Everyone in Mexico knows:
1) You should never drink the tap water
2) How to make Maria cake
It took almost two years for our neighbor to want to be friends with us. We had seen her come and go before, but finally one day I said hi to her in Spanish. Immediately she came over and told me (in Spanish), “I hadn’t wanted to talk to you before because I thought you were white!”
Oh, alright then.
After that, she invited me over to her house regularly, for pozole and chats about how white people are weird. Then she would remember I’m married to a white guy and it would get awkward. We would have become friends a lot sooner if I had given her some of this cookie layer cake because she would have known right away that I am, indeed, Mexican.
This is a great summer cake because you don’t have to turn the oven on! It’s a quick dessert, and the possibilities are endless. I’ve been meaning to make this using coconut cream instead of sweetened condensed milk. I’ve also been meaning to start working out at home now that the gym is closed.
I wonder what will happen first.
Fortunately for me, my aforementioned white husband and his family don’t know how easy it is to make this cake, so one time I made some and impressed everybody. Graeme’s aunt asked me if it was really hard to make. Bless her heart.
This cake is so quick and easy it’s almost embarrassing to write a post about it. For my next post I will be sharing a recipe for midnight Cheerios, for when you’re hungry but also tired.
Cookie Lime Layer Cake
- Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
2 sleeves Marias cookies, found in the Hispanic aisle of course
1 can Lechera (sweetened condensed milk)
1/4 cup Evaporated Milk
6–8 Limes
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together both milks and lime juice, tasting it as you go to make sure it’s to your liking. You want the mixture to be pretty sour because the cookies will even the flavor out.
In the bottom of an 8″ x 8″ Pyrex dish, arrange a layer of Maria cookies, breaking some of them to fill gaps and corners. Spread a thin layer of milk mixture over the cookies. Repeat layers until you run out of ingredients! Refrigerate for at least three hours and serve.
Notes
Optional toppings: Unsweetened coconut flakes, Berries
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 180
- Category: Dessert
PRO TIP:
Buy an extra sleeve of cookies if your assistant lacks self-control, as demonstrated here:
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