Thursday, November 30, 2006

No-bake Lemon Cheesecake


Description:
Here's a recipe for people who are clumsy at baking (and are lack of access to a decent oven), like me. I forgot where I got this recipe from and the cake seems to be different everytime I make it, but it never fails to entertain anyone who tastes it :D

Suggestions for improvements are welcome!

Ingredients:
For the base:
1 pack digestive cookies (I like the volkoren variation)
1 pack butter (250 gr?)
1-2 tablespoons of brown sugar, if wished

For the cake:
grated peel from 1 lemon
juice from 3 lemons
2 tablespoons (vanilla) sugar
6 sheets gelatine (I usually use Dr. Oetker's), immersed for a few minutes in warm water until tender

4 x 100 gr-pack cream cheese (I usually use Mon Chou), at room temperature
Filling and/or topping, if you wish. I usually add canned mandarine pieces inside the cake and peach pieces for the topping. But if it's the right season, I like using berries as well.

Directions:
1. Make the base
- Melt the butter and crush the cookies, while adding the sugar
- Mix the melted butter into the cookie crumbs evenly
- Press the mix at the bottom (and sides) of a dish
- Leave in the fridge to cool for (at least) two hours

2. Make the cake
- Heat the lemon juice and grated peel, adding the sugar and the 'weakened' gelatine sheets, mix thoroughly
- Whip the cream cheese in a big bowl
- Add the warm gelatine-juice into the bowl bit by bit, enough only until it forms a thick mass
- Add any filling if you wish. I usually add the mandarine pieces to add texture and taste

3. Complete the whole thing
- Take the cooled base out of the fridge
- Pour the cream cheese mix into the dish
- Arrange any topping, if any, and pour over the leftover gelatine-juice, if there's some left
- Put the dish back into the fridge and wait until the gelatine is set (I usually leave it overnight)
- Done!

Photo: no-bake cheesecake from http://sunnypie.bloggerism.net/ - mine is usually messy and doesn't look this neat, but the texture seems similar.

20 comments:

  1. mmm..... sounds really yummy. Do you have a picture for this cheesecake? So I can imagine more about it he he he......

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  2. eh sorry ada toh picture-nya, gw pas liat wkt gw trima notice di email gw, & picturenya nggak ada tuh, sorry ya.....nah sekarang kan enak bisa ngebayang tuh cheesecake.

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  3. kue2 kayak gini emang enak dan gampang bikinnya...
    cumann.... bahannya mahal benerr... ^^;;
    (eh, kalo di sini siih mwahal... kalo di sana nggak ya? ^^;; )

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  4. blm pernah coba bikin no bake cheese cake, thx ya ta ... berry kyknya lbh oke :D

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  5. setuju sama lita, pake berries kayanya asik nih

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  6. christy> iya, pas awal upload belum dapet gambar :D dan bikinan sendiri belum sempet kepotret, jadi fotonya ngambil dari internet

    harl> di sini harganya biasa2 aja emang :) kalo bikin jajan pasar dan kue2 basah khas indonesia, baru deh harus siap2 ekstra expense dan waktu utk bikinnya!

    lita> makasih juga.. iya berry asik, tp skg lagi mahal krn musimnya udah lewat :(

    chic> tandju berrymud (p-p-a nggak sih)

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  7. Hey thanks for posting the recipe promptly! My aunt made these a lot but she refused to give the recipe away! Thanks for sharing! ;-)

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  8. Hi Tita,

    agar jelly can be used in place of gelatine and Philadelphia Cream Cheese also works like a charm. I've only tried the baked cheesecake only once and it came out quite decent, but lost the recipe! So if you manage to find one - love it if you can post it here too...

    Rizby

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  9. mba tita! thx buat resepnyaaa :p

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  10. tita: it's my pleasure! :)

    tenikcilik: makasih juga.. aku mulai bikin ini sejak kuliah di bandung lho, tp nggak sering2 memang sebab bahannya mehil

    risby: thanks for the tips! concerning the baked cheesecake, I think you're one step ahead of me since I've never made any :D

    modjo: makasih jugaa.. kapan mau nyoba nih? :)

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  11. Aduh Plon, asik bener nih nih tampangnya! Setujulah kalo nggak usah pake baking gini ;) Dulu juga pernah ya dikasih resep cheesecake olehmu....kayaknya it's time to try ;P

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  12. 1 pack digestive cookies (I like the volkoren variation)

    itu kayak apa seh? yg kayak biskuit marie itu ya :D

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  13. iya bul, tapi nggak selemes marie. pake merk euroshopper juga udah enak (gak usah merk verkade atau AH :D)

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  14. Bagi dong Titia, kelihatannya sangat menggoda nih.
    Sekarang sdh ngga ada yg menikmati cake dirumah lagi, jadi kalau lagi kangen mampir ke toko cake favorite beli 1 buat sendiri...ha..ha.

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  15. YUMMM YUMMMM! I LOVE CHEESE CAKE, AND I ALSO LOVE LEMONS AND LIMES! SO THIS SOUNDS PERFECT! ALSO, NO HAVING TO BAKE IT SOUNDS EVEN BETTER! NICE RECIPE! THANKS FOR SHARING! XOXO

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  16. how much cookies do we use and can we use graham instead?

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  17. minta ijin nyontek resepnya yaa...;)

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  18. Hi, I've moved my website to: http://sunnypie.bloggerism.net

    Would you kindly update it for me? Thanks!

    SunnyPie

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