The Simplest & Best Eggless Fluffy Pancake Recipe … you’ll be addicted to this stack!

Eggless Fluffy Pancakes … quick, simple and ever so satisfying, you’ll never need another pancake recipe again! The recipe ticks all the boxes. Simple staple pantry ingredients, one bowl batter and a well behaved one at that. The pancakes hold up well and taste amazing. Did I tell you that they taste fab cold too? Strangely enough but they are addictive cold as well!

The idea of fluffy pancakes was always tempting as we grew up. Tall piles of golden brown pancakes, maple syrup streaming down the sides, berries, butter and everything delicious. Yet attempts at making pancakes then were dismal and made you wonder what the hype was about anyway! All I can recall is that they were soggy and eggy!

Cut to now and these light, fluffy, eggless pancakes will have you addicted. It’s a simple 6 ingredient eggless pancake recipe and you’ve probably got all the ingredients on hand already. Takes all of 5 minutes to get the batter together, 4-5 minutes to cook each pancake and soon enough you’re ready to dive right in. It’s therapeutic to pipe the batter, see them bubble gently and rise, get a golden blush and then you flip them over.

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I cut the clarified butter / ghee into the dry mix of the eggless pancake recipe so that the fat coats the flour and keeps the pancakes light. In my opinion, that really made a difference to the texture and lightness. Also, do make sure the pan is of good quality, has a heavy bottom and the heat stays low for even cooking. This is the one I used.

The rest is literally a ‘pan’ oops cakewalk, so hope you give these a shot soon!

Simple recipes like these that make being in the kitchen so fun! This is a very basic eggless pancake recipe and should take well to changes. You could experiment with substituting part of the plain flour with a whole flour, maybe some nut meal, possibly oat flour too. Also think of add-ins … chocolate chips, blueberries, banana, nuts etc. Last but not the least, toppings! Think butter, whipped cream, a chocolate sauce or salted caramel, mango, else just a sifting of sugar. I am addicted to these, and I’m sure you will be too!

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Fluffy Eggless Pancakes

Quick, simple and ever so satisfying, you'll never need another pancake recipe again! The recipe ticks all the boxes. Simple staple pantry ingredients, one bowl batter, a well behaved one at that. The pancakes hold up beautifully and taste amazing.
Course Appetiser, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Keyword cake, dessert, eggless, eggless cake, no bake, one bowl, simple, stovetop, vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • 1 pancake pan/tawa non stick, heavy bottom
  • 1 glass bowl
  • 1 whisk
  • Piping bag
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients

Dry mix

  • 135 g all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 tbsp vanilla sugar {or castor sugar & a dask of vanilla extract}
  • 1 1/2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter melted, cooled

Wet ingredients

  • 180-185 g buttermilk room temperature

Toppings

  • Maple syrup/honey butter, fresh berries/fruit etc

Instructions

  • Place the dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to mix. Add in the ghee and mix in with fingertips to coat the flour. {You can do this in a small blender too}.
  • Whisk in the buttermilk until the batter is smooth. It should be pipeable but not runny. Add a spoon of plain flour if it’s runny, or a tsp of buttermilk if it’s too thick.
  • Pipe or spoon about 1/2 a cup batter on a non stick pancake pan/tawa over very low heat. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the edges begin to show a little light brown. Flip over gently and cook the other side for 2-3 minutes. You can do a toothpick test to check if you are unsure of the doneness.
  • Stack and serve with maple syrup/honey, fruit, butter etc.

Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry Jelly Cavity Cake… just the kind of cavity you will ♥

Eggless Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry Jelly Cavity Cake … as promised last week, here it is, the recipe for this stunning cake. There are cakes and there are cakes, then there are special cakes. This is one of the special ones. They might look like a ton of work, but hey, read on…

Last week I shared the Secret To My Cavity Cake, the how to make it video. Here’s a delicious version of the cavity cake, three layers fill the cavity – dark chocolate, vanilla bean white chocolate and strawberry jelly from scratch. I always have frozen berries in my freezer but you could use fresh ones too. The recipe is a simple one bowl eggless sponge, and the way to make the cavity is as simple as it looks.

WHAT IS A CAVITY CAKE?you might ask! It’s a cake with a cavity in the middle filled with all sorts of deliciousness. I’ve written a post about it last week, and it’s quite favourite kind of cake at my place. It was also an original idea that came to me one day while playing with cakes and steel cake/cookie cutters!

