Mini Baked Cheesecake

by Unknown - Saturday, October 10, 2015

I have always been a big fan of the good ol' cheesecake! I had been looking for the perfect recipe that was easy to make and wasn't too fatty and after searching and searching and searching, I finally found it! The mini baked cheesecake is light easy and tastes delicious. It also makes a great dessert to be served to family or friends (or you can eat it all yourself like I did!).

MINI BAKED CHEESECAKE

PREP TIME: 20 MINS | COOK TIME: 20 MINS | MAKES: 6 | RECIPE SOURCE: THE SUNDAY CHAPTER

INGREDIENTS

250g light cream cheese

1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

2 eggs

6 Arnott's Granita biscuits

3 tsp butter, melted

Berries and icing sugar to serve

METHOD

Crust

Preheat oven to 180C and line a cupcake tray with 6 patty pans
Crush the biscuit (could do this in a food processor or a zip lock bag and a rolling pin)
Pour crushed biscuit into a bowl and add the melted butter, (Add more butter if the mixture isn't sticking together)
Add about 2 tbsp of crumb mixture into each cupcake liner and smooth down

Cheese filling

Beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice until light and creamy
Beat in eggs one at a time
Pour the cheese filling over the crumb mixture (make sure to distribute evenly)

Baking

Bake for 20 mins or until risen and about to crack on the surface
Allow to cool
Refrigerate for an hour before eating
Feel free to top with berries and dust with icing sugar before eating

There you have it! The mouth watering, easy and light mini baked cheesecake, perfect for serving to guests or having as dessert.

If you recreate this recipe, show me your creation via Instagram or Twitter and I'll be sure to like/favorite/retweet/follow and all that good stuff! PS... what's your favourite dessert? Let me know in the comments!