Miss Lindas Lemon Icebox Cake Food

LEMON ICE BOX CAKE

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until soft. Add the cream, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla and beat until it just holds stiff peaks.
• Spread the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with 1/2 cup of the whipped cream. Arrange half of the cookies on top of the cream, fitting in as many as possible without overlapping. Spoon half of the remaining cream mixture on top and smooth evenly with an offset spatula. In spoonfuls spaced every 2 inches, dollop half of the lemon curd onto the cream and then use a butter knife to swirl the curd into the cream. Top with another layer of cookies, followed by the remaining cream. Dollop with the remaining lemon curd and swirl into the cream. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the cookies have softened, at least 3 hours and up to 1 day.
• Garnish each serving with lemon zest when ready to eat.

RASPBERRY LEMON ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Add whipping cream to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, or add to a large bowl and use the whisk attachments on a hand blender. Or whisk by hand, if you're feeling up to it! Whip cream on medium speed until it begins to thicken. Add sugar and lemon juice and continue whipping until soft peaks form. Don't whip until very stiff; it makes the cake too difficult to assemble! With a spatula or wooden spoon, fold in the lemon zest.
• Smear a little whipped cream on the bottom of a 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish. This will help to hold the first layer of graham crackers in place. Lay a single layer of graham crackers over the whipped cream, breaking a few apart if necessary to make them fit. Add 1/3 of the whipped cream to the graham crackers and smooth. Top with 1/3 of the raspberries - if they're large ones, I like to break them in half first. Top with another layer of graham crackers, another 1/3 of the whipped cream, and another 1/3 of the raspberries. Then add the remaining graham crackers and spread on the last of the whipped cream. Top decoratively with remaining raspberries.
• Carefully cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, up to 36 hours.
• Remove from fridge, cut into squares, and serve.

MISS DAISY'S LEMON ICEBOX PIE

Steps:

• Beat together whipped topping, lemonade concentrate and condensed milk.
• Pour into pie shell and freeze at least 1 hour before serving.
• Variation: Frozen limeade concentrate may be used in place of lemonade.
• Store in freezer and serve frozen.

BANANA PUDDING BEACH ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Line the base and sides of a 9-inch springform cake pan with parchment paper.
• For the whipped cream:.
• In a large bowl, whip heavy cream and powdered sugar using a whisk until you get soft peaks. Set aside.
• For the banana filling:.
• In another large bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, milk, and banana pudding mix until smooth.
• Gently fold half of the whipped cream (roughly 2 1/2 cups) into the banana pudding mixture using a spatula until combined.
• For the vanilla filling:.
• In another large bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, milk and vanilla extract until smooth. Gently fold in the remaining whipped cream until combined.
• Assembly:.
• Spread 1/3 of the banana filling into the base of the cake pan in an even layer.
• Spread 1/2 of the vanilla filling in an even layer over the banana filling layer.
• Place the 1/4 cup of milk into a shallow bowl. Dip half of the vanilla wafers in the milk and arrange over the vanilla filling layer.
• Spread another 1/3 of the banana filling layer over the wafers.
• Arrange the banana slices over the banana filling layer.
• Spread the last 1/3 of the banana filling over the sliced bananas.
• Spread the remaining vanilla filling mixture over the banana filling in an even layer.
• Place the remaining vanilla wafer cookies into a resealable food bag and crush with a rolling pin until you get fine crumbs. Sprinkle the wafer crumbs over the top of the vanilla layer.
• Place into the freezer for at least 4 hours until firm.
• Serve:.
• Remove the cake from the freezer about 20 minutes before you want to serve it. Unclip the side and remove from the pan. Peel away the parchment paper from the sides. Decorate with shell-shaped chocolates and palm tree shaped drink umbrellas.
• After 20 minutes, use a large, sharp knife that has been dipped in very hot water to cut the cake.

LEMON GINGER ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in sugar and 2 tbsp of the lemon zest.
• Spread a very thin layer of the cream in the bottom of a 8 x 12 pan. (You can use a 9x13 pan also but the cake will be thinner.) Place the gingersnap cookies in an even layer over the cream, breaking some in half to fill in holes if necessary.
• Very carefully heat the lemon curd slightly over a pan of boiling water, or microwave it for 10-15 seconds (be very careful or it will burn!) Drizzle some lemon curd over the cookie layer.
• Spread a layer of cream over the cookies and lemon curd.
• Repeat each layer with the lemon thins, curd, and cream, ending with a layer of cream on the top. Sprinkle with the remaining lemon zest and coconut.
• Refrigerate overnight and cut with sharp knife to serve.

CHOCOLATE-RICOTTA ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare pan: Remove sides from a 9-inch round springform pan (see note, below). Place a sheet of waxed paper over bottom, leaving an overhang; lock sides onto bottom, firmly securing paper. Spray inside of pan with cooking spray; line sides with a strip of waxed paper 28 inches long and 4 inches wide.
• Make chocolate-ricotta mixture: Break 12 ounces of chocolate into pieces. Place in a heatproof medium bowl set over, not in, a pan of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chocolate has melted, 8 to 10 minutes.
• In a food processor, blend ricotta until very smooth, about 1 minute, scraping down sides of bowl. Add warm chocolate; blend until smooth. In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in chocolate-ricotta mixture.
• Assemble cake: Arrange half the cookies in an overlapping pattern to cover bottom of pan. Spoon half the chocolate-ricotta mixture on top of cookies; smooth top. Cover with remaining cookies; top with remaining chocolate-ricotta mixture, and smooth top. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 6 hours and up to 2 days.
• Before serving, release sides of pan and remove waxed paper from sides. Using bottom piece of waxed paper, pull cake onto a platter; with a metal spatula, lift cake and remove waxed paper. Using a vegetable peeler, shave remaining 2 ounces chocolate over top of cake. With a knife dipped in hot water, cut cake into 10 slices (wipe off knife, and dip in hot water after each slice).

MISS LINDA'S LEMON ICEBOX CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for a 2-layer cake.
• In a separate bowl, mix condensed milk and lemon juice to make lemon filling. Reserve 1 cup of filling.
• Cool and split the two cake layers. Fill with lemon filling.
• Gently combine Cool Whip and reserved cup of lemon filling. Frost top and sides of cake.
• Keep refrigerated.