Spicy ginger nut base with a tangy lemony
creamy filling makes these cheese cakes decadent and tasty.
For the base:
250 grams ginger biscuits
100g butter melted
250 grams ginger biscuits
100g butter melted
For Filling:
250g cream cheese (Italian mascarpone)
100g icing sugar
50 ml double cream
1/2 teaspoon lemon essence
100g icing sugar
50 ml double cream
1/2 teaspoon lemon essence
½ teaspoon lemon zest
For Garnish:
White chocolate swirls and milk chocolate lemon chocolate
segments
Method:
Make the base:
1. Put the biscuits in a plastic food bag and crush to make crumbs using a rolling pin.
2. Transfer the crumbs to a bowl and then pour over the melted butter.
3. Mix thoroughly until the crumbs are completely coated and you have a coarse sand like texture.
4.Spoon the mixture into 6 individual serving glasses to form a
layer approx 1.5 inches thick. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour to set firmly.
Make the filling:
Make the filling:
5. In a bowl add the cream cheese, the cream, the lemon essence, lemon zest and the icing sugar.
6. Whisk the mixture thoroughly until it’s thick, smooth and creamy. Place a star nozzle in a large piping bag and fill it with the mascarpone mixture. Keep aside in fridge until ready to use.
7. Remove the biscuit filled glasses from the fridge and pipe a generous layer of the mascarpone mixture on onto the chilled biscuit base. Return the glasses to the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
8. To serve garnish with some white chocolate
swirls and lemon chocolate segments.
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Lovely cheese cake. Yumm..
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ReplyDeleteThis cheesecake looks delicious and I love any lemon based sweet!
Georgie xx
Life in Loafers
Thanks Georgie these are so easy to make that anyone can put them together.
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Oh yummy! Looks nice and easy to make as well, will definitely have to try it :) x
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Oh yum! These look and sound delicious!!!
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cute and delicious! I'd love to find some of these in my fridge!
ReplyDeleteOh yes please Nayna, that looks amazing!
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ReplyDeleteJanie x
Yum yum it's sound good
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea - a good combination of ginger and lemon I'd say.
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ReplyDeleteBlogClub x
Looks so yummy and recipes seems so simple. Like the idea of using Ginger biscuits in base.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds lovely! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThese sounds delicious! We all love ginger and lemon here so this would make a perfect dessert. Thanks for sharing!
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These look simple and elegant x
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ReplyDeletethis looks gorgeous, never knew cheesecake was so simple to make either.
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