Birthday Cake - Mango Cake

Today is my dear brother's birthday.  As I was running out of idea what to bake, my sister has agreed to bake one for him. But later changed her mind as she do not have much ingredients at home and also no idea of what to bake.  No choice I have to take over the work.  I browsed thru baking books and website for some ideas and decided to add sponge fingers around the mango cake (from one of the food blog).  I am not sure how the taste will be like but went ahead to bake it.  My brother was delighted and gave me a pat on my shoulder and thanks me for the effort.  :) The outcome....not so good... my brother commented that the sponge fingers and nuts should be omitted as it does not taste fantastic.  Hmm.... Anyway Happy Birthday to my dear Brother! 

 

Mango Cake with sponge fingers @ Sugabakes

Non-Baked Oreo Cheesecake

I have been making snacks and desserts over the weeks for my colleagues for their teabreaks and they enjoyed themselves very much.  As there is a block of cheese in my fridge, i decided to make a non-baked oreo cheesecake. I do not have any recipe on hand and baked by my estimation and placed in mini container than in cake tin.  The cheesecake is good with lots of oreo pieces inside. Yummy...

Non baked Oreo Cheesecake @ Sugabakes



Recipe
250g of cheese
50g of sugar
120g - 150g whipped cream
1 tsp lemon juice
half tbsp gelatine
3 tbsp hot water
some crushed oreo
a few pieces of oreo cookies to be place on top of the cheesecake

base
80g - 100g oreo cookies - crushed
30g - 40g melted butter

method
1) mix the melted butter with crushed oreo cookies and put in fridge to let it set
2) whip up the whipping cream till stiff and put in fridge till set
3) beat the cheese and sugar till fluffy and creamy.  Add in lemon juice and mix well
4) meanwhile, add hot water in gelatine and stir till dissolve.
5) fold in whipped cream in the cheese mixture
6) stir in gelatine mixture and crushed oreo.  Mix well
7) pour into cake tin or container, add cookies on top and put in fridge to let it set for hours.