NUTELLA NO-BAKE CAKE

INGREDIENTS
For Crust
200gm Marie/digestive or any cookies or biscuits of your choice
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2-3 tbsp heaped nutella
100gm softened butter

For Filling
2 cups hung curd
1.5 cup Nutella
1/2 cup dark chocolate
1/2 cup powdered sugar

METHOD
For Crust
Take biscuits blend it in powder. Now add cocoa powder and mix well. In blender jar, put mixed biscuits and cocoa powder. Add softened butter. Blend it. Now add Nuttela and pulse it again till everything combines together. Take spring mould. Transfer in the mould and press the mixture in the bottom. Smooth with the bottom of bowl or glass to give smooth and even layer. Keep in fridge till the time to prepare filling.

For Filling:
Make hung curd. To know how to make hung curd, click here!

In large mixing bowl, add Nutella and dark chocolate. Melt in microwave or double boiler till completely melted and smooth. Let this come down to room temperature, add hung curd. Do not add hung curd in hot mixture.

Add powdered sugar and mix well again. Take out the base from fridge and pour it over. Set in fridge overnight or for 8-9 hours.

Slice and serve.

Notes:

1. Any biscuit or cookies of your choice can be used.

2. To make 2 cups of hung curd take 1 1/2 litre homemade curd.

3. After mixing all the ingredients of filling, do take taste test as it can vary according to ones taste and sometimes if hung curd is on sour side might need to add more sugar.

4. One can add 1 1/2 tbsp of gelatin for better texture I don't like it's taste so avoided.

Pictorial:

1. Grind biscuits add cocoa powder. Pulse again.

2. Add softened butter. Don't add chilled butter.

3. Nuttela.

4. Grind till all the ingredients combines.

5. Grease spring tin with butter or oil.

6. The spring tin I used.

7. Set the mixture on bottom of pan. Keep in fridge. I used refrigerated butter due to which butter did not combine well.

Set this in fridge and let's make filling now.

For Filling:

1. Take 1/2 cup dark chocolate.

2. Melt dark chocolate with Nutella till chocolate melts.

3. It's done. Let it come down to room temperature.

4. Once it come down to room temperature add hung curd.

5. Mix well, now add powdered sugar. Take taste test after mixing sugar and adjust the level of sugar accordingly. Always keep the sweetness of little higher side, after chilling the taste of sugar level drops.