This cool and creamy dessert can be made the night before and is a great addition to any potluck spread.
Key Lime Icebox Cake
Makes 1 (13x9-inch) cake
Ingredients
- 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup Key lime juice
- 2 tablespoons lime zest
- 4 teaspoons finely chopped fresh mint
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 3½ cups cold heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 27 sheets graham crackers (about 14 ounces)
- ¼ cup clover honey
- Garnish: lime zest
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together condensed milk, Key lime juice, zest, mint, and salt until well combined.
- In a separate large bowl, beat 2 cups cream and ½ teaspoon vanilla with a mixer at medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold cream mixture into condensed milk mixture in three additions until well combined.
- Place about one-third of graham crackers in an even layer over the bottom of a 13x9-inch casserole dish. Spread half of cream mixture (about 3½ cups) over crackers; cover with another third of graham crackers and remaining cream mixture. Top with remaining third of graham crackers.
- In a large bowl, beat honey, remaining 1½ cups cream, and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla with a mixer at medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Spread whipped cream over graham crackers.
- Loosely cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to overnight before serving. Garnish with zest, if desired.
Where is the honey incorporated?
Step 4
Where is the honey incorporated?
It’s in the whipped cream frosting if you want to call it that. Step 4.
Did you read the recipe.
Because the ingredient list doesn’t include “mint:, I believe the ,”mint” in step one is actually the honey. We are all human and sometimes mis-speak, or make typos. Please give the author some thanks for this recipe that doesn’t need the oven.
There is mint in step 1.
Mint is step one. Honey is step four.
The mint is obviously the garnish on the cake. Look at the picture.
Sorry that’s lime zest.
This kind of reminds me of an icebox cake my grandmother made at Christmas time with Graham crackers, applesauce, two different flavors of Jello (she used red and green) and whipped cream to cover the layers. I remember it being pretty sweet but I loved it. I think I was the only one. The different colored layers fascinated me. I haven’t made one since I was little. This one looks better though and not as sweet. I love key lime pie.
Does the whipping cream stay fluffy overnight?
This sounds absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to make it. Not sure about the mint though. I’m not a fan and I think it’ll ruin the taste for me.