No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

Ingredients:-        
         For Crust                                              

• Digestive Biscuits - 200 Gms

• Melted Butter - 50 Gms                      

        For Topping: 

• Fresh Strawberries - 1 Cup
• Cream cheese(softened)- 100 Gms
• Castor Sugar - 1/2 Cup
• Vanilla Essence - 1 Tsp
• Fresh Cream - 1 Cup
• Gelatin powder - 1 Tsp

Method to Prepare:-

Crust:

• Place digestive biscuits in food processor and turn on until crumbs are very fine.
• Add melted butter & mix until well combined.                    
• Press into 9 inch pie plate.
• Refrigerate for about 1/2 hour.

Topping:

• Dissolve gelatin powder in 1/2 Cup of warm water/milk
• Combine all ingredients for cheesecake, except strawberries, in a large bowl and mix with hand mixer,mix until well combined and smooth.
• Decorate the top with sliced or whole strawberries.Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
• Unclasp the sides & bottom of the pie tin and cut them into slice & serve

Tips:-

• Pie tins with loose base or spring form pans can be used.
• Strawberry Essence also can be used instead of vanilla essence.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients:-                         

For Topping:-      

• Pineapple slices - 1 Tin
•  Glazed Cherries  - 1/2 Cup
•  Brown sugar - 1/2 Cup
•  Butter - 1/4 Cup

For Cake:-

•  All purpose`flour - 1 1/2 Cups
•  Eggs - 2 Nos.
•  Baking powder - 1 Tsp
•  Vanilla Essence - 1 Tsp
•  Butter - 1/2 Cup
•  Sugar - 1 Cup
•  Salt - 1/2 Tsp

Method To Prepare :-

• Preheat an oven to 200'C. Butter a 9-inch round cake tin.

Topping:-

•  Melt the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat simmer,stirring occasionally a few times.
•  Remove from heat and pour into the bottom of the prepared cake tin.
•  Arrange pineapple & cherries on top of caramel.

Cake:-

• To make the batter, mix in together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside.
• In a another bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, add the egg yolks and vanilla essence & beat until smooth.
• Add the flour mixture & beat on low until just blended,fold in the egg whites very gently without beating it too hardly.
• Pour batter over the pineapple topping and spread evenly.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a cake platter.

Tips:-

• Serve with fresh cream or vanilla ice cream.
• Glazed cherries can be substituted by  dried raisins as well