Strawberry Cheesecake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- More effort
- Makes 1 Cheesecake
Ingredients
For Base,
- • 110g ginger biscuits
- • 40g butter, melted
For Filling,
- • 110g ginger biscuits
- • 40g butter, melted
- • 225g cream cheese
- • 200g golden caster sugar
- • 40g plain flour
- • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- • 230g sour cream
- • 4 eggs
For Strawberry Sauce,
- • 110g ginger biscuits
- • 40g butter, melted
- • 225g cream cheese
- • 200g golden caster sugar
- • 40g plain flour
- • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- • 230g sour cream
- • 4 eggs
- • 200g strawberries
- • 25g icing sugar
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven at 160°C/ 325°F/Gas 3.
- STEP 2To prepare base, grind ginger biscuits in a food processor until they become fine powder. Add melted butter and grind until well mixed. Pour mixture into cake pan and smooth out flat.
- STEP 3Place cake pan in preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove cake pan and set aside to cool.
- STEP 4Preheat oven at 150’C/ 300°F/ Gas 2.
- STEP 5To prepare cheesecake filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla extract in a large bowl until well blended. Add sour cream and mix well. Add eggs one at a time, blended well after each.
- STEP 6Pour the mixture over base. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes or until the centre is almost set. Remove from oven, let cool completely in pan and then cool in fridge for 4 hours or until it feels set. Remove cheesecake from fridge and decorate with fresh strawberries.
- STEP 7To make strawberry sauce, put half of the strawberries into a food processor or blender and add the icing sugar and blend until it becomes a smooth sauce. Decorate your cheesecake with the rest of the strawberries and pour the sauce over. Enjoy!