No-bake Nutella Cheesecake

During my maternity leave, I had a small gathering at my place with some Mummy friends so I decided to surprise them with this self-created dessert. This is a very simple no-bake dessert that everyone can do J

What you need [ Makes about 6 med-size dessert cups ]

For the biscuit crust
- 12 pcs of McVities biscuits
- ½ bar of butter

For the cream cheese

- 4 tbsp of Nutella (add more if you like the taste to be stronger)
- Icing sugar
- 1 bar of Philadelphia cream cheese (room temp)

For the toppings & deco

- Sliced peaches

- Fresh strawberries (Sliced)

- Mini dessert cups (I got mine from Daiso)

Method

Making the crust

- Mash/process the biscuits till it resembles fine crumbs. For me, I put the biscuits
  into a big ziplock bag and crushed it with something hard, like a pin roller or a mug,

  with a small folded towel underneath it on the kitchen top 

- Melt butter in the microwave and mix well into the crumbs. Make sure all the 

  crumbs are thoroughly coated by the melted butter or else it won't harden when 

  chilled. If the crumbs looks still dry and powdery, melt a little more butter and 

  adjust accordingly

- Fill in the crumbs mixture into the dessert cups to about 1cm height

- Place the cups into the fridge and chill till harden (at least 2 hours)

Making the Nutella cream cheese
- In a big mixing bowl, whip cream cheese and the icing sugar (sieved) till

  thoroughly mixed
- Scoop a small portion of the cream cheese into a dessert cup
- Add in ¾ teasp of Nutella and stir with a small fork to create swirls
- Repeat the same for the rest of the cups & chill for 3-4 hours or till the

  cheese hardens

Preparing the dessert deco
- Slice the fruits into small neat pieces

- Make sure the fruits are almost 'dried' if they are direct from the cans
- Get ready to decorate your cheesecake with the fruit toppings
- Chill for another 30mins

Create your own style of Nutella cheesecake! Nice and freshing dessert :)

No-bake Mini Fruity Tart

I was wondering if I could do something that doesn't require ANY cooking at all. And I found it! Hehehe...it was a combination of the Jelly Strawberry Cheesecake and the usual fruit tarts - and wala! Simple yet so fun and tasty!


{No-bake Mini Fruity Tarts}

Makes about 20 mini tarts

For the cookie base

- 10-12 pcs of Mcvities plain digestives wheat biscuits

- 90-100g butter (melted into liquid - I used salted :P)

  If you prefer more buttery taste add more and if you want it healthier can stick 

  to this amount

For the cream

- 160ml of whipping cream

- 50g of icing sugar (adjust if you prefer less or sweeter)

- Pinch of salt

- 3-4 tablespoons of Philadelphia cream cheese (room temperature)

- Tin or aluminium cups/moulds

For the topping

- Any fruit slices like peach, strawberry, kiwi, grapes etc

Prepping the cookie base

1) Mash/process the biscuits till it resembles fine crumbs.

    For me, I put the biscuits into a big ziplock bag and crushed it with something 

    hard, like a mug, with a small folded towel underneath it on the kitchen top.

2) Melt butter in the microwave and mix well into the crumbs.

    Make sure all the crumbs are thoroughly coated by the melted butter or else 

    it won't harden when chilled. If the crumbs looks still dry and powdery, melt a 

    little more butter and adjust accordingly. Press the crumbs mixture into the    

    tincups using a small teaspoon and create a slight concave in it.

   

3) Place the cups onto a shallow baking tray and chill till harden (at least 1 hour).

Making the cream

1) In a big mixing bowl, add in the whipping cream, icing sugar (sieved), salt and 

    cream cheese. Whip till you get medium peaks or when you see the 

    cream thickens.

2) Chill for an hour.

For the topping

1) Slice the fruits into small neat pcs

2) Make sure the fruits are almost 'dried' if they are direct from the cans

Get ready your tarts!

1) Scoop a flat tablespoon of cream on top of the tart base

2) Decorate the fruit slices neatly on top of the cream

3) To glaze your tarts, scoop a big tablespoon of jam spread into a small saucepan 

    and add 3 tablespoon of water.   

    Lightly boil it till the jam is thoroughly melted with the water and sieve the 

    jam 'juice'. Chill for another 30 mins.

Create your own style of fruity tarts! You can use fruits like pineapple, blueberries or strawberries as well! Nice and freshing as a snack or dessert :)