Cheese cakes are my weakness. I have made plenty of uncooked ones with home made sauces. But baked ones were on my wishlist. Have refrained due to eggs. It is my son’s birthday and it was perfect time to try with my little girl doing research and shopping. I can’t even believe how easy and perfect it is. This is going to be a real deal always now. Enjoy it with a strong black coffee. Do try.
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients for base
200 gms crackers of choice
2-3 tbsp sugar
4-5 tbsp butter
Ingredients for filling
200 Gms heavy cream
200 gms quark/ thick Greek yoghurt
175 gms of cream cheese
350 ml evaporated milk
100 gms sour cream
1/2 cup sugar/ or to taste
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp lemon juice
4 tbsp cornstarch slurry
Ingredients for sauce
500 Gms fresh strawberries/ mixed berries
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp cornstarch slurry
METHOD
1. Break the crackers and make them into a rough powder.
2. Add butter and sugar and mix into a rough mixture.
3. Line a baking tin and grease well with butter.
4. Press the cracker mixture well and refrigerate.
5. Mix all the ingredients for the filling with a whip there should not be any lumps.
6. Pour into the baking tin. Place the tin on a Aluminium foil and roll up the sides well so that water cannot enter the tin.
7. Preheat oven at 200 deg C. Take a baking tin that’s bigger than the cake tin and place the cake tin.
8. Now pour hot water in it, half way to the cake tin. Put in the oven and bake for 40 mins.
9. When it starts to brown slightly, turn it off and leave in the oven for another 40 mins.
10. Leave to cool and refrigerate overnight to set.
11. This is the basic cake. You can now top it with topping of choice.
12. Fruit sauce- put the berries in a pot and add 1/2 cup water and cook till slightly colored. Add sugar and cook again. Do not mash up the fruit. Tastes better when chunky. Add the slurry and thicken. Cool.
13. Pour this sauce on top. Decorate with fruits of your choice. Serve chilled.
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