The steel baking molds I use are from my first visit to Old Delhi, a little shop I found tucked away behind a banyan tree. I returned to that shop in Lal Kuan several times over the years picking up more bakeware, each time making better choices I think! Old Delhi with all its madness and mayhem, the crowds and cacophony, the dusty old buildings, the colour and the energy has always pulled me in.

That was a time almost 20 years ago when vintage food styling props and collectibles, cookie and cake cutters, mousse rings and more meant a trip into Old Delhi, but now good old Amazon brings everything home!

Baking tins, dessert rings, bread knives, bread molds, muffin trays, icing sets, pastry bags … and lots more in a little shop in Old Delhi. Take the Metro to Chawri Bazaar, and a rickshaw from there. {They seem to have a website too now.}

Matchless Machine Tools, 1730/B, Bazar Lal Kuan, Delhi 110006. Mohd Kashif, Ctc 011 4909 8499 | 093111 50022 | 098213 41808

{Deals in bakery ware, cake mould, bread mould, muffin tray, pizza tray, cake stand, halwai ware, kitchen ware}

And so with my vast collection of cake and cookie cutters, one lazy summer afternoon, the cavity cake was born! Some things just work out well and keep getting reinvented in sooooo many different forms. This Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry Jelly Cavity Cake is just one of them. I’ve made many versions of the cavity cake, in different flavours and shapes as well! They’re always a hit. With a little prior planning, you are going to love making these on a roll!

Do tag me on Instagram at Passionate About Baking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Chocolate Vanilla Strawberry Jelly Cavity Cake

Another delicious version of the cavity cake, three layers fill the cavity – dark chocolate, vanilla bean white chocolate and strawberry jelly from scratch. I always have frozen berries in my freezer but you could use fresh ones too. The recipe is a simple one bowl eggless sponge, and the way to make the cavity is as simple as it looks. 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Keyword agar agar, baking, cake, chocolate, dessert, eggless, eggless baking, eggless layered cake, fruit, homemade, strawberries, sweet
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
8 hours
Servings 6

Ingredients

6″ eggless sponge

  • 220 g buttermilk/plain chaach
  • 60 g light oil
  • 130 g sugar
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Pinch salt
  • 40 g whole wheat flour
  • 160 g all-purpose flour

Chocolate layer

  • 75 g cream
  • 50 g dark chocolate chopped

Vanilla white chocolate layer

  • 100 ml cream
  • 15 g sugar
  • 1/4 tsp agar agar
  • 1/2 vanilla bean scraped {save shell for strawberry jelly}
  • 20 g white chocolate

Strawberry jelly

  • 100 g frozen strawberries {or fresh}
  • 100 g water
  • 40 g sugar
  • 1/2 vanilla bean shell
  • 1/2 tsp agar agar

Instructions

6″ eggless sponge

  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Lightly grease and line a 6″ dessert ring lined with foil or a loose bottom baking tin
  • In a large bowl, add all the ingredients and whisk until smooth.
  • Turn into the prepared tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until the tester comes out clean.
  • Cool completely and level the cake.
  • Take a 4″ dessert ring, centralise it and few push it all the way through. Gently remove the cut out, transfer the ring gently to your serving platter. Slice one 1 cm layer from the cut out and return to the cavity and push into place to make the base.
  • Moisten the sponge if desired.
  • Pour over the chocolate layer. Place in freezer for 30 minutes to set.
  • Next pour the vanilla layer. Place in freezer for 30 minutes to set.
  • Lastly pour the strawberry jelly layer. Refrigerate for a couple of hours. Pipe the top if desired.

Chocolate layer

  • Heat the cream and pour over the chocolate. Let it soften, then stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

Vanilla white chocolate layer

  • Whisk together the cream, sugar and agar agar and simmer in a saucepan for 3-5 minutes
  • Take off heat, whisk in the scraped vanilla bean and white chocolate. Leave to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.

Strawberry jelly

  • Place everything in a saucepan and simmer until the berries soften and become mushy, pressing the berries on and off. It should take 10-15 minutes. Strain & cool until the jelly begins to thicken but is still pourable.

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  1. Will this work with any cake?

    It will work with a cake which has a tight firm crumb, with eggs or eggless. It’s best to let the cake cool completely. If in doubt, perhaps freeze it for an hour to get a neat cut. Handle with care since once you cut the cake, you are dealing with a fragile cake ring, so GENTLY does it!

