Are you ready for something easy to concoct, yet cool and refreshing against the August heat? This weekend, cool down with an icebox cake.
Last week I was feeling rather nostalgic in anticipation of our annual trip to the beach. As a native Floridian turned Tennessean, this little spot on Indian Rocks Beach captured our hearts early on, and has been calling us home for a week’s refuge for decades. Nothing fancy — more along the lines of comfort, convenience, and camaraderie. We’ve enhanced our stay in the sun and surf by dedicating one special night to a cookout with extended family who still live nearby.
For tonight’s shindig, the traditional fare has always been hamburgers. The guys will do their share while swapping stories around the grill, and our guests will show up with sides — leaving me to come up with a dessert. Already feeling reminiscent, I wanted to uncover a blast-from-the-past treasure. Something easy to concoct, yet cool and refreshing against the August heat. I did a little digging through my Nana’s recipe box and found a true treat, as she liked to say— the classic icebox cake.
Along the poolside row of picnic tables, new delicious dishes arrive with the newlyweds, coupled with the familiar spread of old favorites passed down by our grandmothers, Kitty and Grace — the family matriarchs. Though they are no longer with us, their legacy lives on among their great-great-grandchildren playing Marco Polo in the pool.
After dinner, my dad leans in over his dessert and shares a story about his dad delivering ice — Papa’s first job upon moving to St. Petersburg, Florida. I pause between bites to take it all in — the setting sun, gulls squawking over a discarded hamburger bun, and the shivering little bodies with mommies in tow dripping their way to the hot tub. And suddenly, through this sweet confection, I can feel an even greater connection to all that matters.Butter Icebox Cake ▶ Makes 8 servings1 c.
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