No-Bake Cookie Cake with Custard and Nuts
A very simple and quick dessert to enjoy with tea! This no-bake cookie cake with custard and nuts is super convenient when you don’t have access to an oven. It’s especially good in summer, during fresh berry season - and in the heat you won’t feel like baking anyway.
Updated : 05 February, 2026
Easy
More than 1 hour.
Ingredients
500 grams
Shortbread cookies
1
Chicken eggs
150 grams
Sugar
500 milliliters
Milk
70 grams
Wheat flour
150 grams
Butter
1 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar
100 grams
Walnut
100 grams
Chocolate
7
Strawberry
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How do you make a no-bake cookie cake with custard? Prepare the ingredients. Use simple square cookies (like classic tea biscuits). I used cookies with a chocolate coating. Choose good-quality, real butter with no substitutes - its flavor strongly affects the cake.
Step 2
First, make the custard. Crack one chicken egg into a saucepan.
Step 3
Add the flour to the saucepan.
Step 4
Add vanilla sugar.
Step 5
Then add regular sugar.
Step 6
Pour the milk into the saucepan in portions, mixing well after each addition. You should get a smooth mixture with no lumps.
Step 7
Set the saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, then remove from the heat.
Step 8
Add the butter to the saucepan and stir until the custard is smooth.
Step 9
Cover the saucepan with plastic wrap so it touches the surface of the custard, and cool until warm. This prevents a skin from forming.
Step 10
Transfer two-thirds of the warm custard from the saucepan to a deep bowl and beat with a mixer.
Step 11
Add chopped walnuts and mix everything together.
Step 12
Start assembling the cake. Take a suitable pan and line it with plastic wrap. Take cookies one by one and spread a layer of cream on them.
Step 13
Arrange the cookies in the pan, starting from the sides, in a circle.
Step 14
Continue until the pan is filled with cookies. You can choose a different layout - for example, layer cookies horizontally in a square pan.
Step 15
Crumble the remaining cookies into the bowl with the nut custard and mix.
Step 16
Pack the center of the pan tightly with this mixture.
Step 17
Fill any gaps in the pan with the remaining custard left in the saucepan (the one-third without nuts).
Step 18
Cover the pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours so it soaks and sets.
Step 19
Before serving, remove the cake from the pan.
Step 20
Decorate the top with melted chocolate.
Step 21
Add strawberries on top.
Step 22
Serve. Enjoy your meal!
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