Cooking with Love

with Gianna Conte    (Jan)

Icebox cake

Icebox cake

Icebox Cake

I made this cake for my sewing group for a birthday girl. They loved it so much I had to put it on my blog.

I am sure many of you have made them. There are so many different ingredients, but this is the one I made.

Ingredients:

Graham crackers or any plain cookies.

1 vanilla pudding, prepared*

1 chocolate pudding, prepared*

1 tsp real vanilla

1 TBS chocolate cocoa

Whole milk

Whipped cream 

More cocoa for topping on whipped cream

Directions:

In a 9 x 11 serving pan, smudge a thin layer of prepared pudding.

Arrange the cookies in one layer. Top with one of the puddings. Make sure it is leveled evenly.

Top with layer of cookies. Try to fill in with halves of cookies.

Top with other prepared pudding. Top  that layer with layer of cookies. 

Top cookies with whipped cream. Sprinkle with sifted cocoa powder.

*After preparing vanilla pudding, add vanilla.

*After preparing chocolate pudding, add cocoa powder

These are the cookies I used

These are the cookies I used



Let's get baking!


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees


 1 whole thin skinned orange, remove the stem and cut in quarters. Keep the skin on the oranges.

In a clean large food processor, add the orange quarters, 1 1/4 cups of sugar, three large eggs, 1 tsp of vanilla, 1 tsp of orange extract, 1 tbsp of Triple Sec liqueur, optional, 2/3 cup vegetable oil. 


Pulse all ingredients in the processor and then puree until mixture becomes a batter with specs of orange peel.


Add to the processor:


2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt


Process all dry ingredients until they are entirely incorporated into the batter.


Bake in a greased and floured spring pan, using a parchment paper circle on top of the greased bottom.*


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place in the center rack of the oven.  Bake for 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven.


Remove from your oven and let it cool down completely. Dust with powdered sugar or make a drizzle of 1/4 cup powdered sugar and fresh squeezed orange until thick and smooth.  Pour onto the cooled fresh orange cake.


*if you don't have a large processor, you can use a blender.


Enjoy with some espresso and close your eyes and it will feel like you're in Sicily.