This Cheesecake is SO EASY and SO AMAZING. Its designed to be a mini cheesecake for 4 but really, that means 2. This is Lemon Cheesecake with Vanilla Continental Buttercream and White Chocolate Shavings. Valentines Cheesecake.
Base
110g of blitzed Digestives (or crushed with a rolling pin, whatever is your pleasure)
50g of Butter
25g of Brown Sugar
Cheesecake
350g of Mascapone Cheese
75g of Caster Sugar
Zest of 2 Lemons
Juice of 2 lemons
Method
- Melt the butter in the pan
- Add the sugar and the blitzed digestives until it is evenly mixed.
- Pull out a lined Cheesecake tin. I used a relatively small tin to build more height and I prefer it, more like a 5 inch tin. Use a quick release tin or one you can push up through the bottom so you can get the cheesecake out.
- Put the base mix in the tin and press it into the tin with a potato masher or something equally hard to its solid.
- Fridge it overnight (or at least a minimum of 2 hours)
- When ready, make the cheesecake. Add all the ingredients into a bowl and mix it thoroughly. Add it to the cheesecake base and put it back in the fridge for another 4 hours (minimum 2)
Decoration
I did swirls on top of continental buttercream and grated white chocolate over but you could do any topping you want.
Options:
- Melted White Chocolate (cool it down before you put it on).
- White Chocolate and Cream Cheese Frosting
- Lemon Curd and Meringue Tops
- Plain, enjoy as is!
If you wanted to make it more lemony, only use one zest and the juice of three lemons. I originally made it with 3 zest and 1 lemon juice and it was lemony but not sharp enough against the sweet vanilla cream and white chocolate
Paws in the Pie 