Scroll to the bottom of the post to get ALL the “12 Days” recipes from 2019, 2020, and 2021!
Welcome to Day 7 of
The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats!
Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining!
The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (as many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) – each recipe makes 1-dozen or a few more smaller-sized treats that are simple to prepare and that use everyday ingredients and equipment so hopefully you’ll be able to whip up any of these on a whim. Check out the treats from 2019, 2020 and 2021 at the bottom of this post too for more inspiration!
Today I’m sharing something that would be perfect for your holiday sweets table – individual no-bake “cake cups” made with the lovely light strawberry “fromage frais” I shared the recipe for a little while ago, and some ladyfingers (which I often have on hand in my pantry to make a quick no-bake dessert anytime). And, sprinkles, of course!
Here’s a rough recipe – this might make more or less based on the size of your ramekin or serving glass but it’s a useful technique I think everyone should know!
- Dip ladyfingers in some liquid (in this case, just water because the other ingredients are sweet enough)
- Layer ladyfingers and some kind of creamy dessert with some jam or fruit coulis
- Top with sprinkles!
No bake strawberry cheesecake cups
Ingredients
for the cream:
- 1 cup (250 mL) heavy (35%) cream
- 1 cup (250 g) mascarpone, slightly softened
- 1/2 cup (125 g) 0% plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup (35 g) icing sugar, sifted
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
for the strawberry coulis:
- 1lb (454g) strawberries, hulled and roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
for the cake cups
- 10-20 ladyfinger biscuits
- Approx. 1 cup water
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Make the coulis:
- Place the strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small pot and stir.
- Place the pot over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil.
- Cook for 5-8 minutes, stirring occasionally until the strawberries are very soft.
- Remove pot from the heat and allow to cool for approximately 10 minutes (you can transfer the mixture to a clean bowl to speed up the cooling process).
- Use an immersion blender or a mini food processor to blend the strawberry mixture to smooth.
- Refrigerate until needed.
Make the cream
- In a large bowl, whip the cream with a handheld electric mixer on high speed until it forms soft peaks, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl (no need to wash the beaters after you’ve whipped the cream), beat the mascarpone and yogurt until smooth.
- Add the icing sugar and vanilla to the mascarpone and continue to beat until creamy.
- Gently fold the whipped cream, 1/3 cup (80 mL) at a time, into the mascarpone mixture. Set aside and refrigerate until needed.
Assemble the cake cups:
- Pour the water into a shallow dish. Break the ladyfingers in half.
- Working quickly (the biscuits will fall apart if you leave them in too long!), dip one half of a ladyfinger biscuit into the water then place it in a small ramekin. Repeat with another half a ladyfinger so the bottom of the ramekin is covered.
- Spread a little of the coulis over the biscuits then a dollop of the the cream mixture over the top of the ladyfingers in a thick layer, covering all the biscuits.
- Continue to layer the ladyfingers (soaked in water), the cream mixture and the coulis until you have used them all up, ending with a layer of cream which you should top with sprinkles..
- Refrigerate for 3 hours to “set” the cream (if you can wait that long!)
Notes
You can mix a small amount of the coulis into the cream mixture if you like (as I have here - you can see in the images that the mixture is light pink in colour).
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These really are fabulous, if I do say myself 😉 and will be the star of your sweets/ dessert table these holidays!
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Check out the rest of 2022’s 12 Days of Holiday Treats:
Day 1: Chocolate Peppermint Creme Cups
Day 2: Chocolate-Dipped Wafer Cookies
Day 3: Gingerbread madeleines
Day 4: Funfetti Cookies
Day 5: Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Day 6: Coffee Financiers
Day 7: No-Bake Strawbery Cheesecake Cups
Day 8: Holiday Joys
Day 9: Holiday Spice Marmalade
Day 10: Soft Molasses Cookies
Day 11: Coconut Roughs
Day 12: Holiday Lights Jam Sandwich Cookies
Check out 2021’s 12 Days of Holiday Treats:
Day 1: Speculoos financiers
Day 2: Chocolate Dipped Orange Sugar Cookies
Day 3: Madeleines à la Clémentine
Day 4: Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies
Day 5: Sunbutter and Jam Chocolate Cups
Day 6: Hot Chocolate and Marshmallow Cookies
Day 7: Linzer Cookies
Day 8: Chocolate-Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
Day 9: Choc-Mint Thumbprint Cookies
Day 10: Pailles (Puff Pastry and Jam Cookies)
Day 11: Strawberry Santa Hats
Day 12: Mulled Wine Jam
Check out 2020’s 12 Days of Holiday Treats:
Day 1: Rice Krispie Wreaths
Day 2: Cranberry Cheesecake Bars
Day 3: Peppermint Bark
Day 4: Orangettes
Day 5: Rocky Road Chocolate Crackle Slice
Day 6: Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
Day 7: Orange Pim’s
Day 8: Mendiants
Day 9: Chewy Chocolate Mint Crackle Cookies
Day 10: Apricot, Coconut and Cranberry “truffles”
Day 11: Chocolate, Cherry and Almond Brownies
Day 12: Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Check out 2019’s 12 Days of Holiday Cookies:
Day 1: Easy Three Ingredient Shortbread
Day 2: Jam Drops
Day 3: Chocolate Caramel Slice
Day 4: Melting Moments
Day 5: White Christmas
Day 6: Langues de Chat
Day 7: Chocolate Coconut Slice
Day 8: Cornflake Biscuits
Day 9: Rocky Road
Day 10: Honey Joys
Day 11: Rum Ball Truffles
Day 12: Giant Florentine Cookie (to share)
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