Baker breaks the internet with 'no bake' Milkybar cheesecake recipe (2024)

A video from 'Instagram famous' baker Eloise Head showing viewers how to make a Milkybar cheesecake without turning on an oven has gone viral on social media.

The 26-year-old founder of FitWaffle Kitchen,an Instagram page dedicated to decadent desserts that take just minutes to prepare, shared the clip on January 8.

The video shows the self-taught London chef whipping up a cheesecake comprised of a buttery shortbread base with creamy white chocolate filling and a silky white chocolate ganache topping.

She uses shortbread, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, double cream and Milkybar chocolate to make the treat that has set mouths watering around the world.

Ms Head, who shot to online stardom when a baking craze swept the globe during the first Covid lockdown, uses a handheld mixer to combine the six ingredients and finishes the cake without an oven or any other appliance.

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London baker Eloise Head's 'no bake' Milkybar cheesecake, made from six simple supermarket ingredients without turning on an oven

The self-taught London chef whips up the cheesecake (pictured) which has buttery shortbread base with creamy white chocolate filling and a silky white chocolate ganache on top

To make the base, Ms Head mixes 350 grams of crushed shortbread biscuits with 175 grams of melted butter in a bowl until combined.

She scoops the mixture into a nine-inch cake tin, pressing it down firmly with the back of a spoon before placing it in the fridge to set.

Next, Ms Head whips 350ml of double cream until soft peaks have formed on the top, then sets the bowl aside.

She mixes 500 grams of cream cheese with 120 grams of icing sugar and whisks the two together, before adding 250 grams of melted Milkybar and whisking again until smooth.

After scooping the whipped cream she set aside earlier into the cream cheese and chocolate mixture, Ms Head pours the lot over the refrigerated biscuit base, smoothing it out and leaving it to chill for roughly five hours.

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She uses shortbread, butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, double cream and Milkybar chocolate to make the cake (left and right) that has caught the attention of thousands online

For the ganache, Ms Head pours 200ml of double cream over 250 grams of Milkybar chocolate, then melts them in the microwave for 90 seconds.

Once thickened, she pours the mixture over the chilled cheesecake and smooths the surface with a palette knife.

Ms Head sprinkles leftover shortbread crumbs around the rim of the cake and presses a square of chocolate into the centre for decoration.

If the ganache topping is too thin, she suggests popping it in the fridge until it has thickened.

Ms Head said it had been a while since she made the cheesecake and was 'so happy' with how it turned out.

Photos and videos of her handiwork have drawn delighted responses since they were uploaded online, with many begging their friends to make the cake for them.

Eloise Head (pictured) built a mammoth Instagram following during the first Covid lockdown by sharing her simple tricks for making decadent desserts

'I think you should make this and save a slice for me,' one woman wrote, tagging her mate.

'How amazing does this look,' added another.

A third said 'I need this' while a fourth wrote: 'It looks incredible.'

It's the latest of Ms Head's simple recipes to become a viral sensation, following wildly popular videos on Oreo cheesecake cookies and red velvet brownies.

Simple desserts have never been more popular since an unprecedented baking craze swept the world during the first months of the coronavirus crisis when hundreds of millions were confined to their homes.

Isolation paid dividends for influencers like Eloise Head, who has amassed a combined following of 743,000 across her two Instagram accounts by sharing delicious dishes that are quick and easy to make.

In March, Ms Head told Daily Mail Australia she was 'very proud to help people keep occupied' in the age of social distancing.

Recipe for 'no bake' Milkybar cheesecake

Ingredients

For the base

350g shortbread biscuits

175g melted butter

For the cheesecake filling

250g Milkybar chocolate

500g cream cheese

120g icing sugar

350ml double cream

For the topping

250g Milkybar chocolate

200ml double cream

Shortbread crumbs

One Milkybar square

Method

1. Mix crushed shortbread with melted butter in a bowl until combined.

2. Scoop mixture into a nine-inch cake tin, pressing down firmly with the back of a spoon before placing it in the fridge to set.

3. Whip double cream until soft peaks have formed on the top, then set bowl aside.

4. Mix cream cheese with icing sugar and whisk the two together, then add melted Milkybar and whisk again until smooth.

5. Scoop whipped cream left aside earlier into the cream cheese and chocolate mixture.

6. Pour the lot over the refrigerated biscuit base, smoothing it out and leaving it to chill for roughly five hours.

7. Pour double cream over Milkybar chocolate and melt in the microwave for 90 seconds.

8. Pourmixture over the chilled cheesecake and smooth surface with a palette knife.

9. Sprinkle leftover shortbread crumbs around the rim of the cake and press a square of chocolate into the centre for decoration.

Source: FitWaffle Kitchen

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