Rice pudding recipe

Rice pudding cake, a rich and simple cake. If you like rice pudding you will love this cake, since it is another way to eat this dessert and it does not need an oven. Rice pudding is a traditional Asturian dessert, creamy and with a touch of cinnamon flavor. This cake can be prepared in individual cups or in a large mold as we have done. In addition, we have added a cookie base, although it can also be prepared without it.

Stay in this article and discover with us how to make baked and no-bake rice pudding, you will surprise everyone with this delicious dessert.

Ingredients to make Rice pudding cake:

• 800 milliliters of milk (3⅓ cups)
• 200 milliliters of heavy cream or whipping cream
• 3 sheets of neutral gelatin (for the version without oven)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 100 grams of sugar (½ cup)
• For the base
• 130 grams of cookies
• 70 grams of butter

How to make Rice Pudding Cake:

1. Prepare the cookie base.
2. Chop the cookies in a food processor or put them in a bag and crush them by passing a rolling pin over them.
3. Place them in a bowl, melt the butter in the microwave and mix it with the biscuits.
4. Cover the base of are movable mold with the cookies, pressing well so that the base is compact.
5. Put the mold in the fridge and continue with the recipe for the rice pudding cake. The mold is 18-20 cm.
6. Prepare the rice pudding. To do this, put the milk in a saucepan over medium heat, but reserving half a glass of milk separately. Add the cream, a cinnamon stick and a strip of lemon peel.
7. Tip: If you are going to make the baked rice pudding cake, add all the milk to the saucepan.
8. When it starts to boil, add the riceand cook for 30-40 minutes over low heat. Go stirring from time to time so it doesn’t stick.
9. When there are 10 minutes left for the rice to be cooked, hydrate the gelatin in waterfor 10 minutes. Heat the milk that you have reserved in the microwave and, when it is hydrated, add the well-drained gelatin to dissolve it.
10. This step is only for making the rice pudding without oven, if you want to bake it, then preheat it to 170 ºC with heat above and below and remove the gelatin
11. When the rice is tender, remove the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel, add the sugar and do not stop stirring until it dissolves and is integrated.
12. You should cook the rice like this for about 5 more minutes. Then, add the milk with the dissolved gelatin, stir, let it come to a boil, mix well and turn off the heat.
13. Take the mold out of the fridge, add the rice pudding, let it cool down, cover it with foil and reserve the rice pudding in the fridge for 4-5 hours to set, or better overnight.
14.  Now, if you want to make the baked rice pudding cake (without the gelatin), then bake it for 50 minutes or 1 hour, depending on the type of oven.
15. Trick: If you don’t want to find the rice grains, you can crush the rice pudding so that it looks like a cream.
16. When you are going to serve the cake, unmold it carefully and sprinkle ground cinnamon on top.
17.  Delicious! This recipe for rice pudding and cookies is easy, fast and very creamy. It is a different way to enjoy this exquisite dessert, but just as incredible.