How to make cottage cheese jelly cake with fruit

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Cheese jelly cake with fruit is an excellent delicacy that even a schoolboy can cook, especially when it comes to a dessert without baking. There can be many varieties of this product - it can consist of several layers of jelly, or contain a dough cake. The most interesting recipes are presented below.

Strawberry variant

This is a very original cottage cheese jelly cake with biscuit and fruit. The recipe suggests using strawberries and strawberry jelly, but you can get creative and use any berries and fruits. This dessert has three layers and you will need the following to make them.

For vanilla cake:

• 3/4 cup flour;
• 1/4 tsp baking powder;
• 1/4 tsp baking soda;
• a little s alt;
• 4 tbsp. l. uns alted butter;
• half a cup of sugar;
• 1 large egg;
• 6 art. l. milk;
• 1/8 cup plainGreek yogurt;
• 1 tsp vanilla extract.

For the curd layer:

• glass of heavy whipped cream;
• a glass of powdered sugar;
• 240 grams of soft cottage cheese or cream cheese;
• one and a half tsp. vanilla extract;
• 2 tbsp. l. cold water;
• one and a half tsp. gelatin.

For strawberry layer:

• 500 grams fresh strawberries, peeled and cut in half;
• 2 bags of dry strawberry jelly;
• 2 cups boiling water.

How to make this dessert?

This recipe for cottage cheese jelly cake with fruit is made in several stages. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees in advance, line a round cake pan with parchment paper, brush with oil, set aside.

In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and s alt. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat and set aside to cool.

Pour the melted butter into a large bowl and, using an electric mixer, combine on low speed with the sugar, then beat together with the egg, milk, yogurt and vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients to this mixture and mix on low speed until the mixture is smooth.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 18-20 minutes (until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean). Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. After that, put it on a large flat plate. Place a round springform on it and fasten it tothe biscuit was at the bottom of it.

How to make a curd layer

Dissolve one and a half tsp. gelatin in 2 tbsp. l. cold water and leave for a few minutes, then microwave or place in a hot water bath to dissolve completely, set aside to cool. Beat cottage cheese or cream cheese until light and fluffy.

Beat heavy cream until soft peaks form, gradually add powdered sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Add vanilla extract and dissolved gelatin, then cream cheese and stir. Spread this over the chilled biscuit and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Berry layer

Dissolve strawberry jelly in 2 cups boiling water and set aside to cool to room temperature. Wash, peel and halve the strawberries lengthwise, then spread them in two to three even layers over the curd jelly. Pour the jelly, cooled to room temperature, over the berry (the curd layer will melt if it is too warm).

Refrigerate until the jelly is set, then run a thin knife around the edges of the pan all the way to the bottom. Remove the mold and serve the finished cottage cheese jelly cake with fruits.

Mint curd variant

Any jelly dessert looks very nice, but you can always make it even better. So, you can make a no-bake cottage cheese jelly fruit cake with tangerines, mint leaves and blackberries. To prepare it, you will neednext.

Mint layer:

• half a cup of sugar;
• glass of hot water;
• 1 tbsp l. lime juice;
• 4 sprigs of fresh mint;
• 2 packets of gelatin;
• a glass of blackberries;
• a few tangerines;
• one and a half glasses of cold water.

Curd layer:

• one and a half glasses of water;
• a quarter cup of sugar;
• 2 bags of gelatin;
• 250 grams of soft cottage cheese or cream cheese.

Cooking curd-mint dessert

In a small saucepan, prepare a glass of liquid syrup from sugar, water and lime juice. Once it's ready, take it off the heat and add the leaves from four sprigs of mint. Leave for 5 minutes, then remove the leaves.

Meanwhile, pour 2 packets of gelatin over a glass of cold water in a large heatproof bowl. Let it brew for one minute, then add the hot syrup. Stir until completely dissolved. Add the last half cup of water. Pour this liquid into the mold.

Gently arrange mint leaves, blackberries and mandarin slices in it. Put everything in one layer to make your fruit jelly cake look neat. Place the mold in the refrigerator to set the jelly. Once the first layer is solid, it's time to do the second one.

Mix water and sugar and bring to a boil. Pour 2 packets of gelatin into 1/2 cup of water in a large bowl. Let stand 1 minute. Add hot water with sugar, mix until completedissolution.

Beat cottage cheese or cream cheese with a mixer until fluffy. Add it to the gelatin mixture and mix thoroughly. Spread carefully on top of the first layer. Place in the refrigerator to set.

Once the fruit jelly cake is ready, place the mold in a container of hot water for a minute to free the sides from the jelly. Then turn the mold over and carefully place the dessert on a plate.