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Ice box cake
Photo: David Holifield

Ice box cake

14 ingredients 30 min Serves 10-14 openrecipes

This cake is made up of homemade coffee biscuits piled into layers with ginger syrup and cream to hold it all together.

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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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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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