There are many reasons to make a delicious cake. Only in the summer, in the heat, I do not want to stand at the stove at all. Here in this case, cakes without baking may be appropriate. Recipes (photos of such desserts are presented below) will certainly be found in any culinary notebook. But a special place among them is occupied by jelly cakes with the addition of fruits. And the thing is their lightness and freshness. This is what you need on a hot summer day.
Broken Glass Cake
This easy-to-prepare jelly cake without baking can fully qualify for the title of culinary masterpiece. And all thanks to its amazing appearance, reminiscent of either marble or glass. To prepare it you will need:
- 6 bags of different colored jelly (the more contrast the colors, the more beautiful the cake will be);
- ready-made biscuit (it can be baked in advance or replaced with soft cookies);
- 1 liter of sour cream (if you want a lighter cake, you can take natural or fruit yogurt instead);
- 2 glasses of sugar (for fruit yogurt you can take only one and a half);
- 50 grams of gelatin (pre-soak in a small amount of water, allow to swell and dissolve in a water bath).
How to make broken glass jelly cake?
Prepare the finished jelly from sachets as indicated on the package. It is very important that it solidifies well. Therefore, if 200 ml of water is offered by prescription, it is better to take 150-180 ml. Dilute in different tins and put in the refrigerator until completely solidified. Meanwhile, cut the biscuit into small cubes. After the jelly has frozen, cut it into cubes too.
Now you can make sour cream. To do this, beat sour cream or yogurt with sugar into a lush mass. At the very end, add the dissolved gelatin and beat again. It is very important that he is well sold, and there are no lumps. Now you can start assembling the cake. A silicone mold is best suited. If metal will be used, it must be lined with cling film.
Pour a little sour cream on the bottom, then lay out a portion of the biscuit and colored jelly. Then again there are layers of cream, biscuit and jelly. So repeat until all products run out. Put in the refrigerator until completely frozen. After that, gently turn over and put on a plate. Garnish with fruits and berries, if desired. Although the broken glass cake looks stunning anyway.
Kiwi Jelly Cake
When talking about making jelly cake with fruits, they recommend using everything except kiwi. The fact is that they break down gelatin. And no jelly will ever work out. But in this cake, kiwi is the main ingredient, and this does not bother him at all. You just need to know one little secret, which will make such a dessert.
What is required?
To make a cake you will not need many products. For the base cake, you need to take 400 grams of shortbread cookies ("Anniversary", "To coffee", etc.) and 150 grams of butter. For the main layer with kiwi: 4 fruits, 2 bags of prepared jelly with kiwi flavor and 25 grams of gelatin. For the second jelly: 750 grams of sour cream, 500 ml of milk, 35 grams of gelatin, 200 grams of sugar and vanillin to taste.
Also for decoration, you can take another kiwi, chocolate and coconut. All this will make fruit and jelly cake even more interesting. Although, first of all, guests will be surprised and delighted by its stunning cut. It is worth noting that in this recipe you can always replace kiwi with any fruit and berries for the season.
Cooking process
Prepare a detachable mold with a diameter of 28 cm and cover it with cling film so that the edges hang. This will help to easily get the cake out of it. Melt the butter and mix with crushed cookies. It should turn out to be friable, but rather wet. Put on the bottom of the mold and flatten. Put in the refrigerator until other layers are prepared.
Now it's time to start the main component of kiwi. So that the fruits do not split the jelly, they must undergo heat treatment. To do this, you need to peel the kiwi, cut into thin circles and put in a pan. Add to them 100-150 ml of water, a little sugar to taste and a pinch of citric acid. Boil over low heat until the kiwi changes color. Take a smaller container than the main form and dilute the finished jelly in it according to the instructions. To it add kiwi with sugar syrup and already swollen and dissolved gelatin. Mix everything well and put in the refrigerator for 4 hours. If possible, it is possible for a longer time. Put on a sand base in the center.
And the last thing to do to make such a jelly cake with fruit is the milk layer. Pour gelatin into any container and pour almost boiling milk. Mix well so that there are no lumps and cool at room temperature. Beat sour cream with sugar separately until a dense and lush mass is obtained. At the end add vanillin or vanilla essence to taste. The cream should turn out to be sweetly sweet, as it will still be diluted with milk. In a thin stream, without stopping whipping, pour milk with gelatin into the sour cream. Beat everything well and pour the resulting mixture around the kiwi jelly. Refrigerate until completely frozen.
After that, carefully remove the sides and the film and transfer the cake with kiwi to a chopping plate. Be sure to decorate to your liking. Perhaps the most important thing in this dessert is that, making different central jellies, you can serve different fruit cakes each time. In any case, the photo of the section will impress your friends.
Fruit Diet Souffle Cake
Perhaps another amazing feature that only a jelly cake with fruits can have is diet. So, the calorie content of this dessert is only 800 kcal per whole cake or 100 kcal per serving. Quite a bit, isn't it? Especially when you consider that you get a full and tasty cake without baking.
Essential Products
We will need:
- A pound of fat-free cottage cheese (any, but not grains) will do;
- 400-500 ml of any compote along with fruits (it can be peaches, pears, strawberries and blueberries);
- 4 grams of stevia (this is a natural sweetener, you can use honey or agave syrup instead ) ;
- 100-150 grams of fresh berries or fruits (take suitable for canned)
- 9 sheets of gelatin;
- 9 grams (1 sachet) of gelatin powder.
How to cook?
Lift a detachable mold with a diameter of 18 cm with cling film. Instead, you can take any container with a volume of 1.5-2 liters, and then you can make a jelly cake with fruits, changing the order of the layers. Remove the fruit from the compote, add stevia and 2 tablespoons of the compote to them. Grind in a blender. Separately soak gelatin in water for 10 minutes. Squeeze well and dissolve in a small fire in 50 ml of liquid. Add hot to the fruit mass and beat until it grows in volume and brightens. Then add pasty cottage cheese and mix well. Put in a mold and wait until it cools. It usually takes about 2-3 hours.
Like other fruit jelly cakes (photo above), it is multi-layered. For the second layer, wash the fruits and berries well, sort them out and lay on top of the curd souffle. It is advisable to do this carefully and as beautifully as possible, because they will be perfectly visible in a transparent mass. From the remaining compote and gelatin powder, prepare jelly according to the instructions on the package. You can use including semi-finished product. Pour the fruit and put it back in the refrigerator, until it completely hardens.
Of course, it takes time to make jelly cakes without baking. Recipes (photos of desserts are always amazing) will require some skills, but you do not need to turn on the oven on a hot day. Yes, and they are in the heat is much nicer.