No-Bake Vanilla Rusk Cake

A cake that needs no oven! Incredibly delicious! Think cakes are hard and time-consuming? Not with this recipe! Now you can make a tasty, well-soaked, beautiful cake even without an oven in the house. The secret ingredient that stands in for baked layers is available at any store!

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Composition / ingredients

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 17 % 9 g
Fats 33 % 18 g
Carbohydrates 50 % 27 g
300 kcal
GI: 26 / 4 / 70
  • The base of this cake is the "layers," which in this case are just plain vanilla rusks. Put the rusks into a blender bowl and grind them into a fine, even crumb. Add the walnuts, prunes, and dried apricots. If the dried fruit is too dry, you can pour boiling water over it first to soften it. Process the rusk crumb together with the prunes, nuts, and dried apricots once more. It should turn into a completely smooth mass with no lumps. At this stage you can vary the flavor a bit by adding other dried fruit — figs, dates, and so on. Combine the chocolate (70 g) and butter (70 g) in a deep bowl. Melt them together in 30-second bursts, stirring the mixture each time. You can also melt the butter and chocolate in the oven or in a double boiler. Add the liquid chocolate mixture to the rusk-and-dried-fruit crumb and mix well until smooth. The base for the layers is ready — set it aside and make the cream. A light but rich farmer's cheese and sour cream filling perfectly complements the sweet, tasty layers. Put the sour cream, sugar, and vanilla sugar in a bowl. Stir with a spatula until smooth and let it sit until the sugar dissolves. Soak the gelatin in water and leave it to swell. Beat the sour cream and sugar on low speed, add the farmer's cheese, and beat again until you have a smooth, creamy consistency. Warm the gelatin briefly in the microwave, stir it, add it to the cream, and beat once more with the mixer. The easiest way to assemble the finished cake is in a cake ring lined with plastic wrap. Spread a little of the crumb mixture on the bottom, press it down lightly with a spoon, and spread cream over it. Then more crumb, more cream, and so on, alternating until you run out of components. Finish with a layer of crumb. Without removing the ring, refrigerate the cake for 5 hours. Once the cake has set a bit, mix the remaining butter and chocolate on a plate and add the milk. Melt the mixture, stir until smooth, and pour it over the cake. Right after that you can remove the ring, peel off the wrap, slice the cake, and serve. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat - 64  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat - 60  kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat - 47  kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat - 140  kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat - 54  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream 30% fat - 340  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream 25% fat - 284  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream 20% fat - 210  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream 10% fat - 115  kcal/100g
  • Sour cream - 210  kcal/100g
  • Milk chocolate with nuts - 542  kcal/100g
  • Nut chocolate - 580  kcal/100g
  • Aerated milk chocolate - 506  kcal/100g
  • Creamy chocolate - 560  kcal/100g
  • Chocolate - 550  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese 40% fat - 466  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese 20% fat - 233  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese 18% fat - 226  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese 10% fat - 156  kcal/100g
  • Low-fat farmer's cheese - 75  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese with sour cream - 260  kcal/100g
  • Fruit farmer's cheese - 147  kcal/100g
  • Soft low-fat farmer's cheese - 170  kcal/100g
  • Vitalinia farmer's cheese - 64  kcal/100g
  • Morning farmer's cheese (Danone) unsweetened - 91  kcal/100g
  • Farmer's cheese - 156  kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650  kcal/100g
  • English black walnut - 628  kcal/100g
  • Persian black walnut - 651  kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Cream rusks - 414  kcal/100g
  • Wheat rusks - 331  kcal/100g
  • Rusks - 331  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted sweet cream butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted farmhouse butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Salted farmhouse butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Clarified butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Dried apricots - 215  kcal/100g
  • Dried apricots (whole, with pit) - 290  kcal/100g
  • Dried peaches - 254  kcal/100g
  • Prunes - 227  kcal/100g
  • Gelatin - 355  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Vanilla sugar - 379  kcal/100g

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