This week for Sweet Melissa we baked a lemon ice box cake. It's unusual becasue it's baked for only a very short time, and then kept in the freezer until serving. It is a layer of cooked lemon custard, topped with meringue. The meringue is browned in the oven during a short bake.
The recipe calls for the cake to be served with a strawberry sauce. Instead, I just topped the cake with some fresh fruit-strawberries, blueberries, and blood oranges. It turned out to be a nice refreshing cake for a hot Sunday afternoon. For the recipe, please see the cute blog "Keep Passing the Open Windows".
http://jenjw4.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/sms-2-lemon-icebox-cake-with-strawberry-sauce/
To find out more about the Sweet Melissa Sunday baking group, please see: http://sweetmelissasundays.wordpress.com/
At first, I thought those were figs in the background. Then I read the part about them being blood oranges!
ReplyDeleteAh, it's Monday all right!
That looks very pretty! Somebody else was just blogging about Blood Oranges. I have never seen one until recently. How do they taste?
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, Michele, everything on this page looks incredible! I would start with the Cranberry Orange Barley dish for breakfast, maybe some pancakes, if there was still room, and then move on to the Angel Hair Pasta with Chickpeas and Almonds for dinner. For dessert? Save me a piece of that Lemon Ice Box Cake! You're an amazing cook. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you decorated the cake. It looks gorgeous. YUM!
ReplyDeleteI love the fresh fruit on top. Great job!
ReplyDeleteMegan- I love figs; I can't wait until they are in season!
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy! Basically, I was too tired to make the sauce!
Kristy- I really love blood oranges but they have a very short season. They are sweeter than regular oranges-well, at least I think so. You can usually buy blood orange juice at Trader Joes and other "healthy" markets.
Barbara- Thank you so much! I really appreciate all your sweet comments! But, you are the master cook. I still can't believe you make your own lupinis!
This looks like a great dessert. I love lemon, meringue and strawberries. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteI like your fruit topping, nice touch. Nice looking cake.
ReplyDeleteOh so pretty! It looks like a work of art :) I had to skip this week but I can't wait to make this cake this summer.
ReplyDeleteThank you The Bahens!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy and Cheryl-you guys are great to make such nice comments!
Thank you Fit Chick and Tracey!
Your cake looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cristine!
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