Cake without baking is always easy. After all, such a dessert there is no need to stand in the oven, and then wait until the cakes have cooled. It is also worth noting that for the preparation of this sweet dish you can take completely different ingredients. However, today we will consider only the option using dairy products and berries.
How to make cottage cheese cake without baking
Essential ingredients for cake:
- shortbread cookies (you can take "Jubilee") - 150 g;
- creamy fresh butter - 70 g;
- cocoa powder - 1 large spoon;
- fresh milk - 2-3 large spoons.
The process of cooking cake:
Surprisingly, a cake without baking also has a base in the form of cake. However, it does not need to be kneaded and thermally processed, because it is made from shortbread cookies. Thus, you should take 150 g of flour product, place it in a blender and grind to the state of crumbs. After that, cookies must be put in a bowl and add to it 70 g of melted butter, cocoa powder and fresh milk. The resulting mass should be mixed, and then put in a special detachable form and carefully tamped (with a spoon, the bottom of the glass, etc.).
Essential ingredients for the filling:
- frozen or fresh strawberries - 300 g;
- creamy cottage cheese - 200 g;
- strawberry yogurt - 300 ml;
- 30% chilled cream - 200 ml;
- icing sugar - 100 g;
- warm fresh milk - 50 ml;
- instant gelatin - 2 full large spoons.
The process of preparing the filling:
A cake without baking is best prepared from fresh and fatty dairy products. After all, such a dessert always turns out to be tender and very tasty. In order to make a strawberry filling, you need to put 2 large spoons of gelatin in a large cup, and then pour them with fresh milk and let it brew for one hour. At this time, 30% chilled cream should be placed in a bowl, add powdered sugar to them and beat thoroughly with a hand whisk until airy foam is obtained. After this, add creamy cottage cheese to the strawberry yogurt and mix them thoroughly using a mixer.
It is worth noting that a cake without baking will turn out to be much tastier if you add pieces of fresh berries to its filling. To do this, take 300 g of strawberries, wash it in cold water, and then cut into small cubes and put in a mixture of yogurt and cottage cheese.
After gelatin swells in milk, it should be slightly warmed up and added to the base mass along with whipped sweet cream. All ingredients must be mixed, and then completely poured onto shortbread cake.
In order for the strawberry cake to freeze and take on the desired shape, it is recommended to place the dishes with dessert in the refrigerator for 12-15 hours.
Proper serving
After time, a sweet dish with berries needs to be taken out of the refrigerator, carefully removed from the detachable form and transferred to the cake box. Top dessert is recommended to decorate with fresh strawberries or other berries and fruits. You can also use any jam, jam, jelly, etc. to decorate the cake .