A No Bake Cherry Swiss Rolls Cake is fun and easy to make for dessert. Layers of snack cakes and no bake cherry cheesecake make this a delicious cake recipe to share with your favorite Valentine.  

Apparently, my family is boycotting sweets right now, but it turns out they are only against homemade sweets like Frosted Rainbow Chip Brownies.  Anything in a cellophane wrapper gets two thumbs up!

I grew up eating Little Debbie snack cakes, so I totally get their fascination with these treats. One of my favorite treats to pack in my school lunches many years ago were Swiss Rolls.

The best way to eat those little chocolate rolls is to peel off the outer layer of chocolate and eat that first, and then unroll the cake before eating it.  It turns out my husband used to eat his like that too when he was younger.  No wonder we are a perfect match.  

A few weeks ago I was feeling nostalgic at the grocery store, so I bought a couple boxes of my favorite treats.  You should have seen our kids’s eyes when they got home and saw the boxes of snack cakes in our pantry.

Immediately, they started asking questions about why I had them, and of course, the #1 question was, “Can we eat them?”

I’m pretty sure those cellophane wrappers hold a little bit of magic in them because I haven’t seen our kids this excited for sweets in a while.

I knew I wanted to make a no bake cake with the Swiss Rolls, so I gave them permission to attack the boxes of Zebra Cakes and Oatmeal Creme Pies.

Ingredients for a no bake cake:

• Cream Cheese – Make sure to set this out ahead of time, so it is soft when you make your filling.
• Powdered Sugar – Sweetens the filling.
• Cherry Pie Filling – Cherry is always good with chocolate, but you could also use raspberry, strawberry, or triple berry if you like.
• Cool Whip – Use it to add a fluffy texture to the no bake cheesecake and to decorate the top.  You can also make a double batch of this Homemade Whipped Cream instead.
• Swiss Rolls – You will need three boxes of these sweet snack cakes to make all the layers and to decorate the top.

How to make a No Bake Cherry Swiss Rolls Cake:

1. Beat together the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until creamy. Add some cherry pie filling and mix again to break apart the cherries.
2. Fold some of the Cool Whip in gently and set the mixture aside.
3. Cut the Swiss Rolls into little circles and line the sides and bottom of a springform pan with them.   
4. Spread half the no bake cherry cheesecake over the cake roll crust. Repeat the layers.
5. Cover the top of the cake with another layer of Swiss Roll slices, then spread more Cool Whip on top. Chill for a few hours.
6. Decorate the top of the no bake cake with swirls of Cool Whip, extra chocolate cake rolls, and cherry pie filling right before serving.

The extra pieces of snack cakes give this swiss roll cake the perfect finish! Just make sure that no one swipes a few of the rolls from the top while it is setting up in the refrigerator.

I suggest keeping a few Swiss Rolls hidden, just for emergency decorating purposes. Teenagers like to snatch chocolate rolls when no one is looking. At least in my house, they do!

How do you keep the cake from sticking to the pan?

Spray the sides of the springform pan with nonstick spray and press sheets of parchment paper to it. Attach the bottom of the pan to the lined ring.

Spread a little bit of whipped cream on the bottom of the pan to keep the cake from sticking after it chills.

Can you use a different pie filling in this no bake cake?

You sure can.  Strawberry, raspberry, or triple berry would all taste great with the chocolate cake rolls.

More easy recipes using snack cakes:

• Oatmeal Creme Pie Cupcakes
• Lemon Mousse Fruit Parfaits
• Oatmeal Creme Pie Berry Trifle
• Easy No Bake Neapolitan Cheesecake Trifle

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*The post for No Bake Cherry Swiss Rolls Cake was first published May 2, 2016. The photos and post have been updated and were republished February 8, 2021.