Best Old Fashioned Lemon Ice Box Cake Recipes

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LEMON ICE-BOX CAKE I



Lemon Ice-Box Cake I image

Light, fluffy dessert-like cake with a taste of cheesecake.

Provided by Glenda

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Lemon Dessert Recipes

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

14 graham crackers, crushed
½ cup white sugar
½ cup melted butter
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk, chilled
1 cup white sugar
2 lemons, juiced
1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored Jell-O®
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
½ cup graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

Steps:

  • To Prepare Crust: mix graham crackers, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter and press into 9 x 13 inch pan.
  • Mix lemon gelatin with 1 cup boiling water and let cool.
  • Meanwhile, whip the chilled evaporated milk, add the 1 cup sugar and lemon juice. Whip until sugar is dissolved. Whip in the cooled gelatin into the milk mixture then stir in pineapple.
  • Pour lemon mixture over crust in pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers and chopped maraschino cherries if desired. Chill several hours or overnight. Variation: Mix one 8 ounce package of cream cheese with the 1 cup sugar; add this to the whipped milk, gelatin and lemon juice mixture. Stir in pineapple then proceed as above.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.4 calories, Carbohydrate 28.2 g, Cholesterol 14.7 mg, Fat 6.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 123.4 mg, Sugar 21.7 g

LEMON ICEBOX CAKE



Lemon Icebox Cake image

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 20m

Yield 8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 cups heavy whipping cream
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons grated lemon zest
63 Marie biscuits or Maria cookies
Lemon slices, optional

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat the cream, sugar and lemon zest on high until stiff peaks form. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag. Fill with whipped cream. , On a serving plate, arrange 7 cookies in a circle, using one cookie in the center. Pipe 2/3 cup whipped cream over cookies. Repeat layers 8 times. Refrigerate overnight., If desired, garnish with lemon slices.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 530 calories, Fat 37g fat (23g saturated fat), Cholesterol 102mg cholesterol, Sodium 158mg sodium, Carbohydrate 44g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

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