What is an easy recipe for no-bake cream cheese cake?

An easy no-bake cream cheese cake can be made by topping a mixture of crushed graham crackers, butter and sugar with cream cheese. Fruit and whipped cream can also be added for garnish and extra flavor.

Easy No-Bake Cream Cheese Cake

Ingredients may be adapted to personal taste and diet. This recipe uses full fat and real sugar.

Prep Time: 40 min.

Inactive Time: 2 hr. 30 min.

Ready In: 3 hr. 10 min.

Ingredients:

• 7 graham crackers
• 4 tbsp., unsalted butter, melted
• 2 tbsp., brown sugar
• 1 lb., cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup, confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup, heavy cream
• 1 tsp., vanilla extract

1. Pulverize the graham crackers in a food processor before adding butter and brown sugar and combining them evenly.
2. Spread the mixture around the bottom of an 8 or 9-inch spring form pan and compress it.
3. Beat together cream cheese and sugar until smooth. A stand mixer can be used for this. Add the vanilla extract.
4. Whip the heavy cream to a thick consistency and fold into the cream cheese and sugar mixture.
5. Transfer the combined cream cheese and whipped cream to the graham cracker base and refrigerate for 2 hours and 30 minutes.
6. When ready to serve, slide a knife around the edge of the cheese cake on the inside of the spring form pan prior to removal.