Cheesecake Recipes and questions?

maryb

I devised a recipe which always goes down well - chocolate orange cheesecake. You need a cake tin with a loose bottom. cover the bottom in silver foil then put back in the tin and cover with melted dark chocolate. Allow to set then fill with the cheesecake mix from any recipe you like that uses gelatine. I use orange juice to mix the gelatine and add the finely grated rind to the mixture (at Christmas i also added a slosh of orange liqueur that we had in the house - yum). Then add your biscuit topping on the top. Making it with ginger snap biscuits goes well. let the whole thing set in the fridge then put a plate on top, turn the whole thing upside down and push down on the cake tin base so it comes out cleanly. the beauty of doing it this way is that the chocolate top is perfectly smooth. It can be a bit difficut to cut without the chocolate breaking but nobody seems to mind

squeaky

Thanks for that

Can you write that up and add it to our recipe collection pointed at in my signature below please

Sarahsaver

make the usual biscuit base
make a topping with a 6 pack of tesco value fromage frais and an egg, plus extra sugar if you have a sweet tooth
bake it about gas 6 for 20 minutes
cheapo baked cheesecake!

BrokeBrokeBroke

I will definitely try that!! Sounds so quick and easy.

Sheel

I used to make a lemon or lime cheesecake years ago and may still have the recipe if anyone's interested

I used either digestive or ginger biscuits for the base. Ginger biscuit base is lovely with the lime flavour. The topping was made from philadelphia cream cheese , probably some sugar , lemon or lime jelly and a whipped up tin of carnation which might not sound great , but it was lovely and light and not at all sickly

Sheel

Lucie wrote:

Confession time:

I make cheesecake out of a packet. Greens cheesecake mix

Blimey! they still sell them then :eek: We used to have them at my Mum's years ago , usually with mandarin oranges on the top. Trouble was , if we liked something , my Dad used to buy it in bulk and then we'd get sick of it I wouldn't be surprised if my sister didn't find a few packets at the back of my Mum's cupboards when she cleared out her flat a year or so ago :rolleyes:

dazzanator

dose anyone know how to make cheese cake as we are having freinds round at the weekend for a bbq and my wife wants to make a cheese cake for pudding thanks dazzanator

twink

mary berrys quick cheesecake
havnt tried it myself

10 digestive biscs crushed, 2oz butter melted, 10z demerara sugar
mix all and press into base and sides of a 9 inch flan dish

5fl oz single cream, 397g tin condensed milk, grated rind and juice 3
large lemons, 175g low fat soft cheese, softened

mix cream, condensed milk, soft cheese and lemon rind then add
lemon juice a little at a time whisking until mix thickens, pour into
flan case and chill 3-4 hrs or overnight
decorate with whipped cream and strawberrys

for base that is 1oz dem sugar
for other cheesecake recipes see the bbc food website

rchddap1

One of my mums specialities is banoffee pie. Same base as a cheesecake (except you go up the sides of the case as well). Then she gets a couple of tins of condensed milk puts them in a pan, covers with water and simmers for about 3 hours or so (wish I could remember exactly). She then gets banana and puts slices on the bottom of the case...bungs the toffee on top and slaps in the fridge. Just before serving it gets topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

When she does it there is never any left and so far I can't remember a single person who hasn't loved it.

The case she uses is a metal one with the base that pops out. Its easier to serve it up.

misty

That Banoffi sounds delicious - is there anyway of doing it without the 3 hour boil? I can guarantee I'll forget about it and leave it to boil dry and the first I'll know about is when the smoke alarm sets off!! I'm assuming you can't open it and microwave? It may be worth the 3 hrs risk because Banoffi is yum