Icebox cake

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An Icebox Cake is an American dessert consisting of whipped cream and chocolate wafers. The wafers are stacked horizontally in a log with whipped cream between them and more whipped cream on top. The cake is then left overnight in the refrigerator (or Icebox) for the wafers to absorb moisture from the whipped cream and taste cakelike. The traditional wafers are the Nabisco famous chocolate wafers, but they can be hard to find so other cookies are often substituted.

In Australia this dessert is known as a 'chocolate ripple log' or 'chocolate ripple cake' and is made with chocolate biscuits (cookies).

The dessert is usually served by cutting it into slices at a 45 degree angle, so bands of chocolate and cream are visible across each slice.

A variation of Icebox cake is made using pudding (usually chocolate) and graham crackers layered in a square or rectangular baking dish. Additional variations include alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla pudding, or the addition of sliced bananas between the layers. While this can be done with cold ("instant") pudding, if given ample time in in "icebox," the best results come from assembling the dessert with still-hot stove-cooked pudding, and then refrigerating overnight.