Pink Sherbet Cake Dessert Recipe Handcrafted for Valentine’s Day
This easy and affordable Pink Sherbet Cake dessert can quickly become your favorite go-to recipe. It is delicious and boasts with a ton of variations in its decoration, color scheme and even the filling.
There are days during the year when we want to give a gift of our heart and true feelings. The Valentine’s Day gift idea could be a hand-made craft or an easy recipe baked in your own kitchen. I love a cool and refreshing taste of this Valentine’s Day sherbet cake that you can prepped in no time. Just allow time for freezing, but the rest won’t take a lot of your effort.
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The pink and red colors in this Valentine’s Day dessert are so appropriate. This cold dessert will melt anybody’s heart away. First, because you made this sweet recipe. Second, thanks to its tasty ingredients.
This cool sherbet cake is made with whipped cream of your choosing and delicious Nilla Wafers. These light and porous wafers easily absorb any frosting, cream or pudding filling.
Line Up the Cooking Tools for Your Sherbet Dessert
There are just a few things you will need to make this delicious sherbet cake.
Use a glass baking pan that will freeze and hold your cake nicely in the freezer. You can get one HERE.
To beat up the whipping cream and sugar, you will definitely need any hand mixer or a full-fledged mixer for your baking needs. I love my Kitchen Aid hand-held mixer that I use for easy recipes like this one. It’s available HERE.
Silicone spatula – these are durable and great for baking, cooking, mixing. You get 4 spatulas in one set! In addition, these spatulas will last forever, as they have a strong stainless steel core. You can buy them HERE.
These Mixing Bowls will last you a lifetime by OXO. You can use them for mixing during recipe prep and also for making salads. This is a true investment into quality cooking tools. You can get these bowls HERE.
Versatile Valentine’s Day Sherbet Cake
I’ll let you in to my little secret. Sometimes I need to come up with a quick dessert for a party or get-together. If I am missing Nilla Wafers in my kitchen pantry, I go after any cookies I’ve got on hand. Graham cookies will be great for this dessert recipe for your Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day or Easter celebration.
Substituting the color of the sherbet filling and the type of the crust will allow you to have a versatile dessert recipe in your cook book library.
I like simple crumbles on top of my pink sherbet dessert. But when I have a special occasion, I decorate this sherbet cake to the max!
Cake Decor Ideas for A Sherbet Cake Recipe
You can use fresh strawberries, blackberries, raspberries to add the flair and the emotional color to your celebrated occasion. Or you can just allow the Pink color of the filling to speak for itself.
I use this recipe for Easter and a lot of birthday parties. Depending on the theme and occasion, and use a lot of seasonal berries, chocolate and colorful sprinkles for a decorative topping.
One more idea to this pink cake – a Baby Shower. Get excited here, as you can make this dessert quickly and easily to celebrate this occasion in a festive way. I can’t tell you how much this pink sherbet dessert is popular among the goers to the baby revealing party!
Pink Sherbet Cake Dessert
This pink sherbet cake can be an easy way to say 'I Love You' on Valentine's Day or any day you celebrate an occasion.
- glass pan 9" x 13"
- hand mixer or any mixer with beaters
- silicone spatula
- measuring spoons and cups
- mixing bowls
- 1½ cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ tsp organic vanilla
- 11 oz box Nilla Wafers (finely crushed)
- 1½ quart sherbet (softened)
Beat the whipping cream with the sugar and vanilla until fairly stiff.
In medium bowl, combine 1 cup of the whipped whipping cream with the crushed Nilla Wafers. Reserve 1 cup of the Nilla Wafer crumbs for the top.
Spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 glass pan with small amount of water and press the cookie crust mixture on the bottom.
Spread softened sherbet over the crust evenly.
Spread remaining whipped whipping cream over sherbet.
Sprinkle remaining Nilla Wafer crumbs over the top and place the glass pan into the freezer for at least 3 hours.
Serve when you are ready to enjoy this pink sherbet cake dessert.
Chocolate Desserts for the Valentine’s Day
If you truly cannot live without chocolate, I’ve got some amazing chocolate sweet options outside this sherbet dessert to tantalize your taste buds. Just peak into the recipe description, and you will want to swipe these recipes for yourself and your Valentine!
Imagine chocolate ganache and fresh plump raspberries. This chocolate dessert is a genuine aphrodisiac and can be enjoyed in small portions.
If you are after Gluten FREE chocolate dessert, you’ll enjoy the bite-size delectable cakes that will steal your taste buds!
