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Baked Cheesecake

Delicious and light, perfect for entertaining.
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

BASE:
  • 250 g Granitas or Butternut Snap biscuits broken up
  • 100 g butter melted in microwave
  • ¾ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
FILLING:
  • 500 g cream cheese room temperature, in chunks
  • 125 g sour cream
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 2 Tbsp plain flour
  • Zest of one lemon
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 eggs

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 140 FF.
  2. Prepare 20cm springform pan by placing a square of baking paper on base, then add ring, leaving excess paper on the outside of the tin. Grease sides and line with baking paper.
  3. Add biscuits and spice to Thermomix bowl and crush 6 sec/sp 6.
  4. Add butter and mix 2 sec/sp 4.
  5. Press into tin and up sides as much as possible, using a glass (grease the base) to press down and around sides. Refrigerate while making filling.
  6. Add filling ingredients to clean Thermomix bowl and mix 10 sec/sp 5.
  7. Scrape down and repeat for 5 more seconds.
  8. Pour into base and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until filling is almost set. Leave in the oven to cool with door ajar.
  9. Refrigerate at least 4 hours, best overnight and remove using base paper to slide off onto serving plate.
  10. Decorate with fresh mixed berries and serve with whipped cream.