No-Bake Strawberry Jelly Cheesecake

When jelly meets cheese... It is so mmmm refreshing.
Zac and Nana love this. What better way to enjoy some of their favourite food!

Got this awesome recipe from Mimi Bakery House...

Base

1. In a large bowl, combine biscuit crumbs and melted butter and mix well. Pour biscuit mixture into an 8 inch springform pan, levelling the base with a flat spatula. Use a fork to prick holes all over the biscuit base. Chill in fridge for at least an hour. 

- 170 gm digestive biscuit, crushed
- 85 gm melted salted butter

Cheesecake Layer

1. Dissolve gelatin powder in a bowl of hot water. Set aside for a few mins before placing over a pot of simmering water. Once completely dissolved, set aside to cool fully. 

- 2 tsp gelatin
- 50 ml hot water

2. Cream the cheese till smooth. Add in condensed milk and lemon juice, continue to mix until well combined. Add in the cooled gelatin mixture. Cream for 5 mins until well combined. Pour mixture into pan, and chill for about 5 mins.

- 250 gm cream cheese (room temp)
- 250 gm condensed milk
- juice of 1 lemon

3. Place cut strawberries onto the cream cheese mixture, decorate as desired. Gently press so that the strawberries do not glide. Leave to set in the fridge for at least 4 hrs.
- 1 punnet of strawberries

Jelly Layer
1. In a bowl, add jelly powder and boiling water. Whisk to dissolve the jelly crystals completely, then add cold water. Gently pour the cooled jelly mixture over the cream cheese layer. Return to fridge and chill for a few hours until the jelly is set.
- 1 box (90 gm) strawberry jelly
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 3/4 cup cold water

* With each slice of cheesecake, wipe knife clean with a kitchen towel and dip the blade in water. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Biskut Sarang Semut

With Chinese New Year around the corner, we baked some cookies to get into the festive mood. One of them had to be my favourite cookie which I always eat at my cousin's house during Hari Raya.  

This is the 1st time I baked them myself, and both kids love it, as much as I did. :) I'm posting it here for my future reference, just in case it goes missing in my pile of recipe books. ;p

Biskut Sarang Semut

Ingredients:

- 6 oz butter

- 4 oz powdered sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 6 oz all-purpose flour

- 4 oz custard powder

- 1 tsp baking powder

- chocolate rice

- baking paper cups

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven at 355 deg F / 180 deg C.

2. Sieve all-purpose flour, custard powder and baking powder into a bowl. Stir and set aside.

3. Beat butter and sugar well, till light and fluffy. Then add in the vanilla extract.

4. A bit at a time, add in the flour mixture from step 2, stirring it at the same time till all is well mixed. (I'm lazy so I just used a hand mixer.) 

5. Now that the dough is ready, using hands, roll it into balls and grate them.

6. Scoop into the baking paper cups and sprinkle chocolate rice on top.

7. Bake for 10 minutes.