  2. Where can I find the steel cutters from?

    Browse Amazon and you will find a selection of steel cutters. I have some on my Amazon shop here. Make sure you use good quality rings. They work best and last the longest!

  3. Can I use gelatine instead of agar agar?

    Yes, definitely though for the jelly I always find agar agar works best. I always do a dry run with a small portion of the filling to check on the setting properties so we don’t have surprises later. A runny cavity filling will spoil all the fun! Since every brand has a different set, it’s best to do a dry run.

  4. Can the cake be made in advance?

    Yes, certainly. The cake will keep well refrigerated and covered for 2-3 days. If you intend to use fresh garnish, please do so before serving/delivering the cake.

  5. What is the size of this cake?

    This is a 6″ cake and will serve 6 slices.

  6. Do I have to moisten the sponge?

    I always like to moisten sponges gently as it makes them taste better, but that also depends on how long you need to keep it in the fridge, storage conditions etc. Go by your instincts and generally, practice is the best way to learn what works for you!

The Secret To My Cavity Cake … the only kind of cavity you’re going to love!

The Secret To My Cavity Cake; here’s how I make it! This is for all those who have messaged me and waited patiently for a video on how I made the cavity I’m addicted to making, that fun idea that came to me a while ago. Quite a genius idea if I may say so myself ♥!

https://passionateaboutbaking.com/foodpicturesPAB/2022/07/Chocolate-Vanilla-Strawberry-Jelly-Cavity-Cake.mp4
The Secret To My Cavity Cake

What is a cavity cake you might ask? It’s a term I coined! Think of it as the opposite of an entremet perhaps, a cake with a filling vs a cake in a filling. It’s a fun concept, much simpler than you can imagine and it works well with all cakes, with eggs or eggless. It’s a simple technique if you watch the video, and the result is quite neat.

Cavity cakes are colourful, they are fun, they offer a great surprise when you slice them AND they’re simple! Oh and of course they’re a great change from the same old boring cakes we see everyday..

Think about it – colours, layers, flavours, textures – if you can think it, you can do it!.

While thinking of different ideas for my feed on Instagram, I came up with this idea one day, not sure if it would work. Stamped out the centre of an eggless cake with a slightly smaller steel cutter and I thought that was quite neat. Now for the base. I sliced a layer of the stamped out bit and voila, a cavity cake was created. Just a couple of graded steel cake rings is what I needed!

Mango Saffron Shrikhand Cavity Cake was the first cavity cake I ever made, and it was love at first bite! This wasn’t just a simple layered cake. This delicious eggless cake had a cavity filled and then topped with the most indulgent and luxurious saffron shrikhand. That just meant more deliciousness in every bite!

The first time I posted a cavity cake on Instagram, it caused much happiness and a bit of a stir among my followers. To be honest, the level of interest caught me off guard. I was flooded with questions both on the post and in direct messages.

Each time I shared a new cavity cake there was renewed interest, more questions, requests for a how to cut such a neat cavity video etc. It was time to shoot The Secret To My Cavity Cake and here it is on the blog. It’s been recreated several times, with cakes with eggs and without and the feedback has been great.

It’s always nice to get feedback and it’s mostly been around two things – how easy the process is after watching the video, and what a surprise everyone got when the first slice was cut! I agree. Each time I slice a cavity cake, I’m wait eagerly to see the inside, the cavity. It’s always fascinating, the only kind of cavity you’re going to love!

I’ll share this delicious version of the cavity cake next week, so please stay tuned! It’s a layered cake. Three layers fill the cavity – dark chocolate, vanilla bean white chocolate and strawberry jelly from scratch. I always have frozen berries in my freezer but you could use fresh ones too. The recipe is a simple one bowl eggless sponge, and the way to make the cavity is as simple as it looks. Can’t wait to share it!

Do check out several different versions on my reels on Instagram, a few here on the blog.

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Not Quite Anzac Cookies .. wholesome, eggless oat & walnut cookies

Not Quite Anzac Cookies .. wholesome, eggless oat & walnut cookies. Sweet, chewy inside, crisp on the outside, deliciously addictive biscuits… have I tempted you yet? This eggless cookies recipe is a variation on the immensely popular Anzacs, cookies that originated sometime during World War I, and are associated with the Australia New Zealand Army Corps.

