No-Bake Cake in 15 Minutes: 8 Step-by-Step Recipes
No-bake cakes are a great way to prepare a magnificent dessert for a festive table or family tea party in just 15 minutes, without the hassle of dough and an oven. Interested? Here are 8 of the most delicious step-by-step recipes!
1. No-Bake Strawberry and Jelly Cake
A very beautiful and delicious cake that everyone will love!
You will need: 0.5 kg soft cottage cheese, 250 g sour cream, 120 g sugar, 1 sachet vanilla sugar, 1 ready-made sponge cake, 18 g gelatin, 2 sachets strawberry jelly, 300 g fresh strawberries.
Preparation:
1. Prepare the gelatin according to the instructions and let it cool. Meanwhile, blend the cottage cheese with sour cream, vanilla, and sugar, then add the cooled but still liquid gelatin.
2. Place a thin sponge cake layer on the bottom of a flat plate, then place a springform ring around it. Line the inside with strips of film – this is necessary so that the finished cake can be easily removed from the mold without damage.
3. Pour the cottage cheese cream over the sponge cake, smooth it with a spatula, and refrigerate until completely set.
4. While the cream is setting, wash, dry, and slice the strawberries into thin pieces. Starting from the center, arrange the berry pieces in the shape of a large flower, so that they completely cover the cottage cheese layer. Prepare the instant strawberry jelly according to the instructions and let it cool.
5. Evenly pour the gelatin mixture over the strawberries, one spoonful at a time. Do not pour from a cup, even in a thin stream, as the berries will float! Refrigerate for 10-12 minutes to set the berry decoration of the cake. Then pour the remaining jelly and place in the freezer until completely set.
6. Once the cake is ready, remove the ring, then, gently warming the sides with a hairdryer, carefully peel off the film strips. Now you can cut the strawberry-jelly dessert into individual pieces.
2. No-Bake "Monastery Hut" Cake
If you have tube-shaped cookies with filling, be sure to make an impressive and delicious cake from them, very similar to "Monastery Hut".
You will need: 300 g crispy tubes with cherry filling, 1 cup milk, 450 ml heavy sour cream, 130 g powdered sugar, 1 cup nuts, vanilla.
Preparation:
1. For this dessert, choose tubes with cherry filling; they resemble "bamboo" cookies but are much larger. To make the cake soft and juicy, soak the tubes in warm milk for five minutes.
2. Add half of the specified amount of crushed nuts to the sour cream whipped with powdered sugar.
3. Arrange four tubes tightly together on an oval dish, cover with sour cream and nut cream, then place three tubes and spread with cream. Next – two tubes, cream, and one more tube. A mound should form. Cover it with cream on all sides and generously sprinkle with nuts.
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3. No-Bake Mini "Smetannik" Cake
This dessert is made with only four ingredients, but its taste is in no way inferior to cakes with complex recipes.
You will need: 500 g sponge cookies, 600 ml heavy sour cream, 350 ml condensed milk, 1 sachet vanilla sugar.
Preparation:
1. Combine condensed milk with vanilla sugar and sour cream, whisk with a mixer or electric whisk for 4-5 minutes.
2. Lay out a layer of cookies as tightly as possible, this will be the first cake layer. To prevent it from moving on the plate, lightly grease the bottom with sour cream. Cover the cookies with cream, then lay another layer of cookies, continue until all ingredients are used. Decorate with crushed cookie remnants.
4. No-Bake Banana Cheesecake
When guests are coming, you want to prepare something special, but what if there's no time to create a complex cake? A simple, yet wonderfully beautiful and delicious banana cheesecake will save the day!
You will need: 3 large ripe bananas, 150 ml plain yogurt, 1 tbsp instant gelatin, 7-8 tbsp water, 120 g butter, 300 g any shortbread cookies, 4 tbsp sugar, 500 g soft full-fat cottage cheese.
Preparation:
1. For the shortbread crust, crush the cookies into fine crumbs, mix with melted butter, pour into a springform pan, and press down firmly. Refrigerate for a while and start preparing the cottage cheese and banana filling.
2. Dissolve the gelatin according to the package instructions. Blend the remaining ingredients (cottage cheese, yogurt, bananas, and sugar) with an immersion blender. While continuing to blend, incorporate the gelatin into the cottage cheese mixture, then pour the filling over the shortbread crust in the pan and return to the refrigerator.
