LEMON ICE-BOX CAKE I

Lemon Ice-Box Cake I image

Light, fluffy dessert-like cake with a taste of cheesecake.

Provided by Glenda

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

14 graham crackers, crushed
½ cup white sugar
½ cup melted butter
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk, chilled
1 cup white sugar
2 lemons, juiced
1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored Jell-O®
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
½ cup graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

Steps:

To Prepare Crust: mix graham crackers, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter and press into 9 x 13 inch pan.
Mix lemon gelatin with 1 cup boiling water and let cool.
Meanwhile, whip the chilled evaporated milk, add the 1 cup sugar and lemon juice. Whip until sugar is dissolved. Whip in the cooled gelatin into the milk mixture then stir in pineapple.
Pour lemon mixture over crust in pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers and chopped maraschino cherries if desired. Chill several hours or overnight. Variation: Mix one 8 ounce package of cream cheese with the 1 cup sugar; add this to the whipped milk, gelatin and lemon juice mixture. Stir in pineapple then proceed as above.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 169.4 calories, Carbohydrate 28.2 g, Cholesterol 14.7 mg, Fat 6.1 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.3 g, Sodium 123.4 mg, Sugar 21.7 g