Easy Peach Icebox Cake

This easy Peach Icebox Cake is a fusion of an ice cream cake and an easy icebox cake. It’s nearly effortless to make and filled with summer peach flavors, with a hint of cinnamon in the graham crackers. If you’re looking for an utterly delicious no-bake summer cake recipe, you’ll love this!

Why This Icebox Cake Works

1. It’s simple: I mean really, really easy.
2. Homemade or ready-made ingredients: Depending on your time, you can make this icebox cake completely from scratch or get help with store-bought ingredients.
3. No-bake Cake: For those days when the weather is warm and you want to keep the oven off!

We have quite a few no-bake desserts, the most popular being our no-bake cheesecake, which takes only 10 minutes to prep! Let’s enjoy summer the easy way with simple desserts like this utterly delicious peach icebox cake.

If peaches aren’t your thing and you’re looking for another easy recipe, try our No Bake Icebox Cake with Summer Berries.

Icebox Cake Ingredients

You will find ingredient measurements in the printable recipe card below, but here is a quick list of what you need:

• Graham cracker sheets: I love to use my homemade graham crackers as they’re soft, cinnamon and delicious. But if you want to make this icebox cake very easy, store-bought is just fine! I do like the cinnamon graham crackers for that extra boost of flavor.
• Ice Cream: I’m using homemade peach ice cream, which is super easy to make in an ice cream maker. I love the hint of cinnamon and the flavors of fresh peaches. Again, store-bought ice will work great, too, in your flavor choice. Just be sure to soften it a bit.
• Whipped Topping: I’m using a combination of heavy whipping cream, sweetened with powdered sugar, and flavored with vanilla extract. To make it easier, you can also use a ready-made whipped topping, like Cook Whip.
• Garnish: Fresh peach slices

How to Make Peach Ice Box Cake

There are two ways to make this no-bake dessert. Both are easy, but if made entirely from scratch, there are a few extra steps. Below, I’ll give you a brief overview of how to make both from scratch and semi-homemade.

How to Make Icebox Cake with Ready-Made Ingredients

There are 3 layers of graham crackers and 2 layers of ice cream.

1. Begin by setting the ice cream on the counter and letting it soften a bit. It needs to be soft enough to spread (or smoosh) into the corners of a 9-inch square baking dish. Line a 9 x 9-inch baking pan with parchment for easy removal.
2. Add 6 graham crackers to the bottom of the pan and top with half of the softened ice cream.
3. Repeat this layer one more time and top with a final layer of graham crackers.
4. Wrap and freeze for 4 hours or until frozen. When ready to serve, top with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbles, and fresh peach slices.

How to Make Icebox Cake By Scratch

You can make the graham crackers ahead and store them at room temperature or freeze them until ready to make the icebox cake.

Make your favorite homemade ice cream. I’m using my peach ice cream recipe in an ice cream machine. Let it churn for 25 minutes, and then it’s ready to use in the icebox cake. Soft serve is perfect.

1. Line a 9 x 9-inch baking pan with parchment for easy removal.
2. Add 6 graham crackers to the bottom of the pan and top with a layer of softened ice cream.
3. Repeat this layer one more time and add a final layer of graham crackers on top.
4. Wrap and freeze for 4 hours or until frozen.

When ready to serve, top with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbles, and fresh peach slices.

Variations

There are almost endless variations of this simple icebox cake. It’s all in the ice cream! Choose your favorite flavor (homemade or store-bought), and use either plain graham crackers or, if the flavor profile works, cinnamon or chocolate. Then, garnish the top to reference the ice cream flavor you used. I’d love to hear what you come up with!