Showing posts with label mascarpone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mascarpone. Show all posts

Friday, September 6, 2013

Chocolate Nutella Cheesecake


Do you like Cheesecake ???  And do you like Nutella ?? If yes then this is an absolute gem of a dessert as it combines both.

What I liked about it was that it came together in a real short time with not much effort as its a no bake cheesecake and super easy.  

I should probably mention there’s lots of rum involved too.  
So forget the diet and grab a spoon!

This is a great cheesecake I want to make a fabulous quick dessert and don’t have time or energy for springform pans, water baths, ovens, etc.  You know what I mean?  




Layer your dish with cookie crumbs mixed with melted butter.  I used Digestive biscuits but you could use chocolate also.  If you use a flat dish you could just layer the base with oreo cookies.


For the Nutella Ganache, 

Using a small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup [100 gms] cream [I used Amul] up to a boil and remove from heat.  Pour over 150 gms chopped chocolate and whisk till smooth. Stir in about 5 generous tablespoons of Nutella. 


Spoon 2 Tbsp. ganache in each parfait glass and refrigerate to set.


For the Cheesecake layer,  using a hand blender,  beat 200 gms cream cheese [I used Kwark from Flanders but Amul plain cheese spread works fine] and about 1/4 cup or 30 gms of  powdered sugar on medium speed till smooth. 



Add 170 gms of Nutella and continue mixing.

Stir in 200 gms mascarpone and mix till combined.

Mix in 1/4 cup of dark rum


Separately whip 1 cup cream [I used Riches], vanilla extract and 1/4 cup powdered sugar till stiff.

Gently fold into the cheesecake till everything is combined.


Fill parfait glasses with cheesecake filling and leave for 1/2 an hour to set.

Garnish with flaked Almonds

Monday, June 24, 2013

TIRAMISU CAKE

Another hectic weekend.  Sometimes I wonder where time goes.  My son turned 16 on Sunday - whoever coined the term Sweet Sixteen was definitely not a parent.  Had to be one of the kids.  Its a terribly tough age and much as I love my kids Sweet is not a word I associate with them in their teens.  

I can beat my head asking him what he wants to eat and the answer is always the "Anything".  Does anyone know what or how to make Anything :)

So this birthday I decided to make him his favourite dessert in form of a cake - a Tiramisu Cake.  

I started this by making a basic vanilla sponge - you can use your favourite recipe.  Alternatively you could also use a chocolate sponge - thats a personal choice.

The tiramisu filling is a beautiful mascarpone, cream, coffee egg yolk filling which holds beautifully.

I have to admit that I have alsolutely no decoration skills.  After spending time racking my brains on what to do with the designing I remembered some chocolate transfer sheets that were lying around, so I just usedthat around the circumference of the cake and piped some cream on top.

All said and done the cake tasted really good.