I began making Anzac cookies years ago almost similar to the celebrated and much loved Anzacs but for the coconut. The cookies have been made over and over again, just so many times that the eggless cookies recipe has evolved into something else. There’s another version you see below, the Eggless Wholegrain Almond Jaggery Oat Cookies.

Most of my twists to the recipe have seemingly lost the characteristic Anzac Cookie-ness … no coconut for one, yet they are deliciously addictive bites. They disappear fresh out of the oven, calling your name as you pass by!

It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation. You can read more about their origin and history here. A point of interest is the lack of eggs to bind the ANZAC biscuit mixture together. Because of the war, many of the poultry farmers had joined the services, thus, eggs were scarce. The binding agent for the biscuits was golden syrup or treacle.

This current version of eggless Anzac Cookies is nom nom nom good, a little guilt free too! I can have nibble them all day long. They are nice, chewy if you like them them that way, and crisp if you bake them longer! I love the flavours trapped within – brown sugar and butter create some delightful butterscotch like magic.

Walnut meal adds yummy taste, while whole rolled oats roughly ground make for great texture. Any cookie recipe that uses loads of walnuts is one I love because walnuts are my favourite tree nut and you’ll see me use them often!

More COOKIE recipes here, recipes that use WALNUTS here, and recipes that use OATS here!

Do tag me on Instagram at passionateaboutbaking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Not Quite Anzacs

This eggless cookies recipe of Anzac Cookies is nom nom nom good! They are nice, chewy if you like them them that way, and crisp if you bake them longer! I love the flavours trapped within – brown sugar and butter create some delightful butterscotch like magic, while walnuts and oats lend it great texture!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 15 cookies

Equipment

  • 1 blender/nut grinder
  • 1 stand mixer or large bowl and electric hand mixer
  • 1 Oven
  • 2 cookie tray2
  • 1 cookie scoop or tablespoon measure

Ingredients

  • 100 g clarified butter/ghee room temperature
  • 85 ml golden syrup
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 50 g castor sugar
  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 115 g plain flour
  • 100 g walnuts
  • 100 g whole rolled oats

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 150C
  • Run the walnuts in the processor with the flour until you get a fine-meal. Turn into a bowl, then grind the whole rolled oats roughly. We aren’t looking for flour, just a small grind. That gives you good texture.
  • Add the butter, golden syrup and sugars to the bowl of a stand mixer {or a large bowl} and whisk until fluffy. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. The dough will be a little stiff.
  • Drop a tablespoon or cookie scoop of dough on parchment lined cookie sheets, flatten with the tines of a fork. {I rolled the dough into balls, flattened them slightly with the palm of my hand, and then further flattened them by pressing down with a fork.}.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
  • Leave to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes {they are quite tender when they come out of the oven}, shape them gently if you'd like to {see below in Q&A}, and then transfer on racks to cool completely.

Is clarified butter you use the same as ghee, the staple Indian kitchen ingredient?

Yes, absolutely. Use the brand that you like, else use a home made ghee. It might not be a normal baking ingredient, but trust me with this. I love the flavour it adds, and I find ghee easier to use than butter, especially in summer. For me, that it is stable at room temperature and doesn’t soil is one less thing to store in the fridge.

Can I use butter instead of clarified butter/ghee?

Yes of course.

How do you get the cookies round and uniform?

Use a round cookie cutter to shape the cookies while warm and soft , swirling the cutter around the cookie to gently bring it into shape. This takes a few seconds but is a great hack for uniform cookies.

My cookies are too soft even after they have cooled completely?

Return the tray to the oven for another 5-7 minutes at 150C. Keep an eye on the cookies to ensure they don’t get too brown.

Nobake Mango Mascarpone Tart …when life gives you mangoes, you make this tart!

Nobake Mango Mascarpone Tart … When life gives you mangoes, you make this tart! A crisp biscuit crumb gives way to a nice bite of slightly tart mango, then the sweetness of mascarpone floods the palette. The jelly really makes this shine!

We’ve had a ton of good mangoes at the local bazaar this season and feel truly blessed. As summer advances, different varieties begin to show up. Pairi was the first one that offered beautiful sweet tart bites, next the Ratnagiri Alphonso and these days it’s Kesari.

Kesari translates to saffron or kesar as the beautiful colour so prettily reflects. Juicy, fleshy, sweet yet slightly tart and oh so vibrant, these were a great choice for this eggless tart.

