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Wave Your Flag Cheesecake

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20 min

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4 hr 25 min

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20 servings

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What You Need

4 cups fresh strawberries, divided

1-1/2 cups boiling water

2 pkg. (3 oz. each) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin

Ice cubes

1 cup cold water

1 pkg. (10.75 oz.) prepared pound cake, cut into 10 slices

1-1/3 cups blueberries, divided

2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

Make It

SLICE 1 cup strawberries; halve remaining strawberries. Set aside. Add boiling water to gelatin mixes in large bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice to cold water to measure 2 cups. Add to gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 5 min. or until slightly thickened.

MEANWHILE, line bottom of 13x9-inch dish with cake. Add sliced strawberries and 1 cup blueberries to thickened gelatin; stir gently. Spoon over cake. Refrigerate 4 hours or until gelatin is firm.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with whisk until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over gelatin. Arrange strawberry halves on cream cheese mixture to resemble stripes of flag. Add remaining blueberries for stars.

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Size-Wise

Enjoy a serving of this easy-to-make dessert on occasion, but keep portion size in mind. One dessert makes enough for 20 servings.

Substitute

Prepare using JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin.

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I took this to a potluck and my dessert was the only one eaten. Other people's store-bought desserts remained untouched. =0)
posted by sheath616 | on 3/20/2013

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Love this cheesecake, so easy to make and it was a big hit with the the whole family.
posted by a cook | on 7/2/2012

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I found the soggy cake not to be a pleasing texture but the flavor was excellent and overall a very good dessert
posted by knewmann | on 5/28/2012

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This is an awesome dessert. Very light and refreshing on a hot summer day. I've made it every Memorial Day and 4th of July for the last few years and it is always a huge hit. The kids even love it! You can always take the quicker way out by placing the blueberries and strawberries randomly or not decorating the top at all. Still very tasty!
posted by cgb1960 | on 5/23/2012

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I have been making this for 4th of July for several years now and it is always a big hit. This cheesecake version is much better than the origianl one. Does take a little time to cut the strawberries and make the flag, but very appealing. I have one friend that asks me to make it all year round, so this past month I made him one for his birthday but just dotted the strawberries and blueberries around on the top (faster).
posted by deblarjones | on 3/27/2012

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I wouldn't call this a "cake". I followed the recipe exactly, and we really didn't like it at all! The jello did not work texturally for us. Would not recommend or make again.
posted by a cook | on 10/16/2011

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Everybody loved the cake. Definetly will bake it again.
posted by a cook | on 8/13/2011

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I made this my inlaws were coming over so i needed something impressive! and this recipe worked! so good my mother in law asked me to make it for my lil sister in laws birthday! so i did! Yummmmmmy!
posted by smntl03 | on 8/11/2011

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I mostly liked this recipe. Next time I will use something else for the crust. My mom made a Halloween version of this when I was a kid and she used crushed Oreos. I prefer it like that over the soggy cake. I will also use an electric mixer for the "cheesecake." I had to use frozen blueberries and I think I would have preferred them to fresh on this anyway. The biggest problem I had is that everyone at my party, myself included, are chocoholics and stuck to the ice cream, smores, and brownies. Only 3 pieces of this got eaten. :(
posted by phyliciafoster | on 7/5/2011

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It was super easy and a HUGE hit at my party. It was gone before I could even blink.
posted by cfurlongue | on 7/4/2011

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