Icebox Cake

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Icebox cake is a sweet dessert consisting of heavy cream, sugar, and chocolate cookies or wafers. The heavy cream is typically whipped into stiff peaks and combined with cookies to form alternating layers of whipped cream and cookies. The concoction is then left in the icebox (refrigerator) to chill overnight. The cream is often flavored with vanilla. This cake was introduced to the United States of America during WWI, but its popularity peaked in the 1920s and the 1930s. Today, there are many variations on the cake, both in America and Australia, with added pineapples, bananas, or chocolate pudding.