non-baked oreo cheesecake

after my husband successfully formatted my hard drive, this is the only photo that i have left, extracted from my other social net. hahah...  so lets bake!

Ingredients:

2 tubes of Oreo cookies

3/4 cup melted butter

400g cream cheese (I use Viola brand)

200g whipped cream (I use Viola brand)

3/4 cup of castor sugar

1 tablespoon of lemon juice ( I put 1 1/2 tbs)

1.5-2 tbs of Konnyaku jelly/gelatin

1/4 cup hot water

methods:

1) grind Oreo finely (only black part of Oreo and leave about 6 pieces for garnishing)

2) mix ground Oreo with melted butter, put in the baking tray, press firm to make a good strong base, keep in refrigerator for awhile

3) In the meantime, beat whipped cream until smooth, put in cream cheese little by little. add in castor sugar, lemon juice, white part of Oreo and mix.

4) mix konyyaku jelly with cold water, stir and pour into cheese mixture. beat slow

5) pour mixture into the base-lined tray, divide a piece of oreo into 2, put 8 small pcs in between the mixture.

6) keep the cake cool overnightly

5) grind 2 remaining Oreo coarsely, sprinkle on top of the cake before served.

bon appetit!

walnut butterscotch cake with caramel sauce and cream cheese frosting

husband is a sweet tooth person and when it was his birthday, i bake him this cake.. recipe is quite complicated but once a year so, why not? ^_^ .This cake is enough for 16 person's after meal sweets. but during the time we ate them, we have cut them for only 8 persons and im pretty sure im gonna bake this again anytime soon. was too appealing its not enough i swear!

so here is the recipe:

• for the cake:-
• 3 cups flour
• 2.5 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt

  1 cup unsalted butter

  
  

  2 cups sugar

  4 large eggs

  1 tsp vanilla

  1 cup milk

  1 chopped, walnut/pecan

  
  

  -preheat oven, prepare pan

  -sift flour+salt+baking powder

  -beat butter+sugar till fluffy

  -at medium speed, add 1 egg at a time until egg incorporate b4 adding the next egg

  
  

  -put mixer at low speed. add flour and milk alternately

  -add in mixed walnut...

  
  

  for the butterscotch sauce:-

  1 cup sugar

  4 tbs water

  150ml heavy cream

  
  

  3 ounce unsalted butter

  corn syrup

  
  

  -just like makin a caramel pudding, cook a cup of sugar together with 4 tbs of water till it turn amber brown

  -remove from heat, add in heavy cream and whisk

  -add 3 ounce unsalted butter+a lil bit of corn syrup

  
  

  consistency and colour are tolerable with your own satisfaction

  for the cream cheese frosting:-

  250g cream cheese

  250g mascarpone cheese

  1 cup icing sugar

  1 tsp vanilla extact/lemon

  
  

  300ml whipped cream

  
  

  -beat whipped cream to a thick cream form

  -add all ingredients lil by lil.

  
  

  
  voila!

by the way, i caramelized the deco walnut after i baked it for a while to add flavor to it. dont forget to get it cool till they form crusts. :)

p/s: i bake and prepare all the ingredients a night before so that i can deco the cake with the beautiful, set cream n cake.

original recipe by godiva

. altered to my likings and ingredients availability

26 him ^_^

Oreo based pavlova

I am always a big fan of oreo because of its unique taste and its basic color. its the only crunch that can make one get creative, dont you think? as for me, i used them as a base for my basic pavlova cake. it turned out so well and irresistible. you should just try it!  

so here is the recipe.

for the base:-

~3+ cups of oreo crumbs. no worries, u can sub it using 1.5 tube of oreo. just separate it from its white cream and blend it coarsely :)

~1/2-1 cup of melted butter.

how to make it?:-

~just mix both ingredients and press it firmly into a baking tray(separable preferably).

~set in a fridge for 1 hour. having to have more time setting the base inside fridge is totally okay

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for the meringue... this is the hardest part, for me at least. I am honestly have failed baking this cake few times before and we(my hub n i) couldnt resist ourselves just looking at them successful first time crusty crusts. yumss. yea you read my mind. so just excuse the ugliness of the linings. hahahha :D

5 Large Egg Whites
1 cup of Sugar
1 tsp of White Wine Vinegar or balsamic vinegar
2 tsp of Corn Starch
½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
¼ tsp of Salt
1/2 tsp of Cream of Tartar

carefully, without any tad impurities, beat ONLY egg whites till it bubbles up. note that to make a perfect meringue, it has to be 100% egg whites. no water, no blood, no grease, no anything. (this actually contributed to my failed attempts :p)

add in some salt and cream of tartar. cream of tartar helps to stabilize the egg whites :)
for 1 tbs at a time, add in powdered sugar. it will become super thick, white mixture.

using a spatula, add in corn starch, vanilla and vinegar.

set on a parchment paper, in a circle shape and make sure u make a border with a deeper center

bake it using this special trick... pavlova has to be cooked very slowly with low heat. so adjust your oven perfectly. i dumped my cake repeatedly just because i failed repeatedly adjusting the oven 

once it is brown or cooked, turn the heat off and left the oven lid ajar. it helps to maintain the structure of the pavlova together to make a crusty outside and chewy marshmallow-like inside.  

important note. while baking a pavlova, never ever open the oven lid or else u will make it a sodden desserts.

so to deco it, spray the ready made whipped cream on top and arrange your favorite fruits. it is advisable to use citrus or sweet-sourly fruits to compensate the thick cream taste. :)

by the way, mrs vitale is the main coach for any cooking because she is just an awesome beauty cook.. click here for the original recipe :)

bon appetit!