Experimental No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Cheese Cake
Was it a stroke of genius or madness that led me to using Jello to set my no-bake cheese cake? I'm going to say genius.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 250 g pkg cream cheese
- ½ c cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup of icing sugar ¼ cup at a time
- 1 pkg orange jello
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 ice cube
- 10 Graham Crackers I used gluten-free ones. (you could just use graham crumbs)
- ⅓ cup Butter
Instructions
- Soften the cream cheese to room temperature for at least an hour then put in the bowl of your mixer and beat on high until it is creamy and smooth.
- While the cream cheese is working in the mixer combine the Jello powder with the hot water, mix and let cool for about 10 minutes then add the ice cube, stir and let sit another few minutes.
- Add the cream to the cream cheese and mix thoroughly. One the cream is incorporated add in the vanilla, then the icing sugar a ¼ cup at a time. Finally, add in the Jello mix.
- Crush the graham crackers into small pieces (you can just use graham cracker crumbs for this but the chunks give the dessert a nice texture). Pour the butter over the broken crackers and mix to moisten all of the cracker chunks. Push the mixture into the bottom of a 6-inch springform pan lined with parchment paper.
- Gently pour the cheese and jello mixture over the cracker crumbs, cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge to set for at least 3 hours. I found leaving it in the fridge overnight gave the dessert a better texture.
- All that is left is to unmold the dessert, cut it, serve it, and enjoy!