I had a sudden craving for cheesecake after browsing Instagram and hence I went to do this yesterday!
I didn't want to use gelatin so I substituted it for condense milk and in the end it didn't turn out well. Shall use gelatin in future!
Also, I followed the wrong recipe! Lolol the website that I followed uses 3 packs of cream cheese but I only used 1, in the end the oreo cheesecake turned out SUPER DUPER SWEEEEEET.
Here are the ingredients I used, and overall I spent S$14.30 in total!
*P/s: As I was craving for oreo I used up all the Oreos for this no-bake cheesecake.
For the base :
- 6 packs oreo with white cream removed - finely crushed
- Melted butter 25secs in microwave or double boiler
For the filling:
- 5 1 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 250g / 1 block of Philadelphia cream cheese @ room temperature
- 1 pack of oreo, white cream removed - crushed lightly using fingers
For the topping:
- 5 packs oreo, white cream removed - finely crushed as done for the base
Here's the step by step pictorial!
For the base:
First, I placed the oreos in the bag and used a hard object to smash it. You could use a food processor too but that calls for more cleaning up and water & electricity wastage, but the crumbs would definitely be finer. Hahaha and that's #rexmyboy feeling down as he wasn't able to eat them oreos.
Afterwhich, melt the butter in a microwave for 25secs, or using stove. Initially I placed it for 1minute and it turned brown! So I did for 20secs, and 10secs and this was what came out:
With the butter melted, it's time to gradually mix it into the crushed oreos! The texture you should be looking out for is "wet sand". Notice I didn't discard the white cream straight away as I placed some of them together with the cream cheese filling.
Time to line them onto the tray! I used a rectangular 2x7" metal tin as that was the only container I can find at home. I lined it with aluminium foil as I read that it's much easier to remove the cake and indeed it was!
Oh and another point to note is to use a flat object to firmly press the crumbs down as it serves as a base for the cake. If not done well, or if the crumbs are not fine enough, you will notice that the base cracks easily.
I placed it in the freezer for 1hr30mins before adding the filling onto it.
For the filling:
Using a mixer, combine sugar, vanilla essence, oreo bits and cream cheese and beat till smooth.
Then place the filling onto the pan & top with finely crushed oreos.
Gently tap the pan onto the table to remove any air bubbles and freeze again for 3-6hours.
After 2 hours, I went to check on the cake by placing a toothpick into it and it didn't come out clean, hence I froze it till about 4 hours later....
Because I didn't use gelatin, the cream cheese tend to melt easily once it's out of the freezer and hence I went to slice the bars into bite size pieces.
It's the next day today and the cheesecake were still in the freezer, though it is harder to chew now, but it's still edible!
Apart from my first attempt being too sweet and omitting gelatin, I will definitely follow the recipe carefully in future! :)