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5. Quick Gingerbread Cake
This cake is prepared in 5-10 minutes. You won't need an oven or a mixer, as simple sour cream is used instead of cream. The dessert will be moderately sweet, tender, and very delicious.
You will need: 0.5 kg fresh gingerbread cookies, 450 ml good quality sour cream, 2-3 bananas.
Preparation:
1. Gingerbread cookies are covered with sugar glaze, so there's no need to make a sweet cream for this cake, as the dessert would be too cloyingly sweet. Slice the gingerbread cookies into thin pieces, no more than 6 mm thick, with a sharp knife.
2. Cut a small corner off the sour cream package to create a makeshift pastry bag, which will make it easier to apply the sour cream "net". Slice the bananas into thin rounds, 4-5 mm thick.
3. The rest is simple: lay a layer of gingerbread cookies on the bottom of a springform pan, drizzle with sour cream from the package or spoon it on if you have sour cream in a jar, arrange banana slices, then another layer of gingerbread, sour cream, and bananas. Sprinkle the top of the cake with gingerbread crumbs; you can also dust it with cocoa or grated chocolate.
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6. No-Bake "Napoleon" Cake
If there's no time to knead complex puff pastry and bake many thin layers, you can always make a cake from ready-made "ushki" cookies.
You will need: 500 g puff pastry "ushki" cookies, 750 ml fresh milk, 2 chicken eggs, 0.5 pack butter (82.5 percent fat), 5 tbsp sugar, 4 tbsp sifted flour, 1 sachet vanilla sugar.
Preparation:
1. Into hot milk, slowly pour and thoroughly mix a blend of eggs, flour, 5-7 tbsp milk, vanilla, and sugar. Cook over low heat until the cream thickens. Let the mixture cool slightly, add softened butter, and whip with a mixer until fluffy.
2. Without waiting for the custard to cool completely, begin assembling the cake. Layer the cookies with cream. Cover the top and sides of the cake with cream and sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Two hours in the refrigerator and the dessert can be served!
7. No-Bake "Raffaello" Cake
This dessert is created for those who love the aroma of coconut in sweets. Two types of cream and simple plain cookies are transformed into an incredibly delicious cake in a matter of minutes.
You will need:
For the cake: 350 g plain cookies, 100 ml condensed milk, 100 g coconut flakes.
For the custard: 350 ml fresh milk, 0.5 pack high-fat butter, 2 tbsp each of starch and sifted flour, 0.5 cup sugar, a pinch of vanilla.
For the whipped cream: 250 ml whipping cream, 2-3 tbsp powdered sugar.
Preparation:
1. Into very hot milk, pour a mixture of starch, flour, sugar, and 8 tbsp milk, cook until thickened. At the end of cooking, add vanilla, then add diced butter to the cream and whisk with a mixer.
2. Spread condensed milk on one side of the cookies and use them to line the bottom of the pan, then cover the resulting "crust" with cream. On top, place another layer of cookies with the condensed milk side down and cover with cream. Assemble the entire cake in the same way. The last layer of the dessert should consist of cookies.
3. Cover the top and sides of the cake with whipped cream (whipped to stiff peaks) and powdered sugar, then sprinkle with coconut flakes.
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8. No-Bake "Mulatto" Mousse Cake
The principle of preparing this cake is similar to a classic cheesecake, but it is much more tender and fluffy, as the filling is made from sour cream, not cottage cheese.
You will need: 350 g shortbread cookies, 0.5 pack butter, 500 ml sour cream, 2-3 bananas, 130 ml milk, 100 g sugar, 4 tbsp cocoa, 1 tbsp gelatin, 50 g chocolate.
Preparation:
1. Make the cake crust from crushed cookies mixed with melted butter, then refrigerate.
2. For the delicate chocolate-banana mousse, heat the milk with sugar on the stove until the sugar crystals dissolve. Add the bloomed gelatin and cocoa to the milk, continue to cook for a couple of minutes over minimal heat, but do not bring to a boil. Pour the sour cream into the saucepan with the chocolate milk and whisk with a mixer.
3. Place banana pieces in the pan with the shortbread crust, pour the cooled mousse over them, and return to the refrigerator to set. Sprinkle the finished mousse cake with grated chocolate.
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