Blueberries and yogurt - No-bake cake: recipe for a light fridge cake
## Refrigerator Cake: A Light Delight for the Summer
The oven remains off, the kitchen is cold, yet the desire for a delicious cake is still there: Refrigerator cakes save not only sweat but also electricity. Moreover, they are sophisticated – a soft bottom made of cookies or biscuits, combined with a refreshing cream. The ensemble is completed with fresh fruits of your choice. Here's how it works: Refrigerator cakes are meant to be varied. Therefore: Let your creativity run free.
The Options are Endless
The crispy base can, besides the classic version with loaf biscuits or butter cookies, be made with cookies of your choice. Whether American cookies, chocolate cookies, or biscotti – almost every baked good makes a good figure as a base.
The star of refrigerator cakes is undoubtedly the cream, which gives them their refreshing taste. Instead of fresh cheese, quark, yogurt, mascarpone, ricotta, whipped cream, cooked rice, or even pudding can be used as a light, airy filling. A splash of lemon juice adds freshness, and the cake is given some rest in the refrigerator.
The best part: The toppings have almost no limits. In the summer, fresh fruits such as raspberries, blueberries, cherries, or peaches make excellent toppings. But chocolate hazelnuts, marmalade, or streusel also make refrigerator cakes irresistible.
Recipe for a Refreshing Blueberry Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
For the base
- 200g loaf biscuits
- 125g butter
For the cream
- 600g yogurt
- 100g fresh cheese
- 300ml whipping cream
- 6 tbsp sugar
- 500g blueberries, pureed
- 1 vanilla bean
- Zest and juice of an organic lemon
- 10 sheets gelatin
Preparation
For the base, crush the biscuits into crumbs and mix with the melted butter. Press the mixture into a springform pan and chill in the refrigerator.
For the cream, combine yogurt, fresh cheese, and whipping cream in a saucepan and heat gently. Dissolve the sugar and add the pureed blueberries. Split the vanilla bean and scrape out the seeds, then add them along with the lemon zest and juice to the saucepan. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Soak the gelatin in cold water. Squeeze out the excess water and add it to the cooled cream mixture, stirring until the gelatin has dissolved. Pour the mixture over the chilled base and chill in the refrigerator until set.
- Lay baking paper on a cake plate and place the closed springform ring on top.
- Put ladyfingers in a freezer bag and seal it, then flatten them well with a rolling pin.
- Melt butter in a pan and add the crumbled ladyfingers.
- Stir well and pour the mixture into the springform ring.
- Press everything evenly with a spatula and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
- Whip the cream until stiff. Mash the blueberries.
- Mix together yogurt, fresh cheese, sugar, zest, vanilla, and mashed blueberries in a bowl, then gently fold in the whipped cream.
- Soak the gelatin in cold water, then squeeze it out and dissolve it in the warm juice of the organic lemon.
- Stir the gelatin mixture gently into the yogurt cream to prevent lumps from forming.
- Pour the mixture over the cooled base and chill in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
You can see in the video: Once you try this strawberry Tiramisu, you will look forward to the strawberry season every year. Depending on your taste and the season, you can also prepare this recipe with fresh raspberries or blackberries.
- Instead of using loaf biscuits or butter cookies for the base, you could consider baking a cake made from ladyfingers for a refreshing twist in your refrigerator cake.
- For a cool German dessert, consider trying a refrigerator cake made with mascarpone or quark as the cream base, and top it with fresh fruits like cherries or peaches.
- After preparing your refrigerator cake, ensure it spends some time in the refrigerator for the gelatin to set and the cake to firm up completely.
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