No-bake orange cheesecake

No-bake orange cheesecake

This is an easy cheesecake for kids to prepare ahead for Mother’s Day, with a little help from Dad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 - 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Plus chilling time. No cook

Method

  1. Crush the biscuits roughly. You can either do this by putting them in a plastic food bag and crushing them with a wooden spoon or you can crumble them with your fingers.
  2. Put the biscuits into a bowl and mix in the melted butter. Put the mixture into a 23cm cheesecake tin and, using your fingers or the back of a spoon to spread it evenly, press it down in the tin to form the base. Put the tin into the fridge to set. This should take about 30 mins.
  3. Put the curd or cream cheese, orange zest, mascarpone, sugar and milk into a bowl and mix it well with the wooden spoon.
  4. Put the cream in a clean bowl and whisk until it is the consistency of thick custard. Add to the orange mixture and mix thoroughly.
  5. Remove the cheesecake tin from the fridge. Pour the filling over the biscuit base and spread evenly. Decorate with segments of orange and return to the fridge until ready to serve (at least 4 hours or overnight).
Try

Segmenting an orange

Ask an adult to help you segment the orange. Peel it, then use a sharp knife to cut down the side of each segment. Repeat all the way round until just the pith is left - do it over a bowl so it doesn't drip. You don't need the juice, but it is lovely to drink.

Per serving

630 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 27g, fibre 2g, sugar 26g, salt 1.32 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2007.

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    03 November 2007

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  • Binder photo karen

    25 February 2008

    karen commented on this recipe

    Extremely easy and straight forward to make. Made this for the first time added the juice of the orange as oppossed to the milk and it was lovely, very refreshing. I decorated the top with the orange segments as well as curls of dark chocolate which tasted divine.

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  • Binder photo Caroline

    22 May 2008

    Caroline commented on this recipe

    Very easy to make - really yummy and everyone loved it!

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  • Binder photo Jessica

    28 June 2008

    Jessica rated and commented on this recipe

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    Wow, forget the kids (sorry kids) this one is for the grown ups, the way to a Man's heart is to present him with this cheesecake. My husband loves Cheesecake and we've tried them all, some good, some not so, this is easily the best so far.

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  • Binder photo claireriches

    01 July 2008

    claireriches rated and commented on this recipe

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    My son chose this to make at school. He substituted chocolate for the butter to bind the digestives. It was so gorgeous we almost couldn't wait for it to set. He wants to make a lemon one this week.

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  • Binder photo rainbow

    14 August 2008

    rainbow commented on this recipe

    I have made similar recipe but chocolate rum n raisin. Substituted 50mls of cream for 75grms chocolate (good quality,B&G is great),used full fat cream cheese-so naughty-but worth the sin. Soaked a handful of raisins in rum,longer you leave the more the taste,and added to mixture. Think i'll try this recipe but soak some orange in cointreau-sorry kids-

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  • Binder photo yummymummy

    03 September 2008

    yummymummy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I left my daughter to make this one. She is 13 and able to follow a recipe on her own, but not the most competent cook in the world. She found the recipe frustrating as she had no idea how to measure 6 tbsp butter. In the end she melted a half a pack of butter and measured 6 tbsp using a measuring spoon. This wasn't nearly enough butter so she added the rest of the stuff that she had melted - a bit hit and miss and I expect better from Good Food recipes, especially those flagged up as ideal for children. She was also frustated that the recipe didn't state the size of tin that she should use. I have a wide variety of tins so again it was a bit hit and miss. Okay for experienced cooks but not ideal for a beginner. The end result was delicious.

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  • Binder photo Hils

    05 September 2008

    Hils rated and commented on this recipe

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    Nice but a little too sweet for me.

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  • Binder photo HayleighN

    04 January 2009

    HayleighN rated and commented on this recipe

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    This went down a tret with my cheesecake loving friends. It was also really easy to make. I used chocolate digestives for the base which was a nice twist on the recipe.

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  • Binder photo yummum

    02 February 2009

    yummum commented on this recipe

    Absolutely delicious and so easy to make. Was a big hit with everyone.

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    13 February 2009

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    08 March 2009

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  • Binder photo MichelleW

    16 August 2009

    MichelleW rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this on Friday, turned out really nice. Even my mother who doesn't like cheesecake liked it! Tried to segment an orange, but just got into a sticky mess, so used tinned mandarin segments instead.

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  • Binder photo ant halesowen

    22 October 2009

    ant halesowen commented on this recipe

    I am just getting in to cooking and found this very easy to make, and it is very delicious instead of the milk i added juice from the oranges

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  • Binder photo Bananacake1

    25 October 2009

    Bananacake1 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great easy recipe. I decorated mine with raspberries instead of oranges just as a personal preference. When mixing the cream chese, mascapone, sugar and milk together there were a few lumps, but I managed to smooth these out with a very quick whisk with the electric hand whisker, which I was already using to whisk the double cream. Will definitely make again!

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    21 November 2009

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  • Binder photo Emma

    09 June 2010

    Emma rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this last week when friends were coming round for dinner. It was so easy to make and everybody loved it! They are all begging me to make another one this weekend so i will try it using chocolate digestives this time or maybe use lemon instead of orange!

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  • Binder photo Sarebear

    23 August 2010

    Sarebear rated and commented on this recipe

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    I make alot of cheesecake's (my son adores them) & have tried all different ways of making them. I love this recipe but changed a few things. So easy to make

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 - 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Plus chilling time. No cook

Ingredients

  • 15 digestive biscuits
  • 6 tbsp butter , melted
  • 400g curd or cream cheese
  • grated zest 3 oranges , save the segments for the decoration
  • 200g mascarpone cheese
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 184ml pot double cream
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Per serving

630 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 27g, fibre 2g, sugar 26g, salt 1.32 g

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