No-bake cakes are just the thing for busy people. Easy and unusual recipe for a cheesecake to make for parties or picnics using pancakes. You would not expect that so your guests or kids will be surprised!
Preparation time: 30 minutes Plus time to chill
Serves 10
1 pack Sweet Pancakes (we used Abra-ca-Debora Sweet Dutch Pancakes for this recipe)
14 digestive biscuits
8 tbsp melted butter
400g cream cheese
Zest of 3 oranges, segments saved for later
Zest of 1 lemon
250g mascarpone cheese
50g caster sugar
3 tbsp milk
150ml pot double cream
Method:
1. Put the biscuits in a large freezer bag and bash into crumbs with a rolling pin – how therapeutic, dear.
2. Place the crumbs in a large bowl and mix with the melted butter.
3. Press the biscuit mixture evenly into the bottom of a 23cm tin, so it’s tightly packed. Put the tin into the fridge to set, this should take half an hour.
4. Put the cream cheese into a large bowl with the orange zest, mascarpone, sugar and milk and mix well with a spoon.
5. Whisk the cream until it resembles thick custard, add the cream cheese mixture and combine well.
6. Pour 1/7 of the mixture into the tin and spread evenly. Top with a pancake.
7. Repeat using 1/7 of the mix each time, layering with a pancake and finishing with a layer of the cream cheese mix.
8. Decorate the top with the saved orange segments and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight.
Recipe and image © Abra-ca-Debora Dutch pancakes
