Make a No Bake Birthday Cake
If it's your friend's birthday and you want to spoil her, why not make her this delicious cake? You don't even have to bake it!
Contents
Ingredients
- 175g/6 oz digestive biscuits (aka graham crackers in the US)
- 75g/2.6 oz butter
- 225g/8 oz cream cheese
- 150ml/5 fl. oz strawberry yogurt
- 150ml/5 fl. oz double cream
- A dozen ripe strawberries
Steps
- Place the biscuits into a re-sealable zipper storage bag. Use a rolling pin to make crumbs out of the biscuits.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the biscuit crumbs you have created.
- Tip the mixture into the bottom of a 20cm (7.8") flan dish and press it down with the back of a spoon to make a flat base. Set it on the side to cool.
- Place it in the fridge for half an hour, or until hardened.
- Mix together the cream cheese and yogurt in a large bowl.
- Whisk the double cream in a separate bowl, until it makes stiff peaks. This is easier and faster to accomplish with an electric whisk.
- Gently fold the whisked cream into the cheese and cream. Stir once around the bowl and once through the middle with the side of a wooden spoon. Continue this until all the cream is mixed in.
- Tip the cream cheese, yogurt and cream mixture on top of the biscuit base. Spread it out evenly, then put it back in the fridge until the filling is firm - about 30 minutes.
- Slice the strawberries and arrange them in a pattern on top of the cake. You may want to remove bruised or discolored areas on the strawberries.
- Add some birthday candles.
Tips
- You can make multiple layers for this cake.
- You could use different fruits to suit the taste of the birthday girl/boy - raspberries or blueberries are both good choices, or even peaches.
- Sometimes you can add melted chocolate to the biscuit crumbs. This makes it even tastier.
Things You'll Need
- Large bowl
- Plastic bag and rolling pin
- Saucepan
- Stirring spoon
- Spoon
- 20cm (7.8") flan dish
- Whisk
- Candles