Layers of shortbread cookies and creamy lime cheesecake filling are topped off with sliced peaches in this classic no-bake Mexican dessert.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
My son recently spent nine months in Mexico as a missionary, and this Peach Carlota Dessert is one of the many delicious recipes he shared with me while he was away.
If you’ve ever had an icebox cake, then you’ll have some idea of what this creamy, layered no-bake dessert might taste like. In a word–amazing!
My son would often eat meals with locals, and whenever he tried something new that he enjoyed, he would ask for the recipe. Of course, sometimes the Spanish to English translation was not perfect……
For example, the carlota recipe he sent me called for “one bar of cream cheese,” which I had to assume was an eight ounce bar. And the “two packages of shortbread cookies?”
Well, I just made sure I had enough shortbread cookies to create two layers in a 9×13 pan. Needless to say, I had to do a bit of experimenting, and some online research, but the end result was wonderful.
After spending some time online researching carlota, I learned there are quite a few ways to make it. One thing every carlota seemed to have in common though was lime juice.
I didn’t see many recipes that included peaches, so this version is a unique twist on the more typical version. But my son himself did eat this version while in Mexico, so there are clearly a variety of fruits you could use to top of your dessert.
Be sure when you drain your peaches to reserve the juice. You’ll dip your shortbread cookies in it before layering them in your pan.
I suppose you could use freshly sliced peaches, just make sure you have some kind of fruit juice to dip your cookies in. I think pineapple juice would be amazing!
I’m so glad my son shared this recipe with me. Now that he’s home I can make him Peach Carlota Dessert just like he had in Mexico!
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Ingredients
- Cream cheese
- Lime juice
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Cream
- Canned peaches
- Shortbread cookies
Peach Carlota Dessert
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2-3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 15 oz. cans peaches, drained and juice reserved
- 2-3 packages shortbread or pecan cookies
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and cream with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually mix in lime juice until mixture reaches the consistency of pudding.
- Dip each cookie in the reserved peach juice, then place cookies side by side in a 9×13 inch pan, until the bottom of the pan is covered with cookies. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over the cookies. Repeat the cookie and filling layers once.
- Top the dessert with the drained peaches. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until firm.
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2 comments
Sonja McGiboney
I couldn’t find cream anywhere so I used evaporated milk. It’s too runny this way, I added more cream cheese to make it a bit thicker, but when you put it in the freezer it is still yummy. I used Pecan Sandies cookies.
Bertha
Hi!
What brand of cream did you use? I’m living in Canada and I don’t know how to find “media crema” or something like that , thank you!