Icebox Cake

I don't bake often. To tell the truth, I hardly ever bake. But, for my friend's birthday this weekend, I decided to "bake" the easiest cake ever: the icebox cake from Magnolia Bakery in Greenwich Village, NY. When my husband and I were dating long distance (before we got married) we used to go check out all the Manhattan bakeries. For a year and a half we dated long distance... he lived in Northern California and I was in NYC. We had our favorite baked goods from various places but the icebox cake from Magnolia Bakery was one of our favorites. (Their banana pudding is another greatest hit from there. My favorite cupcakes came from Billy's in Chelsea and Sweet Sugar Sunshine in Lower East Side.) Anyway, when I came to visit him out in California, he would often make THE icebox cake from the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook recipe that he found on the Oprah.com site. It's a very easy no-bake recipe that I often said I wanted try. I finally was motivated to "bake" this cake! I was a bit worried about how it turn out but it turned out great!! My girlfriends all asked me if D had made the cake (since they know I don't bake) and all wanted the easy recipe. Gosh, it's a good thing I got some this weekend since I plan to cut out sugar from my diet going forward...

And, thank you for the encouragement on my decision to focus on the half marathon! You guys are great!! :-)