Refrigerator Cake

Recipe from a Quaker ad from the fifties

1 quart strawberries
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon gelatin
3 tablespoons cold water
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
24 vanilla wafers

1.
Wash, hull and slice strawberries.
2.
Add granulated sugar and lemon juice
3.
Line greased loaf pan with waxed paper. Soften gelatin
in water. Dissolve over hot
water.

4.
Drain juice from berries and add to gelatin. Stir into whipped cream. Fold in berries.

5.
Cover bottom of pan with mixture. Add layer of wafers, alternately in this way until all strawberry mixture is used, finishing with layer of wafers.

6.
Chill overnight in coldest part of refrigerator. Turn out on platter. Remove waxed paper.

7.
Garnish with sliced strawberries and hipped cream, if desired.

Serves about 8