No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake (Recipe)
You know why I like making no bake cheesecakes? Because it's the easiest. The texture of this cake is more like a mousse compared to a traditional cheesecake so it tends to melt more easily when left outside the fridge. Considering Malaysia's climate, you might need to consider keeping it in the fridge. If you're baking it for a huge family, I'm pretty sure it will be gone before it even melts. Though it takes overnight to set before you can devour it, there's really nothing else bad about this recipe. With the classic no bake cheesecake recipe, it acts as a base for any flavoured no bake cheesecakes that you plan to make. If you want a strawberry cheesecake, put strawberries in it. If you want a lemon cheesecake, squeeze a lemon! It's really up to you. If you have some digestive biscuits, butter, cream cheese, whipping cream and sugar in your kitchen right now, this recipe is perfect for you.
BASE
Ingredients:
A pack of digestive biscuits (I used McVities)
1/4 cup melted butter
Directions:
Crush the biscuits in a ziploc bag to small crumbly pieces. Put everything into a bowl, add melted butter and mix until they are well combined. If it's still too dry, add a little bit more of melted butter. Texture of the mixture should be soft enough for you to press into the bottom of your pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes for a firm base.
CHEESECAKE
Ingredients:
Strawberries, about a pack
16 oz cream cheese (2 packs of the small Tatura cream cheese)
2 cups of non-dairy whipping cream
3 tablespoons fine sugar
Directions:
1. Puree your strawberries. I used a blender until it becomes a liquid but with some small pulps in it.
2. In your mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
3. In another bowl, beat whipping cream until soft peak forms.
4. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture.
5. Fold strawberry puree into the mixture until nicely combined.
6. Spread evenly onto your cheesecake base.
7. Let it sit in your fridge overnight.
Now the waiting game begins... Does any one of you play the Sims 4? I am obsessed. It has become the greatest distraction for me and one of the biggest reasons behind my procrastination, too. I spend hours decorating just one kitchen. It's crazy. Now that we're still under the restricted movement order, it's the only fun thing I can do at home.
Random Sims 4 house tour that nobody asked for.
Anyway...
If you're planning to take nice photos of this cake, do it fast. 😂