Philadelphia Raspberry Romance Torte

Another member had found this recipe on a German website and asked for a translation. Here is my translation of the recipe, as adapted from Bei uns zu Hause. The Philadelphia in the recipe name refers to the use of cream cheese, which is often referred to simply as "Philadelphia" in Germany.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 150  g  plain  cookies (graham cracker, digestives, shortbread etc)
• 125  g butter
• 3 (175 g) packages cream cheese
• 300  g plain yogurt
• 2 -3  teaspoons  vanilla sugar (Bourbon Vanilla flavored, 2 packets)
• 1  pinch salt
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons  dry gelatin powder (1 packet)
• 75  g sugar
• 300  g strawberries

Directions

1. Grind up the cookies into crumbs using a food processor or by hand.
2. Melt butter and mix with the cookie crumbs and press into a parchment lined Springform pan.
3. Using a mixer, combine cream cheese, yogurt, vanilla sugar, and salt together.
4. Mix the gelatin in 150 ml of cold water and let soften for 10 minutes. Add the sugar, stirring and gently heating until the gelatin has dissolved. Quickly whisk into the cream cheese mixture.
5. Place a third of the cream cheese mixture into the springform pan, mix another third of the mixture with the berries (quartered and sliced), place on top of the first layer, then top with the remaining cream cheese mixture. Let set and chill for 3 hours.
6. Garnish with some extra berries laid out to resemble a heart shape.