Thursday, August 7, 2008

Baked Lemon Cheesecake

You will need:
  • Foil
  • Springform pan
  • Beaters
  • 2x Bowls

Ingredients:
1 pkt plain biscuits
80g Butter
500g cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 caster sugar
1 1/2 tbs cornflour
1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
3 eggs
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 thickened cream

Method

  1. Line base of springform pan with foil
  2. Use food processor to crush pkt of biscuits into crumbs
  3. Melt butter and combine with biscuits, press into base evenly
  4. Put in fridge for 30mins
  5. Preheat oven to 160°C
  6. Line the base of springform pan with foil
  7. Beat cream cheese, sugar, cornflour and lemon rind until smooth
  8. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well
  9. Add lemon juice and beat to combine
  10. In another bowl beat cream and then fold into the cream cheese mixture
  11. Pour over base and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes, let cheesecake cool in oven with door ajar until completely cooled.
  12. Refridgerate and share with friends :)

Tips:

  • Can be done and left in oven overnight (providing you dont live somewhere too hot :)
  • Great with cream or ice-cream
  • Replace lemon with orange and drizzle with hot chocolate

Adapted from:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/17172/baked+lemon+cheesecake

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