Photo: David Holifield
Ice box cake
14 ingredients
30 min
Serves 10-14
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This cake is made up of homemade coffee biscuits piled into layers with ginger syrup and cream to hold it all together.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1058
Calories
24g
Protein
39g
Fat
148g
Carbs
Counts 9 of 11 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coffee | not in our table | 0 |
| Chicory | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 150g/5½oz butter
- 250g/9oz granulated sugar
- 4 free-range eggs
- 5 tbsp strong cold espresso coffee
- 4 tbsp chicory and coffee essence
- 650g/1lb 7oz plain flour
- 50g/1¾oz cocoa powder
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 litre/1¾ pint double cream
- 125ml/3½fl oz stem ginger
- 1 tbsp chicory and coffee essence
- 42 coffee biscuits
- 3 balls stem ginger
Directions
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