Lemon Ice-Box Cake

This lemon ice-box cake recipe features pineapple, graham crackers, and lemon Jell-O, resulting in a light, dessert-like cake with cheesecake flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 169 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine 14 crushed graham crackers, ½ cup sugar, and melted butter in a bowl. Mix until evenly moistened; press into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch pan.

Step 2

Mix lemon gelatin with 1 cup boiling water together in a separate bowl. Cool.

Step 3

Meanwhile, whip evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar, and lemon juice in another bowl until sugar dissolves. Whip in cooled gelatin into milk mixture: stir in pineapple.

Step 4

Pour lemon mixture over crust in pan. Sprinkle with ½ cup crushed graham crackers and chopped maraschino cherries. Chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours to overnight.