Berry-Beautiful Cheesecake

White chocolate and strawberry cheesecake

This delicious cheesecake has been tried and tested and look delicious too.

Ingredients: 

185g Butternut Snap biscuits 

80g butter, melted  

3 teaspoons gelatine  

2 tablespoons water 

2 x 250g packets cream cheese, softened  

400g can sweetened condensed milk 

300ml thickened cream 

150g white eating chocolate, melted 

500g large strawberries, halved 

¼ cup (80g) strawberry jam, warmed, strained 

1 tablespoon lemon juice 

Method: 

1. Grease 23cm springform tin. 
2. Blend or process biscuits until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add butter; process until combined. Using hand, press biscuit mixture evenly over base of prepared tin, cover; refrigerated about 30 minutes or until firm.  
3. Sprinkle gelatine over the water in small heatproof jug; stand jug in small saucepan of simmering water. Stir until gelatine dissolves. Cool 5 minutes. 
4. Meanwhile, beat cheese and condensed milk in medium bowl with electric mixer until smooth.  
5. Beat cream in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form.  
6. Stir warm gelatine mixture into cheese mixture; fold in cream and chocolate. Pour cheesecake mixture into prepared tin, spreading evenly over biscuit base. Cover; refrigerate overnight. 
7. Arrange strawberries on top of cheesecake; brush strawberries with combined jam and juice. 

Reflection 

The cheesecake wasn’t as easy as it looks. My mum helped me make it, but it was still hard even for her. I burnt my hand a couple times but after all it turned out to be DELICIOUS! For some of the ingredients such as the butternut snap biscuits I had to add more than the recipe because we didn’t have the right pan, so we had to add more with the one we had.