No-Bake Oreo Cake Draft

Name: No-Bake Oreo Cake
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 8 h 5 min
Ingredients: 5 oz plain tea biscuits (like Petit Beurre), chocolate or vanilla, crushed; 3½ tbsp butter, melted; 1½ cups heavy cream (32% fat or more) (1½ cartons); 8 oz cream cheese; 1 cup sugar; 24 Oreo cookies (1½ packages); ½ cup heavy cream (½ carton); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 5 oz bittersweet chocolate

A whipped cream and cream cheese cake studded with Oreo pieces on a cookie crust with a ganache top, which I make without an oven and freeze ahead.

Cook5 min
Rest8 hr
Total8 hr 5 min
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What you need

Amount:×1

Crust

5 oz plain tea biscuits (like Petit Beurre), chocolate or vanilla, crushed
3½ tbsp butter, melted

Filling

1½ cups heavy cream (32% fat or more), 1½ cartons
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
24 Oreo cookies, 1½ packages

Topping

½ cup heavy cream, ½ carton
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz bittersweet chocolate

How I make it

Crust

Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter.
Transfer to a 9-inch (24 cm) round pan and press with a spoon into the bottom only, not up the sides. Refrigerate.

Filling

Whip the 1½ cups of cream to stiff peaks and refrigerate.
Process the cream cheese and sugar until completely smooth, then fold in the whipped cream.
Break the Oreos into small pieces, about the size of a fingernail. Don't crush them, just break them.
Stir the Oreos into the cream mixture and pour over the crust.
Cover and freeze for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.

Topping

Bring the remaining cream to a gentle simmer in a small pot and remove from the heat.
Break in the chocolate and wait 5 minutes.
Add the vanilla and stir well until the chocolate is completely melted.
Pour over the cake and return to the freezer for another 4 hours.

What I've learned

You need cream with at least 32% fat; light cream won't whip.
A 9-inch (24 cm) pan is best, but square pans or smaller or larger round ones work too.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)