Lemon Ice Box Cake
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
3/4 pound vanilla wafers, graham crackers or chocolate wafer cookies, crushed, divided
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
6 pasteurized eggs, separated
2 cups sugar, divided
Juice and grated zest of 3 lemons
1/4 teaspoon salt
Recipe
Reserve 1/2 cup wafer crumbs. To remaining wafer crumbs, add butter. Line side and bottom of 9-inch springform pan with crumb mixture.
Soak gelatin in cold water. Beat egg yolks with 1 cup sugar until light. Add lemon juice, lemon zest and gelatin mixture. Cook in top of double boiler until thickened. Cool.
Add salt to egg whites. Beat until stiff. Fold in remaining sugar and lemon mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle reserved crumbs over top. Chill for at least 8 hours before serving.
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