icebox cake

No-bake layered dessert

An icebox cake is a no-bake dessert made by layering cookies or graham crackers with whipped cream or pudding, then refrigerating until the cookies soften into cake-like layers.

The name comes from the icebox—an early refrigerator—where these cakes were chilled.

She made her grandmother's chocolate icebox cake for the potluck.

Opposites
cooking method

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temperature of preparation/serving

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technical complexity

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Top 50,000
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G