Rastis-Cake-recipe

RASTIS-CAKE (aka Cheeseless Cheese-cake)

1 box       outmeal cookies
100 gr      butter or margarine
2 dl          whipped cream
1 tsp        vanilla sugar
2 dl          curd
1 dl          sugar
0,5 dl       syrup
0,5 dl       liquid to give taste, for instance juice, liquerm champagne, coffee, milk
 5 tsp       Agar Agar or gelatin powder, you can also use gelatin leaves instead
               Cake decorations (berries, fruits, flowers, candies)

1.            Crush the bisquits in to smalll small peaces
2.            Mix the crushed bisquits with soft melted butter or margarine and cover a pie tin with it
3..           Whip the cream with the vanilla sugar
4.            Add the curd and whip
5.            Add the sugar and whip
6.            Add the syrup and whip
7.            Heat up the liquid of your choice and miw it with the Agar Agar powder or gelatine.
               Its little different if you use gelatin leaves or powder, leaves should be mixed in cold
               liquid and then heated up, powder the opposite - read the instructions on the box.
8.            Mix the liquid with the whipped mix and pour it in to the pie tin on top of the bisquit base
9.            Decorate the cake with whatever you like; berries, fruits, eatable flowers, candies
10.          Put the cake in the freezer and take it out to melt inn the fridge a few hours before eating

I use to change the liquid that gives the taste according to the season to get some variety. For instance, in christmas time I use mulled wine (glögi), in spring mead (sima), in summertime juice or alcoholfree cider and so on. You can also use some sweet alcohol or coffee. Milk gives a very neutral taste but instead you can use curd with taste of berries or lime or cinnamon something and get the taste from that. In christmas time I also use ginger bread (piparkakkuja) mixed with the bisquits for more christmas taste. The same way you can change the decorations according to the season. Only your imagination is the limit!