Orange Cheesecake (Non-Baked)

I have never fancied adding orange essence into my cakes somehow as I do not like the taste of it. It seems to make me feel like as if I was taking those very bitter medicine when I was young... Hahaha... But to others, this orange essence was rather pleasant to them and in fact they do quite like it. How about you?

Reason of baking this cheesecake was because I have a pack of whipping cream which is due to expire soon. So I found this cheesecake using whipping cream... Hmmm but all ended up quite a mess as the whipping cream that I bought, did not whipped up as my top whipping cream...

In fact, being a non-baked cheesecake, this cheesecake is very easy to prepare and it should be ready by 15-30mins time.

I probably had exceeded the amount of whipped cream and I put in 250g of cheese instead of 200g. Thus the texture of the cheesecake was abit soft, more of like a mousse texture. Overall, it was quite yummy. My hubby had taken 2 slices of it, and my friend say it was delicious too. And she said she like the "orangey" taste of it:)

Ingredients as adapted from Kevin Chai.

Base:

140g crushed chocolate marie biscuits

70g melted Butter

Combine all ingredients. Press into a 7" square tin.

Cheese Filling:

200g cream cheese

70g sugar

2 tsp gelatine

2 tbsp water

200g fresh whipped cream

3 tbsp orange compound

Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.

Melt gelatine with water over simmering water. Add into cheese mixture until blended.

Fold in whipped cream, add in orange compound, mix well.

Spread cheese filling into prepared tin.

Topping:

80g crushed marie biscuits

40g melted butter

Combine all ingredients and sprinkle over the top.

Wrap well and refrigerate until set.

Strawberry & White Chocolate Mousse Cake

I had been food blogging and searching last week for some yoghurt recipe and I happened to see this recipe and the review about this mousse cake was fantastic. Thus I was rather tempted to try this recipe out. I managed to buy 6 boxes of Korean Strawberries from NTUC, luckily that was a promotion that day when I bought the strawberries:-D

Strawberry & White Chocolate Mousse Cake

Besides making it a cake, I decided to make some of these mousse cake in these little cups. Don't they look pretty?
But it was a pity, that these mousse didn't seem to be fantastic as the reviews had mentioned...

The recipe had asked to sieve the batter before we refrigerate the mousse cake to make it smoother. So I did sieved the batter, but the after cake, I can still taste the "roughness" of the cake. End up, it doesn't taste much like a mousse cake, as mousse is supposed to be smoother..:-(

The other challenge was the white chocolate. As I did not have a microwave oven(which I am going to get one soon:-p), I have doubled boiled the white chocolate, but it did not melt smoothly as well. Perhaps, that had also caused the "roughness" in my mousse cake???

Here is the whole cake I made.

Even my hubby and my girlfriend and her hubby did not really enjoyed it.. My boss and colleagues and my gilfriend's daughter, on the other hand, enjoyed this cake though.. My boss had said it was very delicious and she loved it soooo much... Hmmm, I guess it's up to individual preference perhaps???

Here is the recipe adapted from BBC Good Food

Ingredients:

(with slight modifications)
175g digestive biscuits
75g /2½ oz butter , melted
400g white chocolate (I used 350g)
400g strawberries (I used 350g)
300g tub full-fat soft cheese (I used 250g)
200ml double cream

Method:
1. Crush the biscuits with a rolling pin to fine crumbs, add the melted butter and mix well. Tip the mix into a 20cm lined, loose-bottomed cake tin, smooth with the back of a spoon and put in the fridge for 30 mins.
2. Melt 375g of the chocolate in a microwave or glass bowl set over a pan of simmering water, then allow to cool slightly.
3. Take out 6 nice-looking strawberries and set aside. Blitz the remaining strawberries in a food processor until smooth, then add them to a bowl with the soft cheese and cream. Beat until really smooth and thick, then stir in the melted white chocolate. Pour on top of the biscuit base and smooth the top. Place in the fridge and chill overnight.
4. Halve the reserved strawberries and place on top of the cheesecake. Melt the remaining 25g chocolate and drizzle over the top, then keep chilled until ready to serve.

Perhaps you will like this cake. Hope you have fun trying it:)