Recipe: Delicious Mocha Icebox Cake

Mocha Icebox Cake. Place another layer of cookies on top, lying flat and touching, followed by another fifth of the cream. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring, until marshmallows melt and espresso dissolves. This no-bake Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake is a chocolate celebration.

Place another layer of cookies on top, lying flat and touching, followed by another fifth of the cream. Inspired by Ina Garten's Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake, this creamy refrigerator cake takes it up a notch by using homemade chocolate chip cookies rather than store-bought. The mocha filling contains less sugar and more cocoa powder than the original, plus more mascarpone and more vanilla, for a rich, dark, and aromatic filling in every layer. You can have Mocha Icebox Cake using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mocha Icebox Cake

1. You need 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream divided.
2. Prepare 2 tsps of espresso instant powder.
3. You need 2 tbsps of brown sugar.
4. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
5. Prepare 16 oz of cheese mascarpone , softened.
6. It's 15 oz of chocolate wafer cookies.
7. You need of chocolate shavings.

It's like a wonderful dream world between cake and pudding without actually being either. Reduce the speed to low and drizzle in the cooled gelatin. It's not every day we come across a recipe that makes our jaws drop, but Ina Garten's Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake did just that. It first caught our attention when the Barefoot Contessa posted an Instagram video of the confection being made.

Mocha Icebox Cake instructions

1. Bring ½ cup heavy cream to a boil, then stir in instant espresso powder, brown sugar, and vanilla extract. When the espresso powder and brown sugar are dissolved, allow to cool and then beat into the mascarpone..
2. Whip the remaining cream, and beat a heaping spoonful into the mascarpone mixture, then fold in the rest..
3. Layer over cookies in a 9x13” dish. This should make two layers. If you wish, use a vegetable peeler to make shavings from a bar of chocolate on top. Chill at least 8 hours..

This no-bake Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake has layers of coffee-flavored filling, chocolate wafer cookies and chocolate ganache. It's so delightful and easy to make! Add a dollop of mascarpone cheese mixture to the center and spread it out into one even layer. Creamy mocha filling is sandwiched in between graham crackers and topped with rich dark chocolate! This easy five ingredient Mocha Icebox Cake is the perfect Summer treat!