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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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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 • Dec. 18, 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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