Baked vanilla cheesecake

Baked vanilla cheesecake

This is a dead easy two-step recipe that looks like it took hours (and lots of skill) to make

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Ready in 1 hour

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Crush the biscuits in a food processor (or put in a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin). Mix with the butter. Press into a 20cm springform tin and bake for 5 minutes, then cool.
  2. Beat the cream cheese with the flour, sugar, a few drops of vanilla, eggs, the yolk and soured cream until light and fluffy. Pour into the tin. Bake for 40 minutes and then check, it should be set but slightly wobbly in the centre. Leave in the tin to cool.
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Know-how

Put a handful of whole raspberries into the base before pouring over the cheese mixture. Mash and sieve a further 200g raspberries and drizzle 2 tbsp over the top, running a knife through any large blobs. Bake as before and serve the rest of the sauce on the side. Top the cheesecake with more fresh raspberries.

Per serving

623 kcalories, protein 6.6g, carbohydrate 38.5g, fat 50.2 g, saturated fat 30.1g, fibre 0.5g, salt 1.01 g

Recipe from olive magazine, July 2005.

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  • 24 October 2009

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    i always use this recipoe when making cheesecake and everyone loves it. Today i used it on top of a brownie mix to make cheescake brownies and its awesome. Would definitley recommend it to anyone and its so easy to do.

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  • 15 November 2009

    Sekrapa rated and commented on this recipe

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    Thought that it could use a little more vanilla extract, so next time will add more or even use a vanilla pod. Left it for the exact time and burned the top a little, so next time will bake for 30 mins and check it to see if cooked. Overall, everyone liked it, easy to make and a good cheesecake.

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  • 24 November 2009

    Spaz0r rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very easy to make, though as has been said before, needs a few more digestives in the base and more fruit in the cake. Excellent!

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  • 31 December 2009

    Redladym rated this recipe

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  • 25 January 2010

    Claire C rated this recipe

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  • 07 February 2010

    hmelliot rated this recipe

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  • 19 May 2010

    Thwaitesy81 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I doubled up on the digestives and added some grated white chocolate to give it that extra depth. I also doubled the raspberries for both the cake and the sauce which does make it expensive but well worth it. Everyone LOVED it!

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  • 23 May 2010

    HMG food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Thanks so much for this recipe! I love it :D i had to change the sour cream for greek yogurt as i had not sour cream. It still tastes great though! Also, there was a little too much mix so i made a mini cheesecake in a ramkin. Thanks again!! :D

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  • 27 May 2010

    Helen Kent rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    just added more vanilla used yoghurt instead of soured cream and had plain- delicious, not too sweet and very tasty, could feed 8 comfortably with generous portions

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  • 27 June 2010

    Trish commented on this recipe

    I made this for friends who came round for dinner,doubled the biscuits and added more butter to make a thicker base. I also mixed full fat and light cream cheese to make it lower in fat - 1/2 of each. I added more vanilla than stated and listened to the advice above and left the cheesecake in the oven (switched off) once cooked. It came out fantastic. no cracks at all. My friend who was round for dinner is a keen baker and he gave it 10/10 . My other friend who does not like cheesecakes also loved it. I am definately going to make this again and may experiment a little with the ingredients, maybe a base made of ginger biscuits next time? will let you know how that turns out.

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  • 24 September 2010

    Fionafew commented on this recipe

    Can anyone tell me how long you're supposed to whisk the mixture? I seem to have a bit of a liquid mix when I pour into the tin... any help gratefully received. (Need to buy a new tin, as it leaks, which is another reason to find out if I'm whisking too long!) Tx

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  • 08 December 2010

    Shirley W rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have only made this twice and both times it worked beautifully - the sides were brown, but I thought this was how it was supposed to look Can anybody tell me if it freezes?

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  • 13 January 2011

    RueBnsue commented on this recipe

    I made this for Christmas day tea. The family absolutely loved it. my two daughter in laws, both big cheesecake fans, were absolutely amazed. Only problem is they have asked for the recipe and once they have it they will realise that it is not as complicated as it looks.

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  • 26 January 2011

    Tommo7 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Amazing everytime and so easy to make. I reduce sugar slightly as we do not like it too sweet!!!!

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    24 March 2011

    Lou rated and commented on this recipe

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    absolutely delicious and really easy to make

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  • 07 April 2011

    Katherine.g. commented on this recipe

    I really enjoyed making this. The recipe was easy to follow but a couple things I would advise anyone to think about, when whipping the mixture use an electric whip as I did it by hand and it took agessssss!! The only other thing is to leave it in the fridge over night as it sets and tastes amazing!!!!!!

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  • 19 April 2011

    Ee-Reh rated and commented on this recipe

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    First time making cheesecake - reduced the topping by a third, having bought only two packs of soft cheese, but added a third onto the base, since my husband loves the base best...! Very pleased with the result! Also, substituted half the soft cheese for medium fat. It still tasted very rich so may try substituting all of it next time!

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  • 22 April 2011

    Lizee commented on this recipe

    Just a bit confused regarding the suggested oven temperature. The suggested oven temp for non fan oven is 160c/gas4. Surely gas mark 4 is 180c, gas mark 3 is 160c . So, which one is the correct temp to bake this recipe?

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  • 08 May 2011

    lisa walsh rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this for dessert it was lovely!! really simple to make but looks like it took ages !! will be making again but next time im going to try it with raspberries !!

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  • 18 May 2011

    nathanmark.williamson rated this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Ready in 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 8 digestive biscuits
  • 50g butter , melted
  • 600g cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 175g caster sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs , plus 1 yolk
  • 142ml pot soured cream
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Per serving

623 kcalories, protein 6.6g, carbohydrate 38.5g, fat 50.2 g, saturated fat 30.1g, fibre 0.5g, salt 1.01 g

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