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Cheesecake Recipes and questions?

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  • mgardner
    mgardner Posts: 388 Forumite
    My OH makes the easiest 'cheesecake' ever. I say 'cheesecake' but there aint no cheese in it...... I love it though and there's virtually no work in it

    What you do is make a plain digestive base, with a bit of lemon juice in with the biscuit to bind it. Pack it into a plastic tub or glass dish and really squash it down. Then you make up a couple of packets of angel delight and pour it on top. Leave it to set in the fridge and there you go.

    Lemon juice instead of butter makes the biscuit a bit crumbly but he says that butter would make the angel delight taste funny.

    Many thanks for this I do a similar thing but use Asdas instant dessert (12p)
    would never have thought of using lemon juice but will certainly try it now.
    In the interest of saving money and my ever expanding waitline. Best wishes
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  • jen_jen_2
    jen_jen_2 Posts: 1,032 Forumite
    the best cheesecake - and this will be a weird description but may mean something to somebody - is in the cafe (that no longer exists) that was provided food by the church group ladies. It was a crumbly base (easy everyone gets that bit right) and the "cake" was very thick, both in texture and lots of it ontop of the base. Now this is important because despite its thickness being around 4" it did not melt or flop or leak. The cheese is cream in colour and a texture that was not smooth (but not lumpy) and required some mouth melting again i belive this texture is what enabled it to be 4" (or possibly even bigger) in depth. The cake would fit into a take away box (like for burgers) just.

    the best description is what is the recepie that old ladies who love cooking and attend church use to make a cheesecake cause its way better than any shop (yep even specialist cheesecake shop) bought cake. If you could point me into the right direction i will learn to cook just for this cake :j
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  • cheese... cake, a cake with cheese in it....

    Sorry couldn't resist, peter kays my hero
    Happy cooking
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  • Sydney_2
    Sydney_2 Posts: 97 Forumite
    Can anyone suggest a quick and easy recipe for cheesecake?

    Thank you
  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Baked (AKA American cheesecake) or not?
    Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac ;)
  • Sydney_2
    Sydney_2 Posts: 97 Forumite
    Sounds good - I'm open to any recipes really.

    I have never made one you see!
  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Sydney wrote:
    Sounds good - I'm open to any recipes really.

    I have never made one you see!

    :D In which case, Delia is very easy to follow.

    This one requires no cooking and is great for now as you can use British strawberries, which are in season, taste great and easy to obtain.

    The ingredient list is quite short and "sweet oat biscuits" are simply digestive bikkies :D

    This is what we Brits usually mean by cheesecake.

    The American baked version is different - different method and different ingredients. Try this one .... as I can't find mine at the moment. But this is pretty close .. although I soak sultanas in alcohol (brandy, rum, cointreau ...whatever) for extra oomph!
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  • Sydney_2
    Sydney_2 Posts: 97 Forumite
    Thanks looks really yummy!
  • Becles
    Becles Posts: 13,184 Forumite
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    The easiest recipe is:

    200g digestives crushed
    3 oz melted margarine

    Mix together and press into 8" lined cake tin. Chill until it's hard.

    Mix together 500g marscapone cheese, 2oz icing sugar and the juice and zest of 3 limes. Add to the base and put in the fridge to chill.

    Just before serving, remove from the tin and tip a tin of blackcurrent pie filling over the top.

    It looks good and tastes fab. I've had loads of compliments about it.
    Here I go again on my own....
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