Every bite of this No bake Mango Mascarpone Tart is a play of flavours and textures. The crisp biscuit crumb gives way to a nice bite of slightly tart mango, then the sweetness of mascarpone floods the palette. Absolutely delightful if you know what I mean! And then the jelly. It’s like the cherry on the cake. It finishes the tart beautifully, adding it’s own refreshing bite, and a mirror like finish to the dessert!

“One way can be learned by starting to see the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding but it is always there. The more we can see the magic in one thing, a tiny flower, a mango, someone we love, then the more we are able to see the magic in everything and in everyone. Where does the mango stop and the sky begin?” Joshua Kadison

More MANGO recipes to inspire you! More TART recipes & EGGLESS DESSERT ideas

Do tag me on Instagram at passionateaboutbaking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it! Thank you for stopping by!

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No bake Mango Mascarpone Tart

When life gives you mangoes, you make this tart! A crisp biscuit crumb gives way to a nice bite of slightly tart mango, then the sweetness of mascarpone floods the palette. The jelly really makes this shine!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Keyword agar agar, dessert, eggless, fruit, homemade, mangoes, nobake, simple, summer dessert, tropical, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 6 people

Equipment

  • 1 saucepan small
  • 1 Hand blender {optional}. Or use a ziploc alternatively
  • 2-3 bowls
  • 8" Tart tin loose bottom
  • 1 balloon whisk
  • 1 strainer

Ingredients

Tart base

  • 160 g digestive biscuits
  • 55 g clarified butter/ghee melted, cooled

Mascarpone filling

  • 100 g Amul Fresh cream / 20% fat cream
  • 1 tsp agar agar
  • 30 g sugar {to taste}50g white chocolate chopped
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100 g mascarpone

Mango Jelly

  • 50 g mango puree strained
  • 90 g water
  • 20 g sugar to taste
  • 1/2 tsp agar agar
  • 200 g diced mango {reserve a few pieces for the garnish}

Instructions

Tart base 8”

  • Place digestive biscuits in a processor and blend to a fine meal. Or crush the biscuits in a ziploc bag.
  • Stir in melted clarified butter/ghee. Work up the sides of a tart tin, then press firmly to make the base.
  • Place in the freezer for an hour while you make the filling. Once chilled and firm, gently loosen the edges of the chilled tart shell and return to the tin in the freezer.

Mascarpone filling

  • Place the cream, sugar and agar agar in a saucepan and whisk until smooth. Simmer over very low heat for 3-4 minutes stirring often to activate the agar agar.{You can also do this in the microwave at 30 second intervals, reduced to 15 towards the end. Whisk well between each heating, just until the cream begins to thicken at the edges.}
  • Pour this over the white chocolate and leave to stand until the chocolate melts. Add the vanilla and whisk until smooth.
  • Whisk in the mascarpone just before you need to pour it in. Taste and adjust sweetness as desired.

Mango Jelly

  • Add all the ingredients to a saucepan and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Strain and leave until cool but still pourable. The jelly will set at room temperature if left for an hour or two and can be reheated if required.

Assemble – See video

  • Scatter the diced mango over the chilled tart base.
  • Pour the mascarpone filling over the mangoes, leave a little space on top for the jelly. Leave the tart in the tin and place in the freezer for an hour, then remove to the fridge and leave to set overnight.
  • Pour jelly over the set tart and place in freezer for 10 minutes for the jelly to set.
  • Gently demold the tart and garnish with diced mango, fresh rose petals and mint.
  1. Can I use gelatin instead?

    Yes you could. Usually, agar agar and gelatin are equally substituted, for eg 1tsp agar agar powder = 1 tsp gelatin powder.
    Please use it as per instructions as gelatin needs to be bloomed, not cooked.

  2. Why didn’t my tart set?

    It could be any of the following reasons.
    1. Brand of agar agar
    2. Incorrect measurement of agar agar.
    3. The mixture not simmered/heated/cooked enough to reach 79C to activate the agar agar.
    4. The tart was not left for long enough in the fridge.

    Pro Tip: Make a small portion of the filling and test the set in advance. Different brands might have slightly different setting properties. I use the one from Urban Platter mostly.

