Easy Lemon Icebox Cake with Lemon Oreos

A spatula with a square of lemon icebox cake on it.

Easy Lemon Icebox Cake with Lemon Oreos

This easy lemon icebox cake layers lemon Oreos and creamy citrus filling for a no-bake dessert that tastes like summer in a casserole dish. Prep time? Just 10 minutes—so fast you’ll have time to gossip while it chills.

Course No Bake Dessert

Cuisine American - Vintage

Prep Time 10

Chilling time 8

Total Time 8 10

Servings

Calories 557kcal

Author Marye Audet-White

Ingredients

3 cups heavy cream
½ cup powdered sugar
3.2 ounces instant Lemon pudding mix
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoons lemon zest divided use
26.7 ounces lemon Oreos or similar cookie

Instructions

Whip the heavy cream and powdered sugar until the mixture thicks slightly.
Whip in half the pudding powder and vanilla.
Add the remaining pudding powder, lemon juice, and 3 tablespoons lemon zest and whip until very thick. See video above.
Spread a thin layer of the whipped cream mixture on the bottom of a 13x9-inch baking dish. This will keep the cookies from sliding around.
Add a layer of lemon Oreos.
Top with ⅓ of the whipped cream mixture.
Repeat the layers until all the cookies and whipped cream have been used, ending with whipped cream. This will take 1 to 2 more times.
Top with crumbled Oreos and more lemon zest.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Serve cold or partially frozen.

Notes

Storage:

Don't let sit out for more than 2 hours. Refrigerate leftover lemon icebox cake covered with plastic wrap for up to 4 days. Freeze it for up to 1 month.

Tips:

- Make sure you get an instant lemon pudding mix. Ignore the instructions on the box since you just need the powder for this dessert recipe.

- To get ¼ cup of fresh lemon juice, you’ll need about two medium-sized lemons or three small lemons.

- You need to let this no-bake cake chill in the fridge overnight for the best results. The hours of chilling time allow the creamy filling to soften each cookie layer into a cake-like texture.

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