Made By Emily
No-Bake

No-Bake Cherry Cream Cheese Waffle Cake with White Chocolate

Easy no-bake dessert with chocolate, perfect for quick and delightful treats.

Recipe Summary

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes (including chilling)
  • Servings: 12 tartlets
  • Cuisine: International
  • Course: Dessert
  • Calories: 180 kcal per serving

Ingredients

For the Dough:

  • 150 g (5.3 oz) waffles (plain, crispy)
  • 40 g (1.4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
  • 40 g (1.4 oz) white chocolate, melted

For the Filling:

  • 150 g (5.3 oz) cherries (fresh or frozen, pitted)
  • 35 g (2 tbsp / 1.2 oz) sugar
  • 110 g (0.5 cup / 3.88 oz) cream cheese (softened)
  • 10 g (2 tbsp / 0.35 oz) fine coconut flakes
  • 25 g (2.5 tbsp / 0.9 oz) powdered sugar

For the Topping:

  • 75 g (2.6 oz) white chocolate, melted
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml / 0.5 fl.oz) vegetable oil

For Decoration (optional):

  • chopped pistachios
  • dried rose petals or freeze-dried raspberry crumbles

Instructions

  1. Prepare the dough: Pulse the waffles in a blender until finely crushed. In a bowl, combine the waffle crumbs with melted butter and white chocolate. Stir thoroughly until the mixture forms a thick, uniform dough.

  2. Form tartlet bases: Take about 25 g (0.9 oz) of dough per tartlet, shape into balls, and press each firmly into the cavities of a mini muffin tin to create flat tartlet bases. Refrigerate them to set while you prepare the filling.

  3. Make cherry jam: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine cherries and sugar. Cook gently for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cherries break down and the mixture thickens to a jam-like consistency. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.

  4. Fill tartlets: Spoon a layer of the cooled cherry jam into each tartlet base.

  5. Prepare cream cheese layer: In a bowl, mix cream cheese, coconut flakes, and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Transfer this to a pastry bag and pipe over the cherry layer evenly in each tartlet, smoothing the top.

  6. Add topping: Combine melted white chocolate with vegetable oil until smooth. Pour a thin layer over the cream cheese topping in each tartlet.

  7. Decorate and chill: Sprinkle chopped pistachios and optionally dried rose petals or raspberry crumbles on top. Refrigerate the tartlets for at least 3 hours until fully set.

  8. Serve: Carefully remove tartlets from molds and serve chilled.

Recipe Notes

  • Use a silicone mold or non-stick mini muffin tin to easily unmold the tartlets.
  • Chill bases thoroughly to help them firm up and hold shape when adding filling.
  • Use a small offset spatula or back of a spoon to spread layers smoothly if you don’t have a pastry bag.
  • Melting white chocolate with oil ensures a glossy, pourable topping that sets well.

Nutrition Estimate

  • Calories: 180 kcal
  • Protein: 3 g
  • Carbohydrates: 20 g
  • Fat: 10 g

Values are estimates and may vary by ingredients and portion size.