Strawberry-Vanilla Wafer Layered Torte (No Bake) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 quart fresh strawberries, quartered
1/2 cup pecans
2 egg whites, only the whites
1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafers, broken up
strawberry, whole for garnish
whipped cream, for garnish. (optional)

Preparation

Cream the butter until soft and gradually add the sugar.
Cream together until smooth.
Add the strawberries and pecans.
Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff and then fold them into the berry mixture.
Line a pyrex dish with broken vanilla wafers, add a layer of the berry mixture on top of that. alternate the two, ending with the wafers on top.
Chill 12 hours.
Serve with whipped cream and garnish with fresh whole strawberries.