Lime Charlotte Ice Box Cake

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4.5

6 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Additional Time

    2 hrs

  • Total Time

    2 hrs 15 mins

  • Servings

    12

  • Calories

    296 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    Mexican

Lime Charlotte Ice Box Cake

This easy icebox cake is the perfect spring or summer dessert.  No baking, just layers of creamy goodness over cookies, then refrigerate or freeze for a deliciously refreshing dessert. 

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 (0.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatine
  • 0.25 cup cold water
  • 1.5 (4.9-ounce) packages Maria cookies
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 0.5 cups freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Zest from 1 lime
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Instructions

Mix The Gelatin

  1. Pour the cold water into a small bowl and add the gelatine.  Let sit while you mix the other ingredients.

Make The Filling

  1. In a blender combine the cream cheese, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and vanilla. Blend for 30 seconds or until well blended and smooth. Pour the creamy mixture into a bowl. 
  2. Place the gelatin in the microwave for 15 seconds or until melted. Slowly pour the gelatin into the milk mixture while stirring well to combine.  It should begin to thicken quickly.
  3. Assemble the Icebox Cake
  4. Place a layer of cookies on the bottom of the round springform pan.
  5. Pour a layer of the milk over the cookies and spread evenly.
  6. Place another layer of cookies over the milk layer and repeat until all the milk mixture has been used.  The top layer should be a milk layer. Do not layer cookies on top. Sprinkle the top with lime zest.

Refrigerate

  1. Cover with tinfoil and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Notes

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  • For this dessert you will be layering the cookies, then milk, then cookies, and repeating.  You can do very thin layers of the milk and get more cookie layers in, or you can make the milk mixture thicker and do only 2 or three cookie layers.  
  • The top layer should be the milk mixture.
  • Be sure to use pure vanilla extract and not imitation extract. If you have Mexican vanilla, I would recommend using that.
  • You can decorate this any way you wish with candied lime slices, more cookies, cookies around the edges, you can be as creative as you want.
  • You can make this in a springform pan and then unmold and put cookies around the edges.  Or you can line the pan with parchment paper and then lift the dessert out of the pan.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 296kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 35g (12%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 40mg (13%) Sodium 206mg (9%) Potassium 262mg (7%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 27g (54%) Vitamin A 415IU (8%) Vitamin C 4mg (4%) Calcium 188mg (19%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 296 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 296kcal 15%
Carbohydrates 35g 12%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 40mg 13%
Sodium 206mg 9%
Potassium 262mg 6%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 27g 54%
Vitamin A 415IU 8%
Vitamin C 4mg 4%
Calcium 188mg 19%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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