If you have been with me for a while now, you would know how much I like dressing up my desserts. Layers, swirls, drizzles, sprinkles…I can go on adding elements as long as they balance each other out. It’s like my favourite playtime fun as a little girl…dressing up my dolls in pink,with lace and frills, matching hairclips and shoes and so. I come up with ideas and love watching it all come together. Some turn out as I visualised, some don’t but there’s always a learning somewhere.
Till about a couple of years ago my desserts would never go below 4 layers. I had the time and the patience. It’s a different situation now with two little heads constantly peeping into the refrigerator and wanting to know when they can eat. The refrigerator door is opened and re-opened at frequent intervals. The reason.. ‘ I’m checking if it has set’. I am loving the latest additions to the vocabulary. However, the more important reason is that I have ‘borrowed’ Oreo cookies for my dessert. So you understand, everybody has an equal claim to it.
This is a big dessert but not really heavy. The cheesecake is on the richer side on account of the cream cheese so I decided to go with a lighter mousse. I have not used my usual egg-cream mousse recipe here, though personally I prefer that one. You can easily leave out the top layer and serve it with some fresh strawberries instead. Oreos are great even when they are crushed and they add a lovely texture to the cheesecake. The different layers can be made simultaneously and refrigerated to be assembled later or they can be made as and when the layer below is setting.
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Strawberry Mousse Duo
Yields 4
For the Oreo crust
150 g Oreo biscuits, divided (half to be used for the crust and half for the cheesecake)
40 g butter, melted
For the cheesecake
200 g cream cheese, room temperature
2 tbsp castor sugar
1/2 cup heavy/whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
1 tsp powdered gelatine
1 tbsp warm water
For the strawberry mousse
1 cup strawberries, hulled and chopped
3 tbsp castor sugar
1 tsp powdered gelatine
1 tbsp warm water
1 cup whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
2 drops pink food colouring
Process biscuits until they resemble fine breadcrumbs. Remove half the mixture and keep aside. To the remaining half, add the melted butter and process to combine. Place 3 ring moulds on a baking tray. Divide the mixture between the ring moulds and press against the base and edge to form the crust. Refrigerate for 30 mins or until firm
Meanwhile, make the Oreo cheesecake. Soak the gelatine in warm water and microwave for 10 seconds for it to dissolve completely. With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in the cream and the biscuit crumbs. Add the gelatine and mix to combine. Pour the mixture into the ring moulds on top of the crust till half filled. Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set. Reserve (refrigerate) the rest for top layer to pipe onto the strawberry mousse.
For the strawberry mousse, process strawberries and sugar to a smooth pulp. Strain and keep aside. Dissolve gelatine in warm water and microwave fo 10 seconds to dissolve completely. Cool and add to strawberry pulp. Fold the strawberry pulp slowly into the whipped cream. Add 2 drops of food coloring and mix well till colour is uniform. Pour over the chilled Oreo cheesecake. Refrigerate till set, about 3-4 hours.
To serve: Release the dessert by gently lifting the ring moulds and applying gentle pressure from below. Fill up a piping bag with the reserved Oreo cheesecake. Pipe onto the strawberry mousse and decorate with sprinkles. Refrigerate till set.
Note: If you do not have ring moulds or mousse rings at home, you can layer the dessert in serving glasses.
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!! And yummy as well. I am pinning it!
You are wonderful Denise. Thank you so much!
we don’t get the words material enough to write how awesome this dessert is…it is just like a professional patisserie’s creation,so good,keep it up 🙂
Thank you for your lovely thoughts Kumar…means a lot to me:-)
we have posted your comment on the matar paneer recipe cause u accidentally dropped it there
HAVE A HAPPY DAY!!! 🙂
Thank You Kumar..I had rectified that!
I still remember the opening and closing of the fridge door when I was younger until my mum used to be so pissed off. Ahhh!!kids will always be kids.
