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Baking with kids, berries and cheesecake, cheesecake, dessert, Kids in the kitchen, no-bake cheesecake, seasonal
Both my daughters were in the mood for baking. The only problem was that it was 35 degrees C. 43 C with the humidity index. Way too hot for baking! What we needed was a dessert to beat the heat. One which didn’t require baking. A cool dessert, creamy and sumptuous, but no hot oven. We found just the thing here, thanks to Martha Stewart. A no-bake cheesecake, topped with luscious berries fresh from the farmers’ market. Simple enough that it required no help from me… other than to break-up the occasional bickering! Oh, what was I thinking?
No-Bake Cheesecake
2 cups of Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 stick (1/4 cup) of unsalted butter, melted
3 tablespoons of sugar
Salt
2 x 8 oz. (1 lb.) packages of cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar
1 cup of full-fat Greek yogurt
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 cup of heavy (35%) cream, whipped
Fresh berries
In a large bowl, add the Graham Cracker crumbs, the butter, 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Use your fingers to combine. Press the crumb mixture evenly onto the bottom, and 1 inch up the sides, of a 9-inch springform pan.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer on high, until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add confectioners’ sugar, yogurt, vanilla, and a pinch of salt, and beat until smooth. With a rubber spatula, fold in the whipped cream. Pour cream cheese mixture into the crust and smooth the top. Cover and refrigerate until firm, at least 8 hours (or overnight).
Decorate with your favourite berries. Enjoy!
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Oh Lidia, that was easy. I shall buy ingredients for my son and daughter to make it. Thanks so much for sharing this simple and straightforward dessert!
Very easy and quite yummy!
Holy Cow! That looks so professional! Can you imagine what your girls are going to be able to do when they are adults? I can’t wait to try this!
Haha! I sometimes wonder if Emma might not make a career in the food industry.
What a great idea to beat the heat! In Sydney it’s pretty cold at the moment, but I’ll keep this in mind for when it warms up!
I especially love that there’s Greek yogurt in this cheesecake, giving it a nice tanginess!
The girls did a terrific job…love the big smile with the end result.
They did do a great job! The smile wasn’t easy to get… Emma decorated the cake entirely by herself and refused to have Charlotte in the end picture with her. I snapped some photos with the two of them but Emma kept blocking Charlotte or tried to push her out of the way!
Too funny. 🙂
This is a beautiful looking cheescake! Plus it’s easy! Yum! 🙂
Those are the best desserts in my book… easy and yummy!
Look at the precious, serious and gradually to smiling faces! With a Mother like Lidia, talented ladies they are in making!
Oh Fae, you’re very sweet! They are my precious girls, regardless of whether they will be talented ladies or not.
Ah! I see your cooking skills are genetic. Lucky girls! They did such a great job on this cheesecake, Lidia. It really does look beautifully made and they should be very proud. I know I’d be proud and I’m old enough to be their … um … brother. 🙂
That’s right John, the brother they don’t have!
You gotta love those no-bake desserts on a hot summer day when you don’t want to put any heat in the house. This looks delicious Lidia!
I do LOVE those desserts in the summer! Somehow, they feel light and fresh, when it reality they’re rich and scrumptious!
🙂 I would need one of those right now Lidia + made by your little helpers 🙂 they are great in the kitchen and look adorable, specially the youngest one in the last pictures
🙂 too bad I don’t gave Graham crackers around if not I would’ve try this tonight 🙂 I will try it this weekend and let you know how it turned out! 🙂
We could always use a cheesecake Ingrid, right? The girls are great in the kitchen… when they want to be! I love baking and cooking with them. It allows us to spend time together in a different way. And I hope that I’m instilling in them the love of preparing food!
They are so cute, all focused in the making! And then Emma’s big smile in the end is priceless: the certainty of a job well done!
Oh, what I had to do to get that priceless photo… Emma decorated the cake entirely on her own and refused to have Charlotte in the final shot. As I was clicking away, she was pushing her out of the way, sticking her tongue out at her, looking grumpy… Emma’s smile is of a job well done all right. The job of getting rid of her sister! But she is really sweet… 🙂