Posted by sherry on July 25, 2001 at 21:18:50:
In Reply to: ISO: Ice Box Cheesecake posted by Robin on July 25, 2001 at 19:40:44:
Lemon Ice-Box Cake
Makes 1 -9x13 inch cake
Ingredients
14 graham crackers, crushed
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk, chilled
1 cup white sugar
2 lemons, juiced
1 (3 ounce) package lemon flavored gelatin
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
Directions
1 To Prepare Crust: mix graham crackers, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter and press into 9 x 13 inch pan.
2 Mix lemon gelatin with 1 cup boiling water and let cool.
3 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.
4 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.
Makes 1 -9x13 inch cake