  3. How do I get a clean tart shell?

    1. Use a loose bottom good quality tart shell. Here’s the TART TIN I use. It’s available on Amazon.in.
    2. Line the base with a circle of parchment. This is optional but I find it useful.
    3. Begin by building the sides first, nice and neat and firmly built to the top. Use your fingers or a spoon. Once the sides are built, make sure they are parallel to the edges, scrape off any extra to the bottom so you get a straight, flat wall right around. Once this is done, firmly push the remaining crumbs to form the base, then neaten up the edges where the base meets the walls.
    4. Once done, place the whole tin in the freezer for about an hour until it is frozen, then gently push the base up, applying equal pressure all around to loosen the biscuit shell. Once loose, return to the tin and leave in the freezer until required.
    5. Always be gentle when handling the biscuit base since it isn’t baked. Once the filling has set, the tart isn’t that fragile.

    Tip: Please don’t remove the biscuit base from the tin before filling it. If you do, the tart will collapse with the pressure from the yet to set filling.

Fresh Cherry Cheesecake Cups … pretty desserts that taste as good!

Fresh Cherry Cheesecake Cups… When colours, textures and flavours come together to scream delicious, delicious, delicious! These are nobake, quick, from scratch and taste amazing. Everything comes together in perfect harmony, the flavours and textures really please the palette.

The heat wave sweeping the plains of North India is unrelenting at 42°C. However, the hotter it gets, the better the stone fruit we see at the bazaar. Cherries are bursting with juice and sweetness, tempting you to play with them in dessert. Here’s a quick, fun and really satisfying way to use them.

A crisp biscuit base, juicy cherries, then a smooth white chocolate cheesecake filling topped with a sweet slightly tangy cherry jelly from scratch. It might look involved but it’s far from it. The cheesecake batter and the jelly pair very well indeed, that mirror finish ruby red jelly {#nogelatine} my favourite part!

Simple hand mixed, fuss free desserts like this make summer quite bearable, This was like diving into the ocean, so refreshing!

Do tag me on Instagram at passionateaboutbaking if you make this, or any other recipe from the blog. I’d love to see it!

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Nobake Fresh Cherry Cheesecake Cups

When colours, textures and flavours come together to scream delicious, delicious, delicious! A crisp biscuit base, juicy cherries, then a smooth white chocolate cheesecake filling topped with a sweet slightly tangy cherry jelly from scratch. It might look involved but it's far from it. Makes 3 X 220ml servings
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword agar agar, cake, cheesecake, cherries, chocolate, dessert, eggless, fruit, homemade, no bake, simple, summer dessert, sweet, vegetarian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chilling time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 40 minutes
Servings 3 people

Ingredients

Cherry jelly cheesecake

Biscuit base

  • 85 g Digestive biscuits
  • 25 g clarified butter/ ghee softened
  • 150-200 g fresh cherries pitted

Cheesecake filling

  • 150 g Amul Fresh cream / 20% fat cream
  • 35 g castor sugar {to taste}
  • 1 tsp agar agar
  • Few drops almond extract {or vanilla}
  • 100 g white chocolate chopped
  • 150 g cream cheese room temperature, whisked until smooth

Cherry Jelly

  • 75 g fresh cherries pitted
  • 165 g water
  • 35 g castor sugar
  • 1/4 tsp agar agar
  • Juice of 1 lime

Instructions

Biscuit base

  • Place the digestive biscuits in a processor /ziploc bag and blend to a fine meal. Stir in melted clarified butter/ghee.

Cheesecake filling

  • Place the cream, sugar and agar agar in a saucepan and whisk until smooth. Simmer over very low heat for 2-3 minutes stirring often. Strain and pour this over the white chocolate and leave to stand until the chocolate melts. Add the almond extract and whisk until smooth.
  • Whisk the chocolate mix into the cream cheese just before you need it. Taste and adjust sweetness as desired. Use immediately.

Cherry Jelly

  • Whisk the ingredients (except the lime juice) together and simmer for 5-7 minutes over very low heat until the cherries soften and break down.
  • Strain and add the lime juice. Leave to cool to room temperature. The jelly can be reheated gently and cooled to pourable consistency before using. If you pour hot jelly over the cheesecake filling, it’ll make the jelly cloudy.
  • Assemble – See Reel on https://www.instagram.com/p/CdVWolEASo-/
  • Press the biscuit base firmly into the bottom of the ramekins ( weck jars or glasses), approximately 35g in each.
  • Top with a layer of pitted cherries, 10-12, to make a flat layer.
  • Pour the cheesecake filling over the cherries and place the ramekins in the freezer for 30-45 minutes until the cheesecake is firm.
  • Gently pour the jelly over the cheesecake. Chill for 3-4 hours or overnight.

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