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Lemon Ice-Box Cake I

SUBMITTED BY: Glenda

"Light, fluffy dessert-like cake with a taste of cheesecake."
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 1 -9x13 inch cake
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 14 graham crackers, crushed
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk, chilled
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • 1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored gelatin
  • 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

DIRECTIONS

  1. To Prepare Crust: mix graham crackers, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter and press into 9 x 13 inch pan.
  2. Mix lemon gelatin with 1 cup boiling water and let cool.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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Reviewed on May 22, 2006 by shehawk
WHY, WHY, WHY??? Why are there no more reviews (but one - and now mine) for this recipe? I made it because I love lemon and it sounded good. It was wonderful!! I used 2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1 stick butter and 5 tbsp. sugar for the crust and baked 6 minutes in 350 degree oven. Also added some lemon zest to the juice and used 4 oz. of the cream cheese. Next time I will use the 8 oz. of the cream cheese. I am also going to try it with lime jello and the juice from limes (a key lime twist perhaps!!) Thanks Glenda for the recipe!

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Reviewed on Sep. 4, 2007 by sarahmasse
This was delicious! Light, refreshing and simple. I would probably cut back to 1/2 cup sugar instead of 1 to keep it a little more tangy.

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Reviewed on Aug. 1, 2007 by VIBI
I truly don't want to be a party pooper but I do have questions about this. First I'm not sure how we should have eaten it, with our fingers or with a fork... as it was really frozen hard to cut with a fork. Second, the taste was great although being so cold, it tended to lose a lot of taste... just like when something is too hot it taste less, same thing when it is freezing cold. BUT I'm really not discarting the recipe, I simply think that it would gain in being served perhaps 15 minutes after being taken out of the freezer... which, if the case, should have been noted in the recipe.

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 24

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 167

  • Total Fat: 5.9g
  • Cholesterol: 14mg
  • Sodium: 126mg
  • Total Carbs: 28g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 0.8g
  • Protein: 2.2g

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