This is the perfect dessert idea since her birthday is coming up, and sherbert is her favorite flavor!
This looks so yummy and love the pink color found throughout! This is perfect to make for my daughter honestly and I am pinning the recipe next so thank you for sharing. Looks delicious!
Melissa,
This is one of my favorite recipes. Easy to make and so flavorful, without too much of filling or sugar taste.
yummmmm…that pink cream, I am literally drooling…I can’t wait to make your recipe, it is very easy to follow. Thank you so so much.
Karen,
You certainly can!
My goodness! This Pink Sherbet Cake Dessert recipe looks very delicious and attractive. Got to try it soon!
Hari,
If you like a nice piece of cake, you will definitely enjoy this one.
Oh wow I have never seen a dessert like this but it sounds fantastic! Thank you for sharing the recipes.
Jupiter,
I wish I could make this one for you, GRL, and send it via mail!
This sherbet cake is such a pretty color! It’d be perfect for a bridal shower, birthday party or just because. 🙂
Jen,
Everything about this cake is wonderful: color, texture, taste and occasion.
This recipe looks so tasty. Perfect for a birthday, other holidays, or a random treat for dessert. Thanks for sharing!
Lavanda,
And it is so easy to make, too. Not overwhelming with creme or sugar either.
This looks so good! I will definitely NOT be waiting for Valentine’s Day to make this. YUMMO!
Beth,
This dessert is Timeless: make it any day or season, for any reason indeed.
This dessert looks so lovely and soft! I love the pink colour which would be perfect for a party or Valentine’s Day. I have not tried this before but I am definitely going to give this recipe a go.
One of the best desserts I’ve ever made. Really nice to taste and to store, too.
Wow! This looks delicious and easy to make. Very timely for Valentine’s Day. Hope to find time to get the ingredients. Will try this soon. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Clarice,
One tip that will make it even better.
Make a small piece of cake in a ceramic low bowl. It will be just for one person to enjoy.
Plus, decorate the top of it to your liking.
Such a great idea for Valentine’s Day. They look yummy too!
The sherbet looks awesome, So yummy! I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
Monidipa,
You’ll enjoy the recipe’s simplicity and uniqueness.
Try any ice-cream you like for your personal custom flavor.
Perfect for Valentine’s Day, and I’ll bet it tastes good too!
Krysten,
Yes, the taste is delicious.
And the look can be customized to your occasion.
It is important to me when I make a dessert.
That sounds like a wonderful idea, making your own cake for Valentine – and it looks sweet 🙂
Renata,
This dessert doesn’t take a lot of time or money.
Just soften the sherbet or ice-cream and line up the dish with it!
Wow thats a wonderful recipe for Vday. I think I can surprise my hubby with your recipe. He will surely like it.
Kuntala,
You sure can surprise him with this cool dessert!
Add some decoration on top, and voila, you’ve got your Celebration Party.
Such a great idea to make for Valentine’s Day, and delicious too.
Marienne,
What is really is cool is that you can make this dessert the same day. Just get it into the freezer for a short time (like 30 minutes), then transfer into the fridge.
I have been seeing pink and red desserts everywhere. Its so fun!
Kathy,
I like this dessert, as it can be made quickly, plus can be customized for any occasion.
this dessert looks absolutely amazing. I mean seriously, who doesn’t love sherbert !! I’ll have to make this one for the hubs. thanks for the recipe
Denise,
It is so quick, yet so festive. I like this recipe for its simplicity and colorfulness.
Wow, this dessert looks really delicious and I am so excited to make this for my kids this weekend.
Gervin,
This recipe is an easy dessert that kids can definitely help you with.
Pink Sherbet Dessert Recipe seems so tasty and festive for Valentine’s Day! My family would enjoy this for sure!
Something different and flavorful this time around.
I’ve never tried to make a pink dessert before. I love Nilla wafers. I could eat the whole box!
Lynne,
Now, you have a cake to make! Save a few wafers for this one!
I have never had sherbert served this way before. It’s like an ice cream cake in a way. It looks beautiful and super easy to make. I will pin this recipe. Thanks a bunch. 🙂
Amy,
I like this dessert for its unique taste and ease of making.
How do you buy sherbet?
Kate,
Sherbet is sold in the store in the ice-cream freezer section.
This is an awesome dessert idea for me because her birthday is coming up and sherbert is her favorite flavor.
Katie,
And you can decorate this cake to the teeth, so to say!
Up to you how elaborate this decor top could be.