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No-bake desserts

No-bake cherry semolina and pudding bars

Name: No-bake cherry semolina and pudding bars
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2 jars Sour or sweet cherry compote (canned fruit); 18 tbsp Granulated sugar; 18 tbsp Fine wheat semolina (farina); Water to top up the juice; 1 l Milk; 2 packets Vanilla pudding mix (cook-type) (40 g each); 80 g Granulated sugar (For the pudding, following the package directions.); 250 g Butter (Softened.); 500 ml Heavy whipping cream

No-bake bars with a cherry and semolina base, buttery vanilla pudding cream, and whipped cream. Chill overnight; makes 16 servings.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 16 servings
Difficulty: Easy

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These no-bake cherry bars have a base of sour or sweet cherries cooked with their canning liquid, sugar, and fine wheat semolina (farina), topped with vanilla pudding beaten with butter and a layer of whipped cream. Even the base needs no baking: simply layer everything in a pan.

They set best overnight in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

16 servings

Cherry base

Sour or sweet cherry compote (canned fruit) 2 jars
Granulated sugar 18 tbsp
Fine wheat semolina (farina) 18 tbsp
Water to top up the juice

Pudding cream

Milk 1 l
Vanilla pudding mix (cook-type) (40 g each) 2 packets
Granulated sugar (For the pudding, following the package directions.) 80 g
Butter (Softened.) 250 g

Topping

Heavy whipping cream 500 ml

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Instructions

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Cook the cherry base
Drain the sour or sweet cherries through a sieve, reserving the juice. Add enough water to the juice to make 1 l, add the sugar, and bring to a boil. Add the cherries and semolina to the boiling juice and cook, stirring, until thickened. Let cool slightly, then spread in a pan.
Prepare the pudding cream
Cook the pudding using the milk, pudding mixes, and sugar according to the package directions, then let cool. Beat the butter until fluffy, then use a mixer to beat in the cooled pudding. Spread the cream over the cherry base.
Finish the bars
Whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form, then spread over the cooled pudding cream. Decorate the top as desired and refrigerate the bars until set, preferably overnight.
Source: coolinarika.com

Tip: Slowly sprinkle the semolina into the boiling juice, whisking immediately to prevent lumps that will not cook out.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 442 kcal
Protein: 4.9 g
Carbohydrates: 51 g
of which sugars: 36 g
Fat: 25 g
of which saturates: 16 g
Fiber: 1.1 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Nepečené višňové rezy s krupicou, pudingom a šľahačkou