make and another batch is already freezing. My two grandsons are big berry eaters so I think they are going to be happy with these.

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Fresh Fruit Frozen Yogurt Bites

Author This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• Large carton of Greek Yogurt. My all time favorite is Greek Gods Yogurt in the Honey Vanilla Flavor which is what I used in this recipe. This stuff is heavenly!
• Any type of fresh fruit you that you desire
• Banana chips
• Silicon molds
• Cooking spray

Instructions

• Lightly spray your silicon molds with cooking spray.
• Fill each space with greek yogurt.
• Fill all the way to the top.
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• Place your desired fruit on top.
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• If you want to use banana, I would recommend using banana chips as I did here.
• Freeze until completely frozen.
• Remove from your molds and keep in the freezer. I am keeping mine in ziploc bags.
• These are good for 3-4 weeks.

Now that these are freezing and ready to go, it’s on to making some cookies, brownies, an ice cream cake and some chocolate drizzled popcorn.

Just don’t tell their mom.

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I’ve been pinning a lot of lemon blueberry recipes for quite some time looking for the perfect lemon blueberry cake recipe.  When I came across this pin from Chef in Training, I thought it looked so moist and full of blueberries, just want I was looking for, so I gave it a try.

This Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake is fantastic and I’m sure you will love it too!

The recipe called for the loaves to be baked for 55-60 minutes.  I checked mine at 55 minutes and I think I should have taken it out about 5 minutes earlier.  It was still moist and delicious, but the edges were a bit browned.  After 45-50 minutes start checking your loaves by poking with a tooth pick and if it comes out clean it’s ready!

I wanted the cake to have a strong lemon flavor so I swapped the vanilla for lemon extract in the cake portion of the recipe.  For the glaze I only used only lemon juice and no milk as called for.  If you’d like a milder lemon flavor make it according to the recipe as written.

Enjoy this Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake any time of the day.  I had a slice (ok, let’s be honest, 2 slices) for breakfast with a big cup of coffee after my workout.  Now that’s a perfect breakfast, in my opinion!

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Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter 2 sticks, room temperature
• 1¾ cups sugar
• zest of one large lemon
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 3 cups fresh blueberries
• 2½ cups flour plus a bit more to toss with the blueberries
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Lemon Glaze
• 1½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 Tablespoon milk
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°
• In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and lemon zest together until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat on low an additional minute after each egg, adding vanilla with the last egg.
• In a separate large bowl add dry ingredients and stir to combine.
• Alternate adding 1/3 of the dry ingredients and the buttermilk at a time to the butter/sugar/lemon zest/egg mixture. Don't over mix, just combine the ingredients.
• In small bowl, toss the blueberries with a tablespoon or two of flour to coat the blueberries (this helps keep them from sinking to the bottom when baking). Gently fold blueberries into batter.
• Grease and flour 2 large loaf pans.
• Divide batter between the pans and bake for about 50-55 min. Start checking for doneness after 45 minutes.
• Let loaves cool about a half hour, remove from pans. Drizzle glaze over top of loaves.

To make the Lemon Glaze:

• Whisk together glaze ingredients in mixing bowl until smooth.

For more delicious recipes I hope you’ll visit my blog at I’m Bored Let’s Go or catch up with me on  Facebook,  Pinterest,  Instagram or Twitter. I’d love for you to follow along!

See you next month!

Judy

Here’s a few more delicious baking treats from my blog I’m sure you’ll enjoy:

Lemon Blueberry Muffin Tops

Double Berry Muffins

Zucchini Pineapple Muffins

 This awesome post has been shared with Home Stories A to Z

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We noticed quite a few recipes linked up that made good use of fresh fruits and vegetables.  Summer has such an abundance of those, we were happy to see that you are taking advantage of seasonal bounty.  Check out some of our favorite ways to Use Fresh Produce from our recent link party.

Crab, Tangerine, and Fresh Herb Salad from  Simply Fresh Dinners

Peanut Butter Zucchini Bread from Tastes of Lizzy T

Frozen Fruit Bars from The Pin Junkie

Fresh Cherry Monkey Bread from Bakewell Junction

Creamy Lemon Berry Tartlets from This Silly Girl’s Life

Stewed Zucchini & Summer Squash from The Kitchen is My Playground

Triple Berry Salsa from Three Kids and a Fish

Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam from Life in My Empty Nest

Blueberry Cobbler Bars from Kleinworth & Co.

Raw Spinach Hummus from Whole Food Love

Thanks again for sharing your projects and recipes with us during Super Saturday #51!  We hope you were as inspired by these featured links as we were.   Please come back  for our next Super Saturday Link Party, starting at 7 P.M. EST on Friday night!  And keep an eye on your social media over the weekend, too.  We like to showcase links that catch our eye during the party via Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.  You might see your links featured there!

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