Þrista ostakaka

Cheesecake with licorice chocolate

Isn't this how you imagine a summer vacation? Sitting on the terrace in the sun, eating delicious cake and unwinding - that's perfect! (Okay, half the terrace is full of freshly washed laundry, you can't see that in the picture!)

And this no-bake cheesecake with licorice chocolate and a base made from ground oatmeal cookies is really really delicious, I could have fooled myself! Even though my husband complained while he was working on the oatmeal cookies with the rolling pin - normally the recipe would say how to bake cookies from flour, not how to make flour out of cookies... but he was thrilled with the result!

For the licorice chocolate I used Þristur , my personal favorite licorice chocolate here in Iceland. I always take at least one bag of this with me to Germany because it's difficult to get there - unfortunately!!!

Ingredients for the soil

150 g butter
300 oatmeal cookies
2 Tbsp sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa
1/2 tsp salt

Ingredients for the cheese cream

250 g of Þirstur

100 ml whipping cream

375 ml whipping cream

450 g cream cheese

150 g powdered sugar

1 pinch of ground vanilla

1 pinch of salt

Preparation

Melt the butter.

Crush the biscuits thoroughly (e.g. put them in a breakfast bag, close them tightly and grind them finely with a rolling pin).

Then mix the cookie “flour” with the sugar, cocoa and salt.

Add the melted butter and process everything until it is as uniform as possible.

Then put the biscuit mixture into a springform pan (approx. 24 cm) lined with baking paper, carefully press it onto the bottom and let it solidify in the refrigerator.

Meanwhile, prepare the cheese mixture:

First, slowly warm the 100 ml of cream in a small saucepan over medium heat.

Cut the licorice chocolate into small pieces...

...and let it melt in the cream while stirring constantly.

When everything has melted nicely, remove the pot from the heat and let it cool down a little.

Beat the 375 ml of cream until stiff.

Mix the cream cheese with the powdered sugar, ground vanilla and salt.

Also add the licorice-cream mixture and stir in.

Finally, add the whipped cream in portions.

Then pour the cheese mixture onto the base and carefully smooth it out a little.

Serve the cake with fresh berries, chocolate sauce, chocolate sprinkles or similar, if desired. I chose licorice sprinkles here!

Then let the cake set in the fridge overnight so that you can cut it without it losing its shape (3 to 4 hours are NOT enough for this!), and then serve well chilled.

[Translated from here.]