Stained Glass Cake

Name: Stained Glass Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces/149 grams), sugar; 12 , graham crackers, crushed to fine crumbs (about 1 1/2 cups); 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 3 , (3-ounce) boxes Jell-O (2 red, such as Strawberry, and 1 blue, such as Berry Blue); 4 1/2 cups, boiling water; 3/4 cup, pineapple juice; 1 envelope, unflavored gelatin; 2 cups, heavy cream; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon, salt

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2009

A 1950s advertisement for Jell-O made Stained Glass Cake famous. Also known as Crown Jewel Cake or Broken Glass Cake, this easy, child-friendly icebox cake looks just as pretty today as it did then.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 1 hour, plus 8 hours chilling

Why This Recipe Works

This is a members' feature.