Maria-Cookie Cake

photo by ReadyForThe80's

- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1 Cake
- Serves:
- 9-12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup 35% cream
- 2 1⁄2 cups sweetened condensed milk
- 2 envelopes of unflavoured gelatin
- 1 (800 g) box maria cookies (box of 4 packages, 34 cookies per individual package)
- 2 cups strong coffee
-
Alternate base
- 34 cookies
- 1 egg
directions
- Using an electric mixer, whip the cream until it thickens.
- Slowly combine the condensed milk to the cream.
- In a separate bowl, prepare the unflavoured gelatine according to package directions.
- Once the gelatine is ready, pour it into the cream and condensed milk mixture and mix it well.
- Line the entire bottom of a cake pan with cookies.
- Add a layer of the cream and milk mixture on top of the cookie base.
- Using a slotted spatula, individually soak the cookies in the coffee and layer on top of the cream+milk layer.
- Alternate layers of cream+milk mixture and coffee-soaked cookies.
- Top with any remaining cookie crumbs if desired.
- Refrigerate for about 2 hours before cutting portions/serving.
- *Alternate cookie base: Finely crumb 1 34-cookie package and mix in 1 egg. Firmly press into bottom of cake pan to create a base. Bake for 5 minutes in a 350F oven for about 5 minutes. Turn off oven but let the base cool inside the oven while you prepare the rest of the cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ReadyForThe80's
Canada