A father is a pillar of strength, support and discipline in his family. He works hard to provide a good life for his wife and children by ensuring that their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter are met or are never lacking. He ensures that his children gets the best education that he can. He also protects them, making sure they are safe at all times. He is affectionate and supportive towards his wife and children; for the latter this is of utmost importance as it affects their cognitive and social development which in turn affect their self-confidence in facing society. In short, a father is selfless when it comes to provide for his family.
So, it is very apt to set aside a day in a year to celebrate Father's Day to show our love for our father. I made a No-bake Oreos Cheesecake for my children to celebrate this special day for their father.
Ingredients:
- For the base:
- 150 g Oreo cookies
- 100 g butter
- For the cake:
- 500 g cream cheese
- 50 g sugar
- 400 g whipping cream
- 12 g gelatin (fish)
- 40 g hot water
- 100 g Oreo cookies, broken up roughly. Can add more to your liking even up to 100 g.
- For the top:
- 50 g Oreo cookies, finely crushed
Method:
- Prepare the base:
- Remove the fillings from the Oreos cookies. Keep them for later use.
- Crush the Oreo cookies till fine.
- Melt 150 g of butter.
- Mix the crushed cookies and butter till the butter is totally absorbed.
- Pour the mixture into an 8 inch round pan with removable base.
- Level the crushed cookies to cover the whole base using the bottom of a measuring cup.
- Leave the pan in the refrigerator to harden the base cookies.
- Prepare the batter:
- Add the gelatin and hot water to a small bowl. Stir to dissolve the gelatin. Set the bowl aside to let the gelatin cool down slightly (not totally cooled down as we do not want it to turn into solid gel).
- Then heat the gelatin in a bowl of hot water
- Weigh the cream cheese and let it soften at room temperature. (This should be done at least 1-2 hours earlier.)
- When the cream cheese has softened, add sugar and the Oreo cookies fillings to it. Use a hand mixer to mix till the sugar and fillings have dissolved and the cream cheese is smooth.
- Whipped the whipping cream till it has stiff peaks.
- Add the whipping cream to the cream cheese and mix till they are well-combined.
- Add the gelatin to the batter. Mix them up using a spatula.
- Add the roughly crushed Oreos cookies to the batter. Mix them up with the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Gently sprinkle the finely crushed cookies onto the top of the batter.
OR
- Pour half of the plain batter into the prepared tin.
- Arrange Oreos 6 cookies in a circle on top of the batter.
- Gently pour the remaining batter into the pan.
- Gently sprinkle Milo powder onto the top of the batter (as in the last 2 photos).
- Place the pan in the refrigerator for a minimum of 3 hours for the cream cheese to set. It would be better if left overnight in the refrigerator.
- Slice and serve.