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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Example Sentences

This year’s most popular recipe wasn’t so much a recipe as a guide to cool, effortless summer drama: the icebox cake.

From Salon

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

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

From Literature

Adapted from a Hungarian Jewish family’s recipe, this honey cake tastes like an icebox cake with a gingerbread crust.

From New York Times

If you can stack, you can make this festive chocolate icebox cake.

From Salon