So I found a recipe for lemon maple icebox cake in the latest Good Housekeeping, and I was intrigued. Greek Yogurt. Graham Crackers. Dessert without baking?

Wanting to make something sweet on a weeknight and wanting to keep things healthy (an upcoming wedding will have you fixating on your size in ways you never imagined) I thought I’d give this one a try.

So their recipe uses maple syrup and some lemon zest. I’m not big on maple.

And I didn’t have any lemons.

But I did have Greek yogurt and graham crackers.

Oh. And a bottle of limoncello.

Which got the wheels turning.

And resulted in limoncello icebox cake made with Greek yogurt.

For this recipe, well non recipe really, you will need:

• graham crackers, use any flavor but I just used original for this
• 16 oz container of Greek yogurt
• limoncello (or lemon juice or cocoa powder or whatever you want to stir into the yogurt to flavor it)

So you have a few options for assembling this. You can lay the graham crackers out in sheets in a loaf pan and make a layer cake type thing. Or you can make individual trifles in glass pudding cups.

Good Housekeeping did the fancy loaf pan option. So I figured I’d give it a go. Next time I’d definitely opt for the pudding cups. Much easier. Much less pressure. Everything looks good in a pudding cup!

So. The loaf pan. Line it with plastic wrap, leaving yourself enough excess to wrap over the top of the cake.

In a large bowl, mix together the yogurt and the limoncello. I used about a 1/4 cup, but use your taste buds as a guide.

Layer the bottom of the loaf pan with graham crackers

Then add a layer of yogurt

And another layer of graham crackers, repeating until you have your desired number of layers. Or until the pan is full. Whichever comes first.

Fold over the plastic wrap and place in the fridge for about 4 hours so it can firm up.

Unwrap and carefully slice to reveal the layers of yogurt and graham.

The possibilities are endless for this. Next up we want to try some cocoa powder in the Greek yogurt and  adding some marshmallow spread for a s’mores cake.