Best Graham Cracker Cake Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER MOON PIE: CHOCOLATE CAKE, GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST, PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FILLING, MARSHMALLOW FROSTING

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line muffin pans with 36 muffin liners. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, granulated sugar and butter in a bowl. Mix with your hands until well combined. Press 2 tablespoons of the mixture into the cupcake liners and bake for 7 minutes. Remove and let cool.
• For the chocolate cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In the bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl as needed. Add the buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla and coffee and mix for about a minute until well combined. Fill the 36 muffin pans with the pre-baked graham cracker crust three-quarters full with batter and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• For the peanut butter cream cheese filling: Whip the cream cheese and butter in an electric mixer with the paddle attachment until fully incorporated. With the mixer on low, gradually add the powdered sugar until combined. Add the vanilla and mix until combined. Finally, add the peanut butter and mix until fully incorporated.
• For the marshmallow frosting: In small saucepan, combine the granulated sugar, 5 ounces water and the cream of tarter and boil until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg whites and vanilla until firm peaks form. With mixer on high, slowly stream the hot sugar mixture into the egg whites and mix for about 3 minutes.
• To assemble: Use a knife to cut a hole out of the center of the cupcakes. Fill with peanut butter cream cheese filling with a spoon and frost with marshmallow frosting.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment two 9 inch round pans.
• Combine the crumbs, 1/2 cup pecans, flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and the light brown sugar until fluffy. Slowly beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Alternately add the milk and the crumb mixture while beating on low.
• Beat the egg whites in a bowl until foamy. Add the sugar slowly, and beat to soft peaks. Fold into the crumb batter, and pour into the pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pans on a rack about 10 minutes, then invert and cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the 2 tablespoon sugar until it turns golden. Remove from heat, and add 4 tablespoons of the butter; swirl. Whisk in the dark brown sugar, and place back on the heat. Bring to a boil, stirring all the time. Add the cream, and bring back to a boil. Boil 1 minute, and remove caramel from heat.
• Place the confectioners' sugar in a large bowl, and mixing on medium speed, slowly drizzle in the caramel. Beat until the bottom of the bowl is just barely warm, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat until smooth, and chill frosting until ready to ice the cake. Frost the cake, and press the pecans into the sides.

NO BAKE PUDDING GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Make both the Vanilla and Chocolate pudding as directed on the box.
• Take the whipping cream and mix on high speed until it becomes the consistency of cool whip.
• Mix the whipping cream and the vanilla pudding together.
• Start layering graham crackers covered with chocolate and vanilla pudding, alternating between the two flavors. I always use a rectangular serving platter.
• When Chocolate pudding is gone use remaining vanilla pudding mixture to cover the entire cake (just like you were icing it).
• Drizzle chocolate sauce in lines across the top of the cake(no need to be perfect), take a knife and drag it in the opposite direction of the syrup lines to make a nice patter.
• Refrigerate the entire cake at least 3 hours.
• The graham crackers will absorb the moister from the pudding and become soft like cake.
• Cut on the corner going in to create a neat looking slice.
• Good Luck with leftovers because there never is any.

QUICK GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Set aside 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs. In a large bowl, beat the remaining crumbs, cake mix, sugar, water, egg whites and oil for 2 minutes. , Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. layer pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand a few minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate. Spread whipped cream between layers and frost entire cake. Sprinkle reserved graham cracker crumbs on top. Refrigerate until serving time.

