Maria-cookie Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup 35% cream
• 2 1/2 cups sweetened condensed milk
• 2 envelopes of unflavoured gelatin
• 1 (800 g) box maria cookies (box of 4 packages, 34 cookies per individual package)
• 2 cups strong coffee
• 34 cookies
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 using an electric mixer, whip the cream until it thickens.
• 2 slowly combine the condensed milk to the cream.
• 3 in a separate bowl, prepare the unflavoured gelatine according to package directions.
• 4 once the gelatine is ready, pour it into the cream and condensed milk mixture and mix it well.
• 5 line the entire bottom of a cake pan with cookies.
• 6 add a layer of the cream and milk mixture on top of the cookie base.
• 7 using a slotted spatula, individually soak the cookies in the coffee and layer on top of the cream+milk layer.
• 8 alternate layers of cream+milk mixture and coffee-soaked cookies.
• 9 top with any remaining cookie crumbs if desired.
• 10 refrigerate for about 2 hours before cutting portions/serving.
• 11 *alternate cookie base: finely crumb 1 34-cookie package and mix in 1 egg. firmly press into bottom of cake pan to create a base. bake for 5 minutes in a 350f oven for about 5 minutes. turn off oven but let the base cool inside the oven while you prepare the rest of the cake.