Description
No Bake Cherry Bakewell Cheesecake is a delicious dessert that combines a crunchy biscuit base with a creamy filling and a cherry topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 160 g reduced fat digestive biscuits
- 40 g ground almonds
- 300 g reduced fat soft cheese
- 300 ml reduced fat double cream
- 1 tablespoon almond extract
- 100 g caster sugar
- 150 g glace cherries
- Flaked toasted almonds for topping
Instructions
- Grease the bottom and sides of a 20cm loose bottomed cake tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper.
- Blitz the digestive biscuits to a crunchy crumb consistency either in a food processor or place in a bag and bash with a rolling pin.
- Melt the butter in a medium sized saucepan, then stir in the crushed biscuits and ground almonds.
- Press the biscuits into the bottom of the greased cake tin, ensuring all of the bottom is covered evenly, then place the tin into the fridge for a minimum of 20 minutes.
- Whisk together the cream cheese, double cream, almond extract, caster sugar and glace cherries.
- Pour the cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base and smooth out.
- Place the cheesecake into the fridge to chill for at least 4 hours. If possible, make this the day before and chill overnight.
- Before serving, remove from fridge for 5 minutes and carefully lift the cheesecake out.
- Remove the greaseproof paper then decorate the top with the flaked almonds.
Notes
- Use graham crackers if you are in the U.S.
- It is possible to freeze this recipe. Cut it up into individual slices first.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 434
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 258mg
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 22g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 119mg
Keywords: No Bake Cherry Bakewell Cheesecake, cheesecake, dessert, cherry, no bake