Cookie Cake
When shopping at my favorite Russian market, I glanced at a shelf with plain Russian cookies, cookies that I remember since my nursery school days. Indeed, there are some products that live decade after decade, and their popularity doesn't wither... Looking at these cookies, I remembered a simple recipe of a desert that I offer to your attention today.
January 24, 2011
by Nadia
What you need:
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 sticks minus 2 tbsp (about 200g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk, at room temperature
1 tbsp Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur, optional
2 big mixing bowls, and 1 bowl to form the cake.
Method:
Mix broken cookies with walnuts, and set aside. Beat butter until it forms peaks and becomes whitish.
Mix liqueur into condensed milk, then mix milk into butter gradually, adding 2 tbsp at a time. Milk must not be cold, otherwise butter will "curdle". If you see that butter is not smooth, put the mixing bowl on another bowl with hot water in it (to warm the bottom of mixing bowl with butter), and continue to mix until butter becomes smooth again. Your frosting (or cream, whichever applies here best) must be smooth and a little liquidy.
Mix liqueur into condensed milk, then mix milk into butter gradually, adding 2 tbsp at a time. Milk must not be cold, otherwise butter will "curdle". If you see that butter is not smooth, put the mixing bowl on another bowl with hot water in it (to warm the bottom of mixing bowl with butter), and continue to mix until butter becomes smooth again. Your frosting (or cream, whichever applies here best) must be smooth and a little liquidy.
To take this cake out of the form might be a challenge, so just scoop out portions of your cake into individual bowls, drizzle with more liqueur, sprinkle with nuts, and serve. With so little effort you will be pleasantly surprised with the result. Enjoy!Notes:
Any crumbly butter cookies will do for this dessert. The cookies I used are similar to those. Experiment with flavors: add some vanilla extract to condensed milk, for example. When serving, decorate with fresh or dried fruit, sprinkle with shaved chocolate, lemon or orange zest. As always, possibilities are endless. And... don't tell anybody it was so simple. :)
Summary: a easy dessert recipe
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