Graham Cracker Icebox Cake

Submitted by Mamafox61

"This is so good! I got the recipe from my M-I-L. The middle is very rich, and tastes like a really creamy ice cream. NOTE* The eggs in this recipe are not cooked."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 10 small cakes
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 22 graham crackers, crumbed
• 118.29 ml chopped nuts
• 118.29 ml butter, divided
• 354.88 ml powdered sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 236.59 ml whipping cream, whipped

directions

1. Grease an 8x8 pan.
2. Melt half of the butter in a skillet, and mix well with graham cracker crumbs.
3. Place half of the graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of your 8x8 pan, press down and let cool.
4. Add the chopped nuts to the pan.
5. Take the other half of the butter and cream with the powdered sugar.
6. Separate the eggs, add the yolks to the sugar one at a time and beat thoroughly.
7. Beat the egg whites until stiff, then fold in with the sugar,egg and butter mixture.
8. Add the vanilla.
9. Stir the sugar mixture in with the whipped cream, make sure it is incorporated well, but don't over mix.
10. Place in the 8x8 pan and top with remaining graham cracker crumbs.
11. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 3-4 hours or until hard.

Reviews

[Chandra_1]

A few weeks ago my grandfather was taking about an icebox cake that his grandmother used to make...this sounded a lot like what he was talking about so I made it and took it to him on Christmas Eve. I was worried about how it was going to come out but it was WONDERFUL!!!