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Carlota de Limón

An immensely popular, highly accessible icebox cake that requires absolutely no baking and utilizes shelf-stable dairy introduced during industrialization.

Yield 8

Ingredients

  • 1 pack Maria cookies
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup fresh lime juice

Instructions

  1. 1
    Vigorously whisk or blend the milks with fresh lime juice until the acid causes the dairy to thicken rapidly.
  2. 2
    Layer the cream alternately with Maria cookies in a glass dish.
  3. 3
    Freeze until fully set.
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
Mexican

Dietary Information

Vegetarian

Recipe Attribution