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JEAN SAGENDORPH AND JESSIE SHEEHAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TARA DONNE
CHRONICLE BOOKS
SAN FRANCISCO
Text copyright © 2015 by Jean Sagendorph and Jessie Sheehan.
Photographs copyright © 2015 by Tara Donne.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in
any form without written permission from the publisher.
ISBN 978-1-4521-3046-0 (epub, mobi)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.
ISBN 978-1-4521-1221-3 (hc)
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Food styling by CHELSEA ZIMMER
Typesetting by HOWIE SEVERSON
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Anna’s Swedish Thins, Ginger Thins, and Chocolate Mint Thins are registered trademarks
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Inc.; Back to Nature California Lemon Cookies is a registered trademark of Kraft
Foods, Inc.; Kahlúa is a registered trademark of Pernod Ricard; Keebler Vanilla Wafers
is a registered trademark of the Keebler Company; Maldon Sea Salt is a registered
trademark of the Maldon Crystal Salt Company; Microplane grater is a registered
trademark of Grace Manufacturing, Inc.; Milk Duds, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups,
Whoppers, and York Peppermint Patties are registered trademarks of the Hershey
Company; Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, Nilla Wafers, Oreo, and Grahams
Original are registered trademarks of Mondelēz International, Inc.; Red Hots is a
registered trademark of the Ferrara Candy Company; Sugar in the Raw is a registered
trademark of the Cumberland Packing Corporation; Trader Joe’s Meyer Lemon Cookie
Thins is a registered trademark of Trader Joe’s, Inc.
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OLD SCHOOL 20 PEANUT BUTTER CUP 76
PEPPERMINT-CHOCOLATE 24 MARSHMALLOW–PEANUT BUTTER 80
MEXICAN CHOCOLATE SPICE 28 THE KING 84
PISTACHIO-CHOCOLATE 32 BANANA-RUM 88
BLACKBERRY-CHOCOLATE 37 BLACK PEPPER–RUM 92
CHOCOLATE–GRAND MARNIER 42 CHAI-GINGER 96
WHITE CHOCOLATE–ORANGE 46 RASPBERRY GANACHE 100
RED VELVET 50 LAVENDER-BLUEBERRY 104
BLACK FOREST 54 KEY LIME PIE 108
ESPRESSO CHIP 59 LUSCIOUS LEMON 112
BLACK-AND-WHITE MALTED 62 LEMON-CARAMEL 116
SALTY MILK DUD 66 STRAWBERRY-LEMON 120
S'MORE 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 123 / INDEX 124
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IN AMERICAN HOMES OF THE 1950S, IT WAS THE DARLING
OF THE DESSERT TABLE—LAYERS OF CHOCOLATE WAFERS AND
WHIPPED CREAM ENROBED IN MORE WHIPPED CREAM, THAT,
AFTER A SPELL IN THE REFRIGERATOR, MAGICALLY MELDED INTO
SOMETHING THAT WAS CREAMY AND WONDERFULLY CAKEY.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN IT WAS CALLED AN ICEBOX CAKE—
YOU JUST KNEW IT TASTED LIKE A DREAM, AND YOU WANTED MORE.
Icebox cakes did not spring full-blown from garnered praise—“THIS IS THE GREATEST
mid-century American kitchens. Instead, the THING I’VE EVER EATEN!”—she knew she was
cakes evolved from Marie-Antoine Carême’s on to something.
French charlotte—a luscious chilled and molded Recognizing a tasty opportunity, Jean started
dessert of ladyfingers and custards popular working on this cookbook, but she knew she
a century before. Carême is considered the would need a partner in crime to fully attack
father of French cuisine and, in our opinion, the flavor spectrum. A friend suggested that
also of the icebox cake. His Charlottes à la she reach out to Jessie. They made plans to
Parisienne or à la Russe are well documented meet up for tea (and cake!) and instantly hit
in his 1815 cookbook The Royal Parisian Pastry it off.
Cook and Confectioner. Jessie has always loved homey desserts—a
In the 1920s, the National Biscuit Company favorite is her grandmother’s lemon velvet
(now known as Nabisco) put their Famous cake, replicated herein as the Luscious Lemon
Chocolate Wafers on the market and included (page 112)—so when Jean suggested that she
a recipe for an icebox cake on the packaging. and Jessie write a cookbook about icebox
Housewives began layering the wafers with cakes, Jessie was totally on board.
whipped cream and placing them in their In this book, you will find Jean’s and Jessie’s
iceboxes to set up. No oven was required and favorite icebox cake recipes, and we hope that
a delicious step toward convenience was taken. you’ll make many of the cakes. We’re pretty
Driven by her obsession with whipped sure you will be rewarded with a big smile
cream, Jean came across a recipe for an and a hug. An icebox cake is really a simple
icebox cake and fell in love. She experimented dessert that can be playfully fun or decadently
a little, using store-bought ingredients and her sophisticated. The choice is truly yours. So roll
own fillings. She decided to share the love, up your sleeves and prepare to wield your whisk.
serving them to friends and posting pictures
on her blog and on Facebook. When her results
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