{"id":17734,"date":"2026-09-22T16:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:58:50","slug":"no-bake-condensed-milk-graham-cracker-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/2026\/09\/22\/no-bake-condensed-milk-graham-cracker-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Bake Condensed Milk Graham Cracker Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pan:<\/strong> 9 \u00d7 13-inch<br><strong>Serves:<\/strong> about 12\u201315<br><strong>Chill:<\/strong> at least 6 hours, preferably overnight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 packs (about <strong>400 g \/ 14 oz each<\/strong>) graham crackers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2 cans (14 oz \/ 397 g each) sweetened condensed milk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2 cups (480 ml) heavy whipping cream<\/strong>, very cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8 oz (225 g) cream cheese<\/strong>, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pinch of salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Optional toppings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crushed graham crackers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh strawberries or bananas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemon zest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whipped cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caramel or chocolate drizzle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Make the filling:<\/strong><br>Beat the softened cream cheese until completely smooth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slowly add the <strong>sweetened condensed milk<\/strong>, beating until creamy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add <strong>vanilla, lemon juice, and salt<\/strong>. Mix well. The lemon juice helps give the filling a thicker, cheesecake-like consistency, as in similar condensed-milk icebox desserts. Southern Food and Fun+1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a separate bowl, whip the <strong>cold heavy cream<\/strong> to stiff peaks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fold the whipped cream<\/strong> gently into the condensed-milk mixture until smooth and fluffy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Layer the cake:<\/strong><br>Put a single layer of graham crackers across the bottom of a 9\u00d713-inch dish. Break crackers as needed to fill the gaps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread <strong>about half of the cream mixture<\/strong> evenly over the crackers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add another complete layer of graham crackers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread the remaining filling over the second cracker layer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish with a <strong>third layer of graham crackers<\/strong> if you have enough, or reserve some crackers for crushing over the top. Icebox cakes commonly use multiple cracker-and-cream layers, with refrigeration softening the crackers into a cake-like texture. Joy the Baker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover tightly and refrigerate for <strong>at least 6 hours<\/strong>, ideally <strong>overnight<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Before serving, top with whipped cream, crushed graham crackers, fruit, or a little caramel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2b50 If you want the recipe to look <strong>exactly like the photo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo appears to show the <strong>condensed-milk mixture being poured directly over a layer of whole graham crackers<\/strong>, rather than a fluffy whipped-cream filling. For that version, use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2 cans sweetened condensed milk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>8 oz cream cheese<\/strong>, softened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00bd cup fresh lemon juice<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2 packages graham crackers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beat the cream cheese, condensed milk, vanilla and lemon juice until thick and smooth. Layer graham crackers \u2192 filling \u2192 graham crackers \u2192 filling, then refrigerate overnight. Similar recipes use condensed milk with cream cheese and citrus to create a thick no-bake filling. Southern Food and Fun+1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want, I can also give you the <strong>exact 5-ingredient version for a 9\u00d713 dish<\/strong> with measurements in <strong>grams and cups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan: 9 \u00d7 13-inchServes: about 12\u201315Chill: at least 6 hours, preferably overnight Ingredients Optional toppings Instructions \u2b50 If you want the recipe to look exactly like the photo The photo appears to show the condensed-milk mixture being poured directly over a layer of whole graham crackers, rather than a fluffy whipped-cream filling. For that version, &#8230; <a title=\"No-Bake Condensed Milk Graham Cracker Cake\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/2026\/09\/22\/no-bake-condensed-milk-graham-cracker-cake\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about No-Bake Condensed Milk Graham Cracker Cake\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17736,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions\/17736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yum.familyfreshrecipes.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}