icebox cakes

No-bake layered treats

Icebox cakes are no-bake desserts made by layering cookies or wafers with whipped cream or pudding, then refrigerating until the cookies soften into cake-like layers.

The name comes from the icebox—the predecessor to the refrigerator—where these desserts chilled and set.

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

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