My father-in-law is a big fan of cheesecake so for his 70th birthday he requested one in lieu of a cake. I sent an email with a list of ingredients to buy, and packed a spring form tin and my trusty beaters in my luggage so I was prepped and ready to go when we arrived.
Unfortunately the day we arrived he ended up in hospital, not allowed to eat for a week. Seeing that the cake was a no-bake frozen cheesecake I decided to make it and keep it in the freezer for when he returned home {which should be soon!}. Of course we celebrated and had a slice of it on his day of days.
Ingredients
450g cream cheese (at room temp)
200 ml double cream
110g caster sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted butter
10 digestive biscuits
♥ Crush the digestive biscuits in a food processor {or do as I did: put them in a sandwich bag and whack with a wooden spoon until crumbly enough}.
♥ Heat the butter in a large pan on low. Add the biscuit crumbs and stir until the butter is absorbed. You’ll know when their done as you’ll smell a toasted aroma – yum!
♥ Spread over the base of a spring form tin. I covered the base in baking paper, but you might not need to if you’re feeling brave! Smooth out using the bottom of a glass. Pop into the freezer.
♥ In a clean bowl whip the cream until it forms soft peaks. Don’t over whip.
♥ In another bowl gently soften the cream cheese with a spoon. Add the lemon, vanilla extract and sugar.
♥ Fold in the double cream.
♥ Pour filling onto base and freeze.
♥ Freeze for 2 hours and then you’re ready to serve!
This recipe is very basic so you could really mix it up however you liked: put fruit on top, or make a chocolate biscuit base & drizzle chocolate on top. You could really do whatever you liked.
What happens on your birthday? Do you make yourself a cake? Or put in an order for a cheesecake like PopPop?
Mmmm I may have to make that for a dinner party on Saturday night 🙂
Looks Delish
Ohhh Chantelle, stop tempting me! I am a diehard cheesecake fan and this cake looks amazing. x
Yum! I definitely don't do any cooking on my birthday – Cheesecake shop for me (Jaffa Mud Cake – bliss!!). My Hubby is like your Pop though – puts in an order for a Toblerone Cheesecake that I make for him when he's nice. 🙂
If you're feeling a bit naughty you can also crush 3/4 of a big packet of malteasers and stir through the mixture and us the uncrushed ones to decorate.
Goes down a treat when I take it to parties!
Cheesecake is my all time favourite!!!
YUMMM this looks great!!!
That looks so good and sounds so easy to make – must bookmark this recipe ☼
Mmm! I want it now! Get in my belly!
Kaishon loves cheesecake SO much. I should whip one of these up and surprise him.
We don't usually make too big of a deal about my birthday. It comes at a busy time : )
YUMMO!! I have a cheesecake fetish and I actually made this. It was delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!!
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I love cheesecake although I have only ever cooked the baked variety. Will have to give this a go!
I'm with PopPop, I LOVE LOVE LOVE cheesecake (so not looking!)
LOML takes care of the birthday cheesecake for me. It's always a humdinger from The Cheesecake Shop. x