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icebox cake

American  

noun

  1. a confection made from such prepared ingredients as cookies or whipped cream that requires no additional baking but is chilled in a refrigerator before serving.


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There’s something about an icebox cake that feels like a relic from another life — one with hand-labeled Tupperware and block parties and the kind of ambition that fits in a 9×13.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2025

Lily Ernst, of the food blog Little Sweet Baker, shared a sneak peek of her patriotic icebox cake recipe with Fox News.

From Fox News Sep. 3, 2021

The icebox cake is an ideal dessert for the hotter parts of the year.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2021

The frozen cake is downy, like a more weightless icebox cake, with gentle crackles of meringue and chocolate that melt away quickly on your tongue.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2018

She let me lead the Pledge of Allegiance for the class and gave me thick slices of icebox cake from her own lunch.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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