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Classic Baked Cheesecake

 

Recipe video above. Some cheesecakes are quite dense and very rich, whereas others are so airy they are almost like light mousse. This cheesecake lies in between - the filling is smooth and rich, but not heavy because it is baked and also due to the addition of sour cream. It's a truly beautiful cheesecake!

Ingredients

CHEESECAKE BISCUIT BASE:

  • 200 g / 7 oz Arnott's Marie crackers or other plain biscuit (Aus) or 28 Graham Cracker squares 
  • 120 g / 8 tbsp unsalted butter , melted

CHEESECAKE FILLING:

  • 1 lb / 500g cream cheese , softened  
  • 2 tbsp plain flour (all purpose flour)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup / 125g sour cream (full fat)
  • 1 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar (superfine sugar)
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 3 eggs , at room temperature

TOPPINGS:

  • Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries
  • Icing sugar / powdered sugar , for dusting

Instructions

PREPARATION:

  1. Preheat oven to 160C/320F (standard) or 140C/295F (fan/convection).
  2. Get a 20cm/8" springform cake tin. Turn the base UPSIDE DOWN (Note 4), butter lightly and place a square piece of parchment/baking paper on the base. Then clip into the springform pan - excess paper will stick out, see photos in post and video.
  3. Butter and line the side of the pan.
  4. CHEESECAKE BISCUIT BASE:
  5. Break up biscuits roughly by hand and place in a food processor.
  6. Blitz until fine crumbs (Note 5). Add butter, briefly blitz until dispersed and it resembles wet sand.
  7. Pour into the prepared cake tin. Use a spatula to roughly spread it out over the base and up the walls.
  8. Use something with a flat base and vertical edges (I used a measuring cup) to press the crumbs up the wall almost to the top of the sides, and flatten the base.

FILLING:

  1. Use a mixer or beater to beat the cream cheese until smooth - about 30 seconds on medium high,.
  2. Add flour, beat until just combined (10 sec).
  3. Add vanilla, sour cream, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until just combined (10 - 15 sec).
  4. Add eggs one at a time, beat in between until just combined (10 sec each). Don't over beat, do not want to aerate the batter.
  5. Pour into prepared crust.
  6. Bake for 55 minutes. The top should be a very light golden brown, not cracked, and near perfectly flat. It should jiggle slightly when you gently shake the pan.
  7. Cool the cake in the oven with the door open 20 cm / 8" (Note 6), then refrigerate for 4 hours+ in the pan.
  8. Remove sides. Use overhang paper to slide cheesecake off the cake pan. Then slide the cheesecake off the paper.
  9. Top with berries and dust with icing sugar!

And as always have a chilled day from the Viking 

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