Fruit Carlota Ice Box Cake
Today we will be making dessert. A traditional no bake ice box cake. A “Carlota” is far from Mexican, in fact it’s origin is still debated as possibly being from the United Kingdom. Vegan Carlota is also known as “Charlotte Russe”. Not the store at the local mall ladies and gentlemen.
How to make a Vegan Carlota
You will not need a stove. What you will need is a large baking dish. A favorite kitchen helper is also allowed as this dessert will not require heavy machinery but the blender. A Vegan Carlota is made with wheat flour cookies the brand I used was El Mexicano. If you are following a vegan lifestyle make sure you double check as the traditional Gamesas are not vegan. You will need vegan condensed and evaporated milk. Soy or coconut will be just as delicious along with lemon or lime. The mango in this recipe is interchangeable with any other fresh fruit. It was solely used as a topping for aesthetics. I left it in the fridge overnight because it was for a work event but 2 to 3 hours to settle should be fine. Shall we begin!
Vegan Mango Carlota
Equipment
- Baking Dish 10×15
- Spatula
- Blender
Ingredients
- 6 Rolls Cookies El Mexicano Marias 6 ounces each
- 2 Cans Condensed Milk 11 ounces
- 2 Cans Evaporated Milk 11 ounces
- 1/2 Cup Lime
Instructions
Milk Mixture
- Place your condensed and evaporated milk in a blender with the lime
- 1/2 Cup of Lime
- Blend
Assembling
- Take the cookies out of the wrapper and place on a plate for easy access.
- Layer the cookies in a single layer.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the milk mixture and spread around, and layer again until all the cookies are used up, pouring the milk mixture in between each layer of cookies.
- Top with fresh fruites such as mangos, kiwi, mandarines or strawberries.
Curious if you’ve run into the coconut combination coming out of the blender chunky like curdled milk?
Made the recipe for work hoping it turns out! Topped with strawberry, raspberry, kiwi and pomegranate
I never tried the Mango Carlota, but I think that my son will get in love from them. He adores mangos in every form 🙂
Thank you!
That is so awesome this dessert is definitely recipe children can help with.
This looks delicious! I have been super into vegan recipes lately and would love to give this a go! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hope you enjoy it.
I have never heard of carlota before, but it looks extremely simple and delicious! I can’t wait to try this. Mangoes sound like they would go so well with the sweetness of the cookies and condensed milk
Hope you get to try it.