Carlota de Limón (Mexican Lime Icebox Cake)

Delicious! I added some lemon zest. Couldn't find Mexican Maria's cookies so substituted vanilla wafers.

So...some key steps are missing from the instructions. There is a step to 'whisk until smooth and thick'. When I hear whisk, I think manually with a metal whisk. I tried this and nothing happened. The instructions should say to beat/mix in a electric mixer until it thickens. This took about 20 minutes for me. Other than that, the recipe was great.

Mexican extra tips: You can eyeball the cookies, better yet, don't use too many, thin layers of lemon filling are not good, just put them gently, don't push them down. Use media crema as an extra for 2 reasons: It gives more body to the mixture and it helps if it's getting too sweet.

Flavor was very light and tasty, instructions.....not so! Instructions say to "refrigerate" for 6 + hours, change to "freeze". Instructions say "2/3 of a 20 oz package of cookies" , should probably be changed to say 14 oz. I could only find 7 oz & 3 oz packages. Just say 14 oz and even a fool like me can figure it out! My only other comment/question would be, "maybe I did something wrong, but the milk mixture never stiffened, just got a little frothy. Any suggestions? The pictures look pretty, but all of the cookies floated to the top as soon as I poured in the milk mix. Thanks in advance.

After letting it sit in the fridge overnight, it still hadn't set--never got thick enough to absorb the galletas. I'm going to try it again, because it was tasty, even though it was soup, and not cake. I have looked at other recipes, one called or cream cheese and mixing it in the blender. Maybe it will thicken better then.

Very light and easy, would be a wonderful late spring - summer dessert because there is no baking in the oven. I made exactly as the recipe said. In the future I will top with fruit, probably some kind of berry . . . Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, huckleberries, etc.

came out great! I used a tablespoon of lemon zest in the milk mixture and sprinkled crushed Maria cookies on top.

I follow the recipe, but the cans of milk and condensed sweet milk were less, they were 12 ounces each. Made it for our Cinco de Mayo get-to-gather. Received a great many compliments on it.

What a hit tonight for the taco buffet I fixed tonight for my neighbors!! I made 1/2 recipe ( just 6 of us ) Only thing I added was some lemon zest.....extra delicious....they all LOVED this. And so very easy to fix !! By the way....those cookies are available at Walmart!

Sorry for all those that follow this recipe, it is missing cream cheese, that’s why it never thickened guys.

This was easy, and allowed for variations. I used marscapone cheese to milk mix. Fresh lim juice makes a big difference. Delicious.

Very good recipe for summer

This was easy, and allowed for variations. I used marscapone cheese to milk mix. Fresh lim juice makes a big difference. Delicious.

Such a comforting dish on a cold evening.

I do not understand what I did wrong as I followed the recipe almost exactly. I whisked and whisked and even used an immersion blender when the whisking wasnt working, but the milk mixture never thickened. I have it sitting in the refrigerator at the moment, but it was impossible to layer a liquid with cookies, they are just floating in the bowl.

This dessert was so easy! We loved how bright and light the lemon was! Would definitely make again for a summer dessert with friends.

Easy and utterly fantastic! You must try this recipe, at least, once in your life!!