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Cheesecakes are usually made with soft cheese (for instant cream cheese at room temperature), sugar, eggs, flour, and liquids. Normally, the base is crust, which may be pastry, digestive biscuit or any similar biscuit. Thin layer of sponge cake may suitable to be the cake base as well.

Cheesecake lovers will always hunt for delicious cheesecake. People like me will normally shop to get a piece of cream cheese from super market and make my own cheesecake. Firstly, it is cheaper to make our own cheesecake as cheesecakes sell in café are expensive although they are delicious. Also, if you understand "To secure a man's heart is through his stomach", then you should just make your own cheesecake for them. Your answer to me might be "I don't know how to bake!" and my answer here, "Follow my recipe here, it is simple and easy, the percentage to failure is almost equal to zero"!

Here comes my recipe,

Ingredients:

Base:

200g      digestive biscuits or any other types of biscuit (crushed)

30g        sugar

125g      butter (melted)

Filling:

500g      cream cheese (at room temperature)

80g        caster sugar

½ tsp    vanilla essence

30g       corn flour

300ml   whipping cream

4           eggs  (lightly beaten)

150g    blueberry filling

Topping:

10g      caster sugar

100ml   water

½ tbsp gelatine

100g    blueberry filling

Method:

Base:

1. Combine biscuits and sugar, add in melted butter and mix until combined.

2. Press firmly into base of a cake tin.

3. Refrigerate until firm.

Preheat oven at 150ºC.

Filling:

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth.

2. Add in sugar and beat until creamy.

3. Add vanilla essence and cornflour, mix well.

4. Add in cream and beat until thickened.

5. Lastly, add in eggs and mix until just combined.

Pour some cheese filling on the base and add in blueberry filling, pour the remaining cheese filling.

Place cake tin in hot water bath and bake for 50 minutes or until filling is set. Turn off oven and leave the cake in oven for another 30minutes with oven door close.

Topping:

1. Combine sugar, water and gelatine and stir well.

2. Heat over low heat.

3. Add in blueberry filling.

Remove cake and spread topping. Refrigerate until set.

This is a soft and smooth cheesecake, I can actually feel the cheesecake melting in my mouth and the taste is really fantastic. Other than blueberry, you can always change the filling according to your taste, such as strawberry, peach, orange, passion fruit and etc.

Remember to share with us when you have successfully baked your own one and feel free to contact us if you need any assistant. All the best to you!