Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake Recipe - Butter Your Biscuit (2024)

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Did they discontinue Nabisco chocolate wafers? ›

We found another worthy substitute for your pie crusts and cheesecakes. Earlier this year, Nabisco discontinued its Famous Chocolate Wafers, one year short of the cookie's 100th anniversary.

Although we now call them refrigerators, 100 years ago, kitchen chill chests were kept cool with large blocks of ice. Hence, the name “icebox.” Instead of using an oven, icebox cakes are made by layering whipped cream and cookies together, and then refrigerating the cake for several hours in the icebox.

Turn cake out onto a platter, remove plastic wrap and cover with remaining whipped cream. Place in freezer for 30 minutes or until solid. Slice while frozen and serve at room temperature. Store leftovers wrapped in the freezer or refrigerator.

Its popularity rose in the 1920s and 30s, as it used many commercial shortcuts and pre-made ingredients, such as pre-packaged cookies instead of sponges or ladyfingers that people had to bake at home.

Between the two crust quandries, our community members have suggested multiple substitutes, including Goya's Chocolate Maria Cookies, adding cocoa to vanilla wafers, taking Oreo cookies apart and scraping out the filling, and making homemade chocolate wafers.

Nabisco Old Fashioned Chocolate Wafers have been a staple in our homes for generations. They are a key ingredient in scores of desserts. Unfortunately, Nabisco has "removed them from the product line to make room for new innovations." How is there not "room" for this beloved and much used cookie in their product line?

Let the cake rest in the fridge for at least six hours so that the filling softens and merges with the cookie layers. Don't: Leave the icebox cake in the fridge for more than one or two days; it will lose texture and become soggy, especially if you are using juicy fresh fruit.

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With the development of the chlorofluorocarbons (along with the succeeding hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons), that came to replace the use of toxic ammonia gas, the refrigerator replaced the icebox, though icebox is still sometimes used to refer to mechanical refrigerators.

Refrigerator: This cake will last a few days in the fridge, but the whipped cream will start to droop after a couple of days. See how to make stabilized whipped cream with gelatin here. Freezer: This cake can be frozen if you're making it ahead of time for a party or gathering.

How long can you freeze an icebox cake? ›

True to its name, this icebox cake is best stored in the refrigerator, in an airtight container for 2-3 days. You can also freeze this cake for up to 1 month covered with aluminum foil. Thaw for a few hours in the refrigerator before serving.

Icebox cake is a no-bake dessert made by layering ingredients such as wafer cookies, cream, condensed milk, and fruit that set in the refrigerator. It's less of a recipe and more of a technique, because it's infinitely customizable as long as you stick to a cream-and-cookie base.

“Icebox cakes first made an appearance in the kitchens of American housewives in the 1920s when the National Biscuit Company—now known as Nabisco—first put their famous chocolate wafers in the market and included a recipe for an icebox cake on the packaging,” says Jessie Sheehan, author of Icebox Cakes: Recipes for the ...

Vintage cakes are vintage or “retro” because they've been around (and around and around) for centuries. They're known for their frilly, over-piped design and can be traced back to the French Rococo style of the 1700s – an age known for its ornate and gilded designs.

The origins of the dump cake are somewhat unclear. It has been suggested that the name originated with a recipe published by Duncan Hines in 1980, though the name is attested in a number of American community cookbooks and periodicals from the 1970s and 60s.

In 1988 the Philip Morris Companies acquired Kraft, Inc., a large maker of cheeses and grocery products, and in 2000 it purchased Nabisco, maker of snacks such as Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers. All these acquisitions were merged under what eventually became Kraft Foods Inc.

In 2000, Philip Morris Companies Inc. acquired Nabisco and merged it with Kraft Foods in one of the largest mergers in the food industry.

INGREDIENTS: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BAKING SODA, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.

A: Yes they can be frozen.