Mango Basil Cheese Cake

Mango Basil Cheese Cake

Before the mango season wraps up, here is the recipe of Mango Basil Cheese Cake

All You Need:

Digestive biscuits : 100 gms

Butter : 40 gms

Mango pulp freshly blended and sieved : 2 cups

Cream Cheese : Half a cup

Powdered sugar: 50 grams

Finely chopped basil: 1 twig

Gelatin: 10gms

For Garnishing

finely sliced mango and basil leaves

Here you go:

In a mixture jar, crush digestive biscuits with butter. In a cake tin ( I used 6 inch diameter tin) spread the biscuit and butter powder evenly and press it with the help of spatula. This biscuit crust will form the base of your cake. Put the tin in fridge (on top shelf) for setting. 10 minutes will be suffice.

In a pan, heat gelatin with 2 tsf of water until it gets properly dissolved.

In a bowl, with the help of hand blender, blend mango puree, sugar, cream cheese and basil leaves.

Add the gelatin syrup to the mixture and mix properly. Make sure there are no lumps of gelatin.

Pour the mixture in pre set cake tin. and let it set in the top shelf of your fridge for 2-3 hours.

Garnish with sliced mango and basil twig.

Remarks:

1 I prefer using Alphonso Mangoes, as they tend to be sweet. This avoids me adding extra sugar.

2 The recipe requires 20 minutes of preparation and 2-3 hours of setting. My take: quick to make and can be prepared before the party.

3 I added basil leaves for that extra zing and flavor. One can replace basil with orange zest.

4 No oven. No baking required.

5 Gelatin can be replaced with Agar Agar. For those who are strict vegetarian.

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Vanilla cinnamon butter cups

Vanilla cinnamon butter cups

Christmas is round the corner. Before the final evening when Santa would be knocking my door, I thought I should be ready with a new flavour cake. This time I tried Vanilla cinnamon cup cakes. The recipe is almost same for cupcakes and cakes except for the fact that cake can be cut in between and the sauce can be spread between the layers and over the top. I chose cinnamon this year, as its my favourite flavour . the mild sweet smell of cinnamon makes my heart wobble. I bought selected cinnamon sticks from Diu this vacation.

For the cup cakes:

100gm refined flour

80gm salted butter
2eggs

80gms powdered sugar

Vanilla essence

Pinch of grounded cinnamon

3/4tsf baking powder

1/4tsf baking soda

In a bowl whisk eggs, sugar and butter till the froth appears. Add vanilla essence and a pinch of cinnamon powder. In another bowl, sieve flour, baking powder and soda. Fold and mix the flour mixture in the egg mixture. Bake in greased moulds in preheated oven at 120”C for 30-40minutes.

For the cream sauce

Whisk 50ml double cream with 50gm powdered sugar, vanilla essence and cinnamon powder until peaks develop.

With the help of cone decorate the cup cakes.

Creativity is all we look for. Merry Christmas.