Peppermint Refrigerator Cake

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb peppermint stick candy
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons plain gelatin, soaked in
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 12 ladyfingers or 12 slices sponge cakes

Recipe

• 1 crush the candy and place in a double boiler with the milk.
• 2 heat to dissolve the candy.
• 3 add soaked gelatine and stir until dissolved.
• 4 cool until it just begins to thicken.
• 5 fold in the whipped cream.
• 6 line 2 sides and bottom of a loaf pan with double thickness waxed paper, so that the paper extends up over the edges of the pan.
• 7 arrange 4 lady fingers or sponge cake in the bottom of the pan.
• 8 top with the peppermint cream mixture.
• 9 repeat the layers topping it with lady fingers or sponge cake.
• 10 chill until firm.
• 11 when ready to serve, loosen ends with a spatula and by the edges of the paper, lift it out of the pan.