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Rainbow Crown Jewel Cake

A retro no-bake dessert from my grandmother's recipe box, Rainbow Crown Jewel Cake is a heavenly creamy mixture filled with color!
 
Course Baking, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Diet Gluten Free
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Refrigerate 8 hours
Servings 20 servings
Calories 204kcal
Author Lise Sullivan Ode

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 package orange-flavored gelatin
  • 1 package cherry-flavored gelatin
  • 1 package lime-flavored gelatin
  • 3 cups hot water
  • 1 ½ cups cold water
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 package lemon-flavored gelatin
  • 1 ¾ cup graham cracker crumbs We used gluten free vanilla wafer crumbs.
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream (optional) Sweetened with ¼ cup powdered sugar.

Instructions

  • Prepare the first three packages of gelatin separately, using 1 cup hot water and ½ cup cold water for each. Pour into separate 8x8x2-inch pans and chill until firm.
  • Mix crumbs with melted butter. Press crumb mixture smoothly over bottom of a 9-inch spring-form pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes. Let cool.
  • Combine pineapple juice and sugar and heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and dissolve lemon gelatin in hot liquid; add remaining ½ cup cold water. Chill until just syrupy. Whip the 2 cups cream and pour into it the syrupy lemon-flavored gelatin.
  • Cut the firm orange, cherry and lime gelatin into cubes about ½ inch square. Do it this way: dip sharp knife after each cut. Run hot knife around edge of tray. Lift out gelatin with wide spatula, hot water dipped. The pieces fall apart easily, each a perfect cube. Fold into whipped-cream mixture, then pour into prepared crust.
  • Chill 8 hours in refrigerator. Before serving remove sides of pan only. If desired, frost sides of cake with 1 cup cream, whipped and sweetened. Or use a pastry bag with 1M tip to pipe swirls around top of cake.

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Notes

Use sugar-free gelatin and sugar-free cookies if you want the dessert to be sugar free.

Nutrition

Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 509IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 0.3mg