NO-BAKE CHEESE CAKES: No-bake cheese cakes are my personal favourite because they are lighter than baked ones. Hope you like this version of it.

NO-BAKE CHEESE CAKE WITH FRESH FRUITS:

 

 

 

crust:  1 quantity of basic cheese cake cookie dough

****Alternate crust—use 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs mixed with 1/3 cup melted butter. Pat crumb mixture into bottom and up the sides of an 8-inch spring-form pan. Chill until set.**** 

 

filling:

    2 x 250gm. pkg) cream cheese, softened    

    1/2 to 2/3 cup sugar

    1½ tbsp. gelatine                                                     

    1 cup milk                          

    1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted                               

    2 tsp. each grated lemon rind & lemon juice                                                           

    1 ½ cups frozen blueberries or fresh if available

    1 tsp. vanilla extract

 

topping:

    1 cup whipping cream                                                        

    1- 2 tbsp. icing sugar

    fresh fruits of choice to decorate                            

    1 pkg store-bought fruit glaze

 

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Roll out basic crust to ¼-inch thickness to fit bottom of 8-inch spring form pan. Bake blind for 10 minutes, then remove baking beans/rice and bake crust for 5-10 minutes more, or until crust is done. Remove from oven. Cool completely. 

 

Sprinkle gelatine over milk in a bowl sitting in a saucepan of shimming water. Stir to dissolve gelatine completely. 

 

Use a hand-held electric beater to beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Add gelatine-milk mixture, then the melted butter, lemon juice, lemon rind and vanilla extract. Beat well together until thoroughly mixed. Gently fold in un-thawed frozen blueberries or fresh ones. Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan. Refrigerate until cheesecake is set.

 

Whip cream until soft peaks. Add icing sugar and whip until stiff. Run a knife gently around sides of cake to loosen and remove cake pan. Cover sides and top of cake with whipped cream.

 

Prepare and slice fresh fruit of choice, preferably fruit of different colours for better presentation. Decorate top of cake with fruit. Glaze fruit according to fruit-glaze instructions.