Really Easy 'No Cook' Desserts (Desserts)

Member Name: skittle

Product:	Desserts
Date:	14/11/07 (7793 review reads)
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I’m a huge fan of dessert, but I’m also a lazy slob. I want my desserts to taste great, but not take much effort. Here are a few of my favourite really easy dessert recipes. Hope you find something to appeal to you.

*** Chocolate Rice Crispies or Cornflake Cakes ***

Ingredients:
- Big bar of milk chocolate (I like Galaxy myself, but Dairy Milk or something similar would be fine)
- Box of Rice Crispies or cornflakes, whichever you prefer or have at home

Equipment:
- Cooker
- Saucepan
- Glass mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Paper cake cases

Cooking Instructions:
1) Put a couple of inches of water in the bottom of your saucepan and bring it to the boil (or cheat, like I do, and add water straight to the pan from the kettle).

2) Sit the glass bowl on top of the pan, making sure that the base of the bowl is not touching the water.

3) Break the chocolate into chunks and chuck into the glass bowl, be very careful here not to accidentally drop a chunk into your open mouth, these accidents can happen so easily.

4) Stir the chocolate occasionally until it is totally melted, then pour in a generous portion of your preferred cereal and stir into the melted chocolate (you will probably find it easier to switch to a large metal spoon here) until it is all well covered.

5) Once the cereal is evenly covered, scoop up a large, heaped spoonful and drop it into a paper cake case. Repeat until all of the paper cases are filled or you’ve run out of mixture.

6) Leave cakes to cool completely before tucking in. (I know, I know, but they just fall apart if you try to eat them before they’re cold).

I’ve also made these cakes with crunchy nut cornflakes, and they worked astoundingly well.

PS that's not cooking, that's melting


*** Eton Mess ***

Ingredients:
- Ready made meringues (broken into pieces)
- Strawberries
- Double or whipping cream
- Sugar

Equipment:
- Glass mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Sharp knife
- Serving bowls
- Fork

Cooking Instructions:
1) Clean and hull your strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and mash lightly with the fork

2) Softly whip your cream, so that it thickens but isn’t totally stiff.

3) Add broken meringue pieces to the strawberries, fold in the cream and spoon into the serving bowls. Drop a full strawberry on top for decoration if you’re in a whimsical mood.


*** Pavlova ***

Ingredients:
- Ready made meringue nests
- Double or whipping cream
- Fruit or fruits of your choice (eg summer fruits, grapes, kiwi fruit, pineapple – these can be fresh, frozen or tinned)
- Cadbury’s Flake (crumbled)

Equipment:
- Glass mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Serving plates
- Knife, scissors or can opener for preparing fruit.

Cooking Instructions:
1) Whip the cream into stiff peaks

2) Prepare the fruit

3) Using one or two meringue nests for each serving, select your meringues and top each with a generous dollop of cream

4) Put the meringue nests onto serving plates, then top each with a generous portion of your selected fruit or fruits, making sure that the cream is well covered, and allowing the fruit to spill around the bottom of the meringues too.

5) Sprinkle a little of the crumbled flake over each dessert, and your mini pavlovas are ready to serve


*** Berry Soup Float ***

Ingredients:
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Icing Sugar
- Marshmallows

Equipment:
- Blender
- Sieve
- Bowls
- Wooden Spoon

Cooking Instructions
1) Put the washed, hulled fruit into the blender and whiz until squishy

2) Push the squished fruit through a sieve using the back of a wooden spoon to remove the pips

3) Taste the blended fruit and add a little icing sugar if required. If the soup is too stiff add a small amount of water and stir in.

4) Pour the berry soup into serving dishes and float marshmallow ‘islands’ on the top.

This is a great recipe for kids and very healthy, as long as you don’t overdo it on the icing sugar and marshmallows.

Use up any leftover marshmallows by putting them into your mouth and chewing.

Summary: They don't come much easier