Mango Ice box cake / no bake mango cake
Have you heard of Icebox cake? Its a saviour for those who don’t like to spend too much time in kitchen and yet want to give a homemade dessert to family or guests. Not only it is easy, it can be made and served easily in attractive way and it is as tasty as a layered fresh cream cake.
What is Icebox cake?
Icebox here refers to the refrigerator..so a cake made in refrigerator / fridge is called ice box cake. It is thought to be originated in America or Australia.
But how? How can we make cake in refrigerator?
Well, the trick here is using something similar to the cake sponge..There are plenty things cane be found which are made with similar ingredients like a sponge. But the most handy ones are biscuits . The original recipe was said to be made with wafers.Wafers were sandwiched with whipped cream in between them and later dolloped with some chocolate spread or some more whipped cream.
What have I changed ?
I have replaced chocolate with the fresh mangoes and instead of wafers I’ve used the plain biscuits.
We are going to sweeten the whipped cream with some mangoes and sugar and later layer few mango slices in between. As mangoes are already flavourful which we don’t want to be dominated by wafers , we are using plain biscuits like rich tea (Marie in india).
I spotted a similar recipe on ‘tastemade’ few months back and had totally forgotten about it. But last week I bought a huge batch of Alphonso mangoes and my hands were itching to try something new yet easy . I just searched and did my own alterations in recipe and came up with this fantastic no bake ice box cake. I can guarantee you, you would definitely forget to bake a cake after trying and tasting this.
Remember:
Even though this cake easy to assemble, it needs refrigeration of minimum overnight for it to set .There is no excuse to this wait else the cake would taste like a non fancy last minute assembled biscuit pudding.
Other alternatives:
- Instead of biscuits, one can use graham crackers, wafers , Italian style lady fingers, oreo cookies, etc
- Instead of whipped cream one can use combination of custard / ready pudding and whipped cream.
- The condensed milk can be substituted with icing sugar and still it works fine.
- Mangoes can be substituted with chocolate spread, other fruits like peaches strawberries, persimmons, kiwis etc.
- Line a square tin with greaseproof paper. Make sure to line it from side as well.
- Prepare whipped cream till peaks are formed and add in condensed milk and pieces of mango pulp.Keep aside.
- Peel and slice mangoes lengthwise.
Steps to make:
2. Start by layering:
- First layers of biscuits
- second of whipped cream mixture
- third of mago slices.
3.Repeat the same for second batch… starting with biscuits, later whipped cream and last mango slices.
4. Last the third batch– start with biscuits, cream and mangoes. The last mango slices layer is the face of the dessert so you can arrange or decorate the slices as you wish to.
Refrigerate overnight . Slice and serve when ready to serve.
: Recipe Card :
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
| Passive Time | 10-12 hours |
| Servings |
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- 4 ripe mangoes (I've used Alphonsos)
- 2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 can condensed milk (or 1 cup icing sugar)
- 30 tea biscuits (like Rich tea, Marie) (I've used Ulker turkish tea biscuits)
Ingredients
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- Whip the cream till soft peaks form and add the condensed milk.Mix well and whisk again for a minute. Later add 1/2 cup of fresh mango pulp and mix well. Peel and cut mangoes in slices and set aside.
- Line a square tin with greaseproof paper at bottom and on sides.
- First layering :Lay a layer of biscuits at bottom of tin.Make sure there are no gaps left.For any gaps left, cut biscuits and lay in between. Next goes the whipped cream mixture.Spread 1/3 of mixture evenly . Last goes layer of mango slices.
- Second layering : starting from biscuits-- cream--mangoes...follow the same procedure as above to form second batch. Third layering: start with biscuits---cream---mangoes.... Her the mangoes slices layer will be the face of dessert so we need to arrange it in decorative manner.
- Cover the tin with wrapping paper and refrigerate whole night. Remember to refrigerate (chill) and NOT FREEZE.
- When ready to serve cut in desired size and shape slices and serve. The mango slices itself act as garnish but one can still use golden leaf / sprinkles/ mangoes roses etc.
- For alternatives in the recipe like biscuits, fruit etc check the recipe description above.
- I ran out of just tiny bit of cream at last layer so I whipped little cream and added icing sugar and mango puree. This didn't make any difference in texture or taste of the cake. So one can easily substitute the condensed milk with icing sugar.
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