| Lemon Curd Cheesecake
Lemon Curd Cheesecake
Another winning recipe from our Super Baker Shelley! Lemon fans will love this cheesecake – a lemon filling AND lemon curd topping. Lovely!
Prep time: 4 hours 30 mins
Makes: 1 cheesecake
Recipe: Shelley, our Super Baker in Nelson
Ingredients
Filling:
1 ¼ cup whipping cream
680g cream cheese
½ cup sugar
2tbsp icing sugar
¼ cup sour cream
2tsp lemon juice
1tsp vanilla extract
Base:
500g butter (melted)
2 packs Griffin’s Super Wine biscuits (crushed)
Lemon curd:
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
¾ cup caster sugar
80g butter
2 lemons (juice & zest)
Instructions
1. Mix the crushed biscuit crumbs and melted butter together. Press into the base of a well greased 21cm spring form cake tin.
2. Bake for 10 minutes at 150°C. Wait to cool.
3. For the lemon curd, whisk eggs and sugar in saucepan then place on low heat.
4. Add butter, zest and juice of the lemons and whisk continuously until thick. Cool.
5. Whip the cream until heavy peaks set aside.
6. Beat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and creamy, then add the remaining ingredients (apart from cream) until smooth and combined.
7. Gently fold whipped cream in.
8. Add the cheesecake mixture to the base, and top with the lemon curd.
9. Put into fridge to chill overnight.
Enjoy!
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