I have seen many versions of oreo cheesecake and yours surely is beautiful and the deco is another stunning factor. To make the same will be a killer for me. I looked through your recipe and am thinking of a simplified version, definitely the deco on top is too much for me.
Thank you Nava! The decorations are my favourite part of the dessert. You can simply make the dessert in a glass and it will stay put and yet look good. To make it more Oreo-ish just top it with a mini Oreo cookie. Hope this helps:-)
Oh my Goodness! these look absolutely good. I love how you dressed up the little babies. Pinned it to my desserts board.
Oh thank you so much Balvinder! Dressing up..yes, love it! But only my desserts…personally, I am just the opposite:-)
nice blog..Thanks for sharing
Thank you for stopping by:-)
So beautiful Sonali! I can’t believe you have the time to make this! I know to well the story of the fridge door. I have an 8 yr old who I swear is in there every 30 minutes or so,
These no cook cheesecakes are simply gorgeous!
Nazneen
Nazneen, on the contrary I don’t. Making these mean a little less sleep or cutting down on some other activity. But I so love creating desserts that I don’t mind. Thank you for the lovely words:-)
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Thank you so much Kumar for the honour. I have already done this thrice before so I will not go through the complete procedure again.I will answer your questions and post asap. Thank you for thinking about me:-)
WOW! Amazing!
And so beautiful too!
Thank you Shashi! Glad to meet you:-)
I so understand what you mean about how they turn out what we visualized or not. Happens to me all the time! (Sometimes, very frustrating!) This is the most decadent dessert with oreos that I’ve ever seen! You are so talented!
Tell me about it! Sometimes even though it turns out as you want it, the pictures don’t. Frustrating…absolutely! Thank you Gloria for such wonderful words. I am still thinking about your Oreo pudding cookies:-)
Wow! That does not look like it came out of a home kitchen. Do you take reservations? 🙂
Ha ha..thank you Wizzy. You made my day:-)
Stunning would be an understatement. Oh we all know how much you like to experiment in presenting the recipe, and have always been a great inspiration for people like me. The cake looks very attractive and I’m already drooling and looking at my fridge to see if I can have something to curb my hunger, HaHa!!
Cheescakes are always a killer and when there is no need of baking, it is all the more perfect. Very nice color combination, elusive colors!! And tell me about oreo biscuits…anything can be made from them, milkshakes, cakes…..so on.
Yummy duo!
You always bring a big smile on my face Pavithra. Hugs!
Splendid, Sonali! Apologies for not visiting for sometime. You know that how difficult it is with little one’s at home 🙁
Cream cheese and strawberries sound delicious.:)
so delicious. thank a lot for the recipe!
Very interesting combination!!!!
original idea!!!
Wow! What a delicious cheescake.. Thanks for sharing Sonali 🙂
Amazing desserts…i am feeling hungry…
now that is what i call a proper dessert !
oreo and mousse together sounds and looks like the perfect combo,
Nice recipe of cake …Good article ..
These look gorgeous. Definitely gonna try them this weekend. I have a question though. If I make this in a 8″ or 10″ pan, how many times will I need to multiply the quantity of the ingredients? I hope this makes sense
Cheers 🙂
Hi Rizwana, thank you for stopping by! These have been made in four 2 and a 1/2 inch ring moulds. For an 8 inch mold, the same recipe should work if you are doing thinner layers but I think a large cake will look better and more prominent if the height of each layer is more. Ideally 11/2 times (1 and a half)the recipe should work. Also, you will need approx 300 g Oreo biscuits to support a larger cake (typically the quantity used for a large cheesecake. Hope this helps!
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I made these for Easter. Very tasty and easy to make. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
http://instagram.com/p/nBkD-wHlJi/
Thank you so much for making them and really appreciate your feedback.
I was just wondering how many this recipe make? I’m going to be making them in glasses for a dinner party so just trying to work out how many ingredients I need to buy 🙂
Wow! I tried this recipe last night and it turned out great, that is, if you exclude the fact that I forgot the whip the cream!
Could you help me convert the amounts for a pie size?