Lemon CheeseCake Delight
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Cooling time
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
Filling
- Cream cheese (e.g. Philly) - 300g
- Caster sugar - 110g
- Lemon - grated rind and juice of one large lemon
- Large egg - 1
- Vanilla extract - 0.25 teaspoon
Base
- Cream cheese (e.g. Philly) - 300g
- Caster sugar - 110g
- Lemon - grated rind and juice of one large lemon
- Large egg - 1
- Vanilla extract - 0.25 teaspoon
- Ground almonds or mixed ground nuts - 150g
- Butter - 50g (add a little more if the mixture seems too dry)
- Ground ginger - 0.50 teaspoon
Method
- STEP 1Grease and line a cake tin - approx. 20cms diameter.
- STEP 2Grind nuts if not already prepared.
- STEP 3Melt butter.
- STEP 4Add ground nuts to melted butter and press into cake tin to form a base. Put in the fridge until the filling is ready.
- STEP 5Cream together the cheese, sugar, grated lemon rind and juice, egg and vanilla extract. It should be able to be poured but not too runny.
- STEP 6Pour the filling onto the almond base.
- STEP 7Bake in a slow oven (about 160c) for 30 minutes. Leave in the oven to cool completely to minimise shrinkage of filling. Refrigerate before serving on its own, or with whipped double cream and a light sprinkling of nutmeg.
