Lemon-Ginger Icebox Cake

- Elle Kirschenbaum 55 Comments
Make a Lemon Ginger Icebox Cake & impress your guests without turning on the oven! #gfree

Two years ago I mentioned meeting a lovely woman named Megan (pronounced MEE-gan) on a bus ride to visit my parents. She introduced me to the wonderful world of icebox cakes. I had heard of them but didn’t really know what they were. Basically, you alternate layers of cookies with whipped cream or mousse and put it in the whole thing in the refrigerator overnight. The cream or mousse seeps into the cookies and softens them and voila! They become soft like cake. Apparently, icebox cakes were big in the 50s and I am noticing they are starting to make a huge comeback. I mean who doesn’t want to be able to make a gorgeous dessert without turning on the oven?

Black Forest Cupcakes

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Genuine German Black Forest cake but in a cupcake. #Gfree

When I was about 12 years old, my aunt made what I recall to be the best cake I ever had. It was a chocolate cake with cherries and about 1/4-inch thick chocolate icing which was so rich, it was like biting into a chocolate bar. In my adulthood, it was explained to me thatRead more

Flourless Chocolate Almond Torte with Raspberries & White Chocolate Whipped Cream

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Flourless Chocolate Almond Torte with Raspberries and White Chocolate Whipped Cream #gfree

This week, Driscoll’s is sponsoring a contest with the Culinary Content Network called “Raspberries for Dessert.” In case you live under a rock or simply somewhere that doesn’t get Driscoll’s berries, they supply markets with the most plump and sweet berries. But for the sake of the contest, let’s just focus on raspberries.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes & a Gluten-free Mother’s Day Brunch Menu

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Make a Gluten-free Mother’s Day Brunch featuring Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes!

The year was 1979 and my mother and I were sitting in the kitchen. I was having a snack and drinking diet chocolate soda (Do they even still make chocolate soda?) and my mother was at the sink washing dishes.

I was reading the soda bottle and alarmingly exclaimed, “Mommy, this says it causes cancer in laboratory animals!”

Pistachio Lemon Bars

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Take Pistachio Lemon Bars to your next gathering. They are always a hit and these happen to be gluten free!

I’ve never been a huge lemon bar fan. I know sacrilege. I mean, they seem to be at every party or bake sale. But no matter how many I tasted, I was always left cold. Give me a brownie instead thank you. Until I sank my teeth into these! It must be the pistachio (which, as a side note, I think is the most underused flavor in American desserts). The nuts break up the intensity of straight lemon curd, still leaving you with a pungent lemon flavor but one that doesn’t cause your lips to pucker. It also tempers that day glow yellow which is so pretty but not something I am 100% comfortable eating.