Ginger cheesecake

Ginger cheesecake

Destined to become a classic cheesecake - ginger biscuits give the base extra flavour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 1 hour 30 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Crush the biscuits in a food processor (or put in a plastic bag, seal and bash with a rolling pin). Add the melted butter and mix well. Press the crumbs into the base of a buttered 20cm springform tin and bake for 5 minutes. Cool.
  2. Beat the cream cheese with the flour, eggs, vanilla, sugar and half of the soured cream until smooth. Stir in the crystallised ginger and pour the lot into the tin - the mix will be quite runny so the ginger will sink to the bottom. Bake for 40 minutes and then check to see if the cheesecake is set but still slightly wobbly in the centre. Give it another 10 minutes if it isn't. Spoon over the remaining soured cream and bake for 5 minutes. Cool in the tin. Dust with icing sugar if you like.

Per serving

592 kcalories, protein 6.2g, carbohydrate 34.6g, fat 48.6 g, saturated fat 29.4g, fibre 0.3g, salt 0.83 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2006.

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  • 2007-11-05 06:49:34.493494

    Ulla rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really delicious, even when prepared using low-fat cream cheese and sour cream! Will definitely make again.

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  • 2009-01-30 06:52:51.674728

    UnderstandingMoon rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I prefer digestives at the bottom of the cake. Be careful not to bake it for too long as my ginger biscuits had that slightly burnt taste to them - not a good look. Otherwise, thumbs up!

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  • 2009-05-23 17:46:14.674524

    hettyabetty commented on this recipe

    This was a delicious desert, the whole cheesecake went so quickly as people had two portions, the second larger than the first.

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  • 2010-02-08 12:25:54.903405

    foodlover07 rated this recipe

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  • 2010-02-26 14:48:21.800534

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  • 2010-05-14 14:55:43.618942

    jadegroves rated and commented on this recipe

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    A lovely cheesecake, although I only used half the amount of sourcream on the top that is recommended. Also, I luckily found that my crystalised ginger didnt sink to the bottom as the recipe says. Try it!

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  • 2010-05-31 13:52:38.340422

    DeeDee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Recipe worked like a dream - had no problems. Resulting cheesecake was gorgeous. Served it with poached rhubard but was good on its own.

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  • 2010-06-19 09:15:59.586347

    flippa commented on this recipe

    Made it for a bbq last weekend, made it fully low fat and was told that you couldn't taste the difference - didn't last long and most people had 2 pieces!!! Also was told that it was nice that it wasn't too sweet

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  • 2010-09-01 10:30:06.489946

    Gillian Coyle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have now made this cheesecake twice, once with splenda & low sugar biscuits so that it was suitable for diabetics and it was still fabulous. It is delicious and well worth the effort. Dee Dee is right about the poached rhubarb too. Ours came from the garden and this is now my hubby's favourite treat.

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  • 2010-11-26 09:42:47.877625

    amb204 commented on this recipe

    Can this be frozen if it doesn't all disappear in one sitting?!

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  • 2011-01-01 16:25:11.212738

    Bokbites commented on this recipe

    I used a whole 200g packet of ginger biscuits (20 in total) and stem ginger in syrup as I had that in the cupboard. My cheescake unfortunately craked, so next time I bake it slightly less and leave it to cool in the oven or perhaps bake it in a waterbath if that fails. Very easy to follow!

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  • 2011-07-11 11:06:43.396137

    jasonbenali commented on this recipe

    The ginger in this transforms it into a great dish, although there were a couple of issues. Soggy base. It also needs some acidity, so I'd recommend either a fruit topping or including lemon juice.

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  • 2011-07-11 11:06:52.687242

    jasonbenali rated this recipe

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  • 2012-04-09 16:23:48.294189

    Knodelsuppe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a favourite with my family & friends and never lasts long! I do use low fat ingredients & half sugar but you can not tell the difference! Would recommend it 100% it's a gorgeous cheesecake!

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  • 2012-11-26 16:07:30.153884

    Melinda rated this recipe

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  • 2012-12-29 13:56:43.322706

    jenni commented on this recipe

    Love this cheese cake, but have half of it left after supper with friends last night. Can I freeze it?

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ready in 1 hour 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 10 ginger biscuits
  • 25g butter , melted
  • 600g cream cheese (light cream cheese works as well as full fat)
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 284ml soured cream carton
  • 100g crystallised ginger , chopped
  • icing sugar , for dusting (optional
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Per serving

592 kcalories, protein 6.2g, carbohydrate 34.6g, fat 48.6 g, saturated fat 29.4g, fibre 0.3g, salt 0.83 g

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