Ice Box Cakes are the perfect summer treat because you can make them the day ahead and you don’t need to turn on the oven. My S’mores Lasagna and my Strawberry Ice Box Cakes are easy and delicious too so make sure you check them out as well.

Did you know that Ice Box Cakes originated in the 1920s as the ice box, aka refrigerator, was the new must-have appliance. Instead of making the more complicated charlottes and trifles, housewives turned to ice box cake recipes, some were even printed on cookie wrappers. Ice Box Cakes are very versatile but usually consist of cookies and custard or whipped cream as the base then other flavors are added. As they sit in the ice box, the cookies soften into a cake-like consistency and thus the Ice Box Cake is made.

Eclair Ice Box Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 3.4 oz boxes Vanilla Instant Pudding
• 3 cups Cold Milk
• 1 box Graham Crackers honey
• 8 oz Cool Whip thawed

Chocolate Ganache

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/2 cup Milk Chocolate Chips
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

Cake

1. In a large bowl whisk together the 2 boxes of instant pudding with the 3 cups of cold milk for 2 minutes.
2. Gently fold in the Cool Whip and set aside.
3. Line the bottom of a 13×9″ baking pan with graham crackers. You will have to break some into smaller pieces to make them fit.
4. Pour half of the pudding mixture over the graham cracker layer.
5. Add another layer of graham crackers.
6. Top that with the rest of the pudding mixture.
7. Add another layer of graham crackers on top. Set cake aside.

Chocolate Ganache

1. Over medium-low heat in a small sauce pan, whisk together the butter, chocolate chips, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Keep whisking until the chocolate is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. After about 5 minutes test to make sure the ganache is smooth and not grainy. If it is grainy, keep whisking.
2. Once the ganache is smooth, pour it over the top of the cake and use an offset spatula to smooth it out.
3. Refrigerate at least 6 hours before serving.

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Eclair Ice Box Cake

Perfect for summer, this Eclair Ice Box Cake requires no baking and is best when made a day ahead.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cake, eclair, ice box cake

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Refrigeration 6 hours hours

Total Time 6 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Author cindy

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 3.4 oz boxes Vanilla Instant Pudding
• 3 cups Cold Milk
• 1 box Graham Crackers honey
• 8 oz Cool Whip thawed

Chocolate Ganache

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1/2 cup Milk Chocolate Chips
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

Cake

• In a large bowl whisk together the 2 boxes of instant pudding with the 3 cups of cold milk for 2 minutes.
• Gently fold in the Cool Whip and set aside.
• Line the bottom of a 13×9" baking pan with graham crackers. You will have to break some into smaller pieces to make them fit.
• Pour half of the pudding mixture over the graham cracker layer.
• Add another layer of graham crackers.
• Top that with the rest of the pudding mixture.
• Add another layer of graham crackers on top. Set cake aside.

Chocolate Ganache

• Over medium-low heat in a small sauce pan, whisk together the butter, chocolate chips, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Keep whisking until the chocolate is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. After about 5 minutes test to make sure the ganache is smooth and not grainy. If it is grainy, keep whisking.
• Once the ganache is smooth, pour it over the top of the cake and use an offset spatula to smooth it out.
• Refrigerate at least 6 hours before serving.

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Ok, that statement above isn’t 100% true. Until the other day, I didn’t know what an ice box cake was. My original thought was, “I need to make a strawberry lasagna.” I planned to riff off of the S’mores Lasagna I made last year. When friends and family asked what I was going to make with the strawberries and I said a “strawberry lasagna” they all thought that sounded nasty. When I described it to a friend she said, “Oh, you mean an ice box cake.” So I had to do some research on what an ice box cake actually was.

Ice Box Cake-noun

a confection made from such prepared ingredients as cookies or whipped cream that requires no additional baking but is chilled in a refrigerator before serving.

So, yes, I made an ice box cake, and had been making them for years without ever knowing it. It’s a term that has been around since the 1930s and I had never heard it until the other day! You can also call this dish a strawberry lasagna or a no bake strawberry shortcake.

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Strawberry Ice Box Cake

An easy and delicious no bake dessert consisting of cookies, pudding, fruit, and whipped cream.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword ice box cake, no bake, strawberry

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Chilling Time 6 hours hours

Total Time 6 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Author cindy

Ingredients

• 3 pints fresh strawberries
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 small vanilla instant pudding 3.4 oz size
• 3 cups milk
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 packages Golden Oreos at least 54 cookies

Instructions

• Wash the strawberries, hull them, and cut into quarters, reserve 2-3 for garnish.
• Place the strawberries in a large bowl with the granulated sugar. Mix well. Refrigerate for 3 hours. This process is called maserating. This draws out the liquid in the strawberries and gives us a nice syrup.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the 2 packets of pudding with the milk. Refrigerate until needed.
• After the strawberries have mascerated, make your whipped cream. Place the heavy cream in a bowl of your stand mixer, using the whisk attachment, whisk until soft peaks form. Add in confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Continue whisking until stiff peaks form.
• Assemble the ice box cake in a 9 x 13" cake pan. First place a layer of Golden Oreos, make sure they fit tightly together, mine took 27 cookies. Then spread half the pudding over the cookies. Top the pudding with 1/2 the mascerated strawberries and some of the syrup. Repeat the layers again-cookies, pudding, strawberries then cover with the whipped cream and garnish with reserved strawberries.
• Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.
• Refrigerate leftovers. Cake is good in refrigerator for only 2-3 days because the cookie layer gets too mushy beyond that time frame.

Notes

Don’t let the time frame scare you off. The 6 hours are all times things are being refrigerated. You can easily start this recipe in the morning, assemble it midday, and serve it at night. OR you could mascerate the strawberries the evening before you want to serve the cake, assemble in the morning and serve at lunch.

This Strawberry Ice Box Cake was a huge hit. We had Jordan and Savvy over for dinner, dessert, and game night and we all loved the dessert. It is sweet and smooth and pairs well with the Oreo crust. Savvy isn’t an Oreo fan but even she loved this cake.

Other Strawberry Recipes You Might Enjoy

• Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake
• Homemade Strawberry Curd
• Strawberry Banana Muffins
• Strawberry Trifle
• Strawberry Sauce
• Strawberry & Nutella Breakfast Braid

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