CHOCOLATE, BANANA, AND GRAHAM CRACKER ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Line a 5-by-10-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap. Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Place yolks and a pinch of salt in another heatproof bowl.
• Bring cream to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Slowly pour cream into bowl with yolks, whisking constantly; return mixture to saucepan set over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon, about 8 minutes (mixture should not come to a boil). Immediately strain through a fine sieve set over chocolate; stir until chocolate melts and is smooth. Refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 4 hours.
• Spread 1 cup chocolate mixture evenly into bottom of loaf pan. Top with a layer of 4 graham crackers, trimmed to fit. Spread 1/2 cup chocolate over tops, and cover with some bananas. Spread 1/2 cup chocolate over bananas, and top with a layer of 4 trimmed graham crackers. Repeat with remaining chocolate, bananas, and graham crackers until you reach the top of the pan; finish with graham crackers.
• Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Uncover, and turn out onto a serving platter. Remove plastic wrap. Garnish with whipped cream, and cut into slices.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put the graham crackers in a brown paper bag, and smash them up. Squish and pound vigorously. Sitting on the bag insures very fine crumbs. You should end up with about 2 cups.
• Melt the butter in a large pan over low heat. Stir the eggs and honey in a bowl with the melted butter.
• In another bowl mix the graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pour half the graham cracker mixture into the honey mixture and stir well. Add the milk to the honey mixture, and stir again. Add the rest of the crumbs, and mix well.
• Grease a 9-inch square baking pan, and pour in the batter. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cake is nicely browned.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, melted margarine, and pineapple.
• Add the finely crushed graham crackers to the mixture until thick enough to spread (fairly thick).
• Place a layer of the whole graham crackers on a serving/cake plate.
• (You're going to build up layers to form a cake, similar in size and shape of a 1/4 sheet cake).
• Spread a layer of the mixture on the whole cracker layer.
• Put a layer of whole crackers on the mixture.
• Keep alternating layers of the mixture and the whole crackers until you have a desireable size and shape.
• "Frost"top and sides with remaining mixture.
• Best when made the day before, so that the graham crackers can get kind of soft and the flavors can combine.
• Can be refrigerated or just covered.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• For the cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Lightly coat two 9-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Line the bottoms with parchment rounds; lightly coat parchment with nonstick spray.
• Whisk together both of the flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in a large bowl until combined. Beat the butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in another bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the whole eggs and yolks one at a time, beating to blend between additions and occasionally scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl, until the batter is completely combined, smooth and creamy. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Scrape the batter evenly into the prepared pans. Smooth the tops. Bake, rotating the pans from left to right halfway through, until the cakes are a light golden brown and a tester inserted into the centers comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer the pans to a wire rack and let the cakes cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the sides of the cakes and invert onto the wire rack. Remove the parchment and let the cakes cool completely.
• For the frosting: Beat the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until very smooth, about 5 minutes. Add the cream, then continue to beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes longer. Set aside at room temperature until ready to assemble.
• To assemble: Place one cake domed-side down on a platter. Spread 1 cup of the frosting evenly over the top. Place the remaining cake domed-side up on top. Spread the top with 1 1/2 cups of frosting. Frost the sides of the cake with 1 1/2 cups of frosting and smooth out completely to make an even crumb coat. (It's okay if some of the cake shows through. This is just a base layer.) Refrigerate for 30 minutes to let the frosting set. Spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides, smoothing it out with a large offset spatula.

GRAHAM CRACKER SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 pan with a nonstick baking spray; set aside.
• 2. In large mixing bowl, place all ingredients except for nuts, cream cheese, ice cream topping, 1/4 cup butter, and powdered sugar. Mix until combined, then beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in chopped walnuts and pour into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake for 25-35 minutes until cake is dark golden brown and set. Cool completely on wire rack.
• 4. Frosting: When cake is cool, combine cream cheese with caramel ice cream topping and butter; beat well. Add 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar. Beat well and add remaining powdered sugar until frosting is soft and spoonable. Frost cooled cake; store in refrigerator.
• 5. This cake is wonderful without the frosting, served with a dollop of whipped cream.

GRAHAM CRACKER ECLAIR "CAKE"

Steps:

• Arrange 10 graham squares, overlapping slightly, in an 8 inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, pour milk and then add dry pudding mix and beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes or until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes or until thickened.
• Gently stir in whipped topping into pudding mix until well blended.
• Spread half of the pudding mixture onto the graham squares in the pan.
• Top with another 10 graham squares and then remaining pudding mixture.
• Top with the remaining 10 graham squares.
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours.
• Spread with chocolate frosting just before serving.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine graham cracker crumbs, flour, and baking powder in small bowl; set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar in bowl of electric mixer and light and fluffy, about 7 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture, alternating with milk until combined. Stir in nuts.
• Pour into two greased and floured 8-inch cake pans; bake 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans 15 minutes. Remove cakes from pans; cool on wire rack.
• For frosting, beat cream in bowl of electric mixer until it starts to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until soft peaks form.
• Place one layer os cake on platter. Spread some of the whipped cream over top. Top the other cake layer. Spread remaining whipped cream on sides and top. If desired, pat additional graham cracker crumbs around sides of cake.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and four a 9x13 inch glass baking dish.
• Crush graham crackers into crumbs. Be patient, it takes time. Mix graham cracker crumbs with flour and baking soda. Set aside.
• Cream sugar and 1/2 cup butter until light and fluffy. Add yolks, 2 teaspoons vanilla and cinnamon.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in nuts. Spread into 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 40 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick, inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Cream together the cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter until smooth. Add confectioners sugar and mix in. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread evenly over cooled cake.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE II

Steps:

• Cream 1 cup butter or margarine. Add white sugar gradually. Beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beat after each addition. Add cracker crumbs and baking powder, alternately with milk. Blend in coconut and nuts.
• Bake in preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven in 3 - 9 inch pans for 25 to 30 minutes.
• To Make Cream Cheese Glaze: Cream 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese. Add confectioners' sugar, then pineapple. Mix well. Fill and frost layers.

