Baked American Cheesecake

Gateaux and Cakes

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Ingredients for 1 Cake tin 26 cm Ø
  • For the base
  • 150 g Digestive biscuits, crumbled
  • 70 g Butter, melted
  • Butter, for the baking tin
  • For the filling
  • 500 g QimiQ Classic, unchilled
  • 250 g Sugar
  • 20 g Vanilla sugar
  • 45 g Corn flour / starch
  • 700 g Cream cheese
  • 200 g Natural yoghurt
  • 5 Egg(s)
  • 2 Lemon(s), juice and finely grated zest
Method
1.
Preheat the oven to 130 °C (conventional oven).
2.

For the base: add the melted butter to the biscuit crumbs and mix well. Press firmly into the base of a greased cake tin.

3.

For the filling: mix the ingredients together until smooth using an immersion blender.

4.
Pour onto the biscuit base and bake in the preheated oven for approx. 110 minutes.
5.
Note: The cheesecake is soft after baking. Chill for approx. 6 hours to set completely.
6.

Tip: Sour cream can be used instead of yoghurt.