30 March 2011

BOOM Cheesecake

That's right. No running to the shops for a packet of digestives, better home baked :)


Cake bit:

350g plain wholemeal flour

teaspoon of cinnamon

teaspoon of ground ginger

half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

130g butter

1 large egg

150g caster sugar

teaspoon of vanilla essence

100ml milk


combine flour,butter, cinnamon, ground ginger, bc and sugar, rub in.


add the egg, essence and milk and make into a dough refrigerate for 10 minutes roll out and put on baking tray.


put in oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes. Leave out to cool. Then crumble this mixture with your hands.


Add 100g melted butter, I know it sounds deadly but the texture is going to be amazing.


press down into a tin with removable base.


Refrigerate for one hour.


Cheese bit:

300g full fat Philadelphia

250g mascarpone

6 raspberries squashed

tablespoon of double cream


whisk all the above and spoon on biscuit base.

Chill for 3 hours.

Serve with raspberries.


I feel like a mozzarella ball. xx