GRAHAM CRACKER BANANA SPLIT CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare 13x9 baking pan.
• Melt one stick of butter and mix with 2 cups graham cracker crumbs. Press into bottom of pan for crust.
• Beat together 2 eggs, 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 sticks of butter(softened). Beat for 10 minutes.
• Pour mixture over graham cracker crust.
• Slice 3-4 bananas and place on top of mixture.
• Drain can of pineapple and spread evenly over top of bananas.
• Spread Cool Whip over pineapple.
• Garnish with chopped pecans and cherries if desired.
• Refrigerate for 5-6 or preferably overnite. Serve cool.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• 1. Beat the egg whites to a stiff peak and set aside.
• 2. Combine the cracker crumbs with the baking powder.
• 3. In a separate bowl Cream the butter and the sugar together until creamy ; Beat in one egg yolk at a time until well blended together.
• 4. Beat milk and vanilla into the butter mixture ; add the crumb mixture and the nuts and fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
• 5. Spread the batter into a greased 8x8" sq. cake pan.
• 6. Bake @ 300° for 45 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 7. Prepare the pineapple sauce by boiling the pineapple and sugar for 10 minutes , to thicken the sauce , mix in the water with the cornstarch and add it to the cooked pineapple sauce and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes.
• 8. Pour the pineapple sauce over top of the hot cake and garnish with whipped cream.

GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and gradually add sugar beating constantly.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Mix baking powder with graham cracker crumbs; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk beating well after each addition.
• Beat 2 minutes.
• Add vanilla and coconut.
• Pour into 3 greased and floured 8 inch cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool.
• ICING:.
• Melt butter in saucepan.
• Add flour and stir well.
• Add pineapple.
• Cook until thickened.
• Add sugar, nuts and coconut.
• Spread between and on top and sides of each layer cake.

NO BAKE GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare the pudding separately as per the package directions, but using 1 1/2 cups milk for each. Refrigerate.
• In a large bowl, beat the whip cream until thick. Fold the prepared vanilla pudding into the whipped cream.
• Spread the pudding on the double crackers almost to the edges, then set aside. Spread the same number of crackers with chocolate pudding and with vanilla pudding.
• Assemble the cake by standing the crackers up, alternating chocolate and vanilla covered crackers. The cake will be 2 crackers wide, and 1 cracker high. After sticking the pudding covered crackers together, frost the outside of the cake with the remaining vanilla pudding.
• Refrigerate the cake several hours or overnight. Before serving, pour rows of chocolate syrup over the cake, letting it run down the sides.
• Cut slices of the cake at a 45 degree angle to the crackers.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE ICING

Steps:

• In a bowl combine melted butter, sugar, eggs then add Graham Crackers and baking powder, milk, nuts coconut and vanilla. (No mixer needed).
• Bake in a tube or bunt pan on 300 degrees for approximately 1 hour.
• Cake is done when a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
• Let cool completely before icing.
• ICING.
• In a pot, melt butter on low heat on stove. In the same pot add drained pineapple. Slowly add powdered sugar until you have added all of the sugar.
• Pour over completely cooled cake.

GRAHAM CRACKER (COFFEE) CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; grease an 8 inch round cake pan and set aside.
• Crumb mixture: Crush enough graham crackers to have 3/4 cup. Combine all crumb mix ingredients and stir until well blended.
• Cake: Cream softened butter and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla and lemon peel; set aside.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder in medium bowl. Add flour mixture and sour cream alternately to the sugar mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Spoon half of the batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Sprinkle 2/3 of crumb mixture evenly over batter. Spoon remaining batter over crumbs and top with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Let cool 10 minutes before removing from pan.

GRAHAM CRACKER ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8 pan.
• Melt half of the butter in a skillet, and mix well with graham cracker crumbs.
• Place half of the graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of your 8x8 pan, press down and let cool.
• Add the chopped nuts to the pan.
• Take the other half of the butter and cream with the powdered sugar.
• Separate the eggs, add the yolks to the sugar one at a time and beat thoroughly.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold in with the sugar,egg and butter mixture.
• Add the vanilla.
• Stir the sugar mixture in with the whipped cream, make sure it is incorporated well, but don't over mix.
• Place in the 8x8 pan and top with remaining graham cracker crumbs.
• Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 3-4 hours or until hard.