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South African Cheesecake

Ingredients

Scale

FOR THE BASE

  • 11 oz /300g of Tennis Biscuits (1 ½ packs) ****
  • 1 stick/ 8TBS of butter melted

FOR THE FILLING

  • 32 oz/900g (4 packs) of Cream Cheese at room temperature
  • 4 extra large eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups of sugar
  • 6 TBS flour
  • 1 ½ cups of heavy cream – at room temperature
  • 3 tspn- vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 3 cups of assorted berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 320F/160C

FOR THE BASE

Crush biscuits finely in a food processor. Add the melted butter and whiz to combine.

Line a 10-inch springform tin with parchment paper and spray the tin with nonstick baking spray.

Press and even layer of the mixture on the bottom and sides of the tin and bake for 10 minutes. . Remove from oven and cool.

FOR THE FILLING

Beat all the ingredients for the filling in a stand mixer on medium speed until smooth (15-20 minutes).

Preheat the oven to 265 F /130 C.

Pour the filling into the pre-baked crust. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn the oven off and allow the cheesecake to cool completely in the oven

FOR THE TOPPING
Scatter the top of the cheesecake with assorted fresh berries and serve.

Serves 12

Notes

**** you can use Graham Crackers or Nilla Wafers if you cannot find Tennis Biscuits

Find it online: https://melissamayo.com/recipe/south-african-cheesecake/