Hello 2006!

Happy New Year to all my friends here!

New year, new beginning yet again. Stepping into 2006, I know there will be some uncertainties awaiting me, in the second half of the year. I try not to think about it as there is no point worrying. I will deal with it when the time comes, or just sit back and let events shape my destiny. That has been my attitude towards life for the past two years, and so far, everything has turned up fine.

Okay! Lets talk about food again. I had promised the three unco-operative Food Tasters here that there wouldn't be any Chocolate or Cheese Cakes this week. True to my promise, I made this Chilled Orange Yogurt Cake. Recipe is from Leisure-Cat. A very refreshing cake and I could see the grins on the faces of my three Food Tasters.



Chilled Orange Yogurt Cake
橙香乳酪蛋糕(8" cake pan)

Ingredients for the base:
crumbs from 8 pieces of disgestive biscuits
40g melted butter (I used 50g)

Ingredients for the filling:
100g sugarless natural yogurt
150ml orange juice
1 tbsp lemon juice
150ml non-diary whipping cream
1 tbsp gelatin
3 tbsp sugar
150ml water
Grated orange zest (optional)


Method:

Mix the digestive biscuits crumbs with melted butter, and press firmly to the base of the cake pan. Chill for later use.

Dissolve gelatin and sugar with water. Set aside to cool.

Beat yogurt, orange juice and lemon juice until well blended. Add cooled gelatin solution and mix well.

Whip the non-diary whipping cream till mousse state.

Add the yogurt mixture to the whipped cream and mix well.

Add the grated orange zest.

Pour the combined mixture onto the cake base.

Chill in the fridge for 3 hours.

Note: I think can use a 7" cake pan to get a taller cake. If use other fruit juice can get Chilled Yogurt Cakes of different flavours.