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Cheesecake Recipe
This quick and easy cheesecake recipe has good childhood memories. When I was a little boy I used to think cheesecake was made with real cheese by people who sounded like Germans. I also thought that you had to hide cheesecake away so that mice could not get to it because the cake looked like the cheese slices you see in cartoons.
I remember it like it was yesterday. My mom and dad sitting in our favourite restaurant and ordering a slice of cheesecake for dessert. I as so disappointed when they told me what it was. Clearly, that can not be cheesecake, I never ate cheesecake until I got married to a chef, many years later.
But, after eating it for the first time, I was addicted to the taste. Everything I thought I knew about cheesecake was wrong and clearly forgotten. My wife, the chef, made all the wrongs, right.
Over 4,000 years ago in the fifth century BC, the ancient Greeks on the island of Samos created the earliest known cheesecake. This rudimentary cheesecake was made with patties of fresh cheese that were then pounded smooth with flour and honey.
Not far from wrong, the earliest cheesecakes were made with real cheese. At least this cheesecake recipe is on the right track. There are quite a few popular variations of the original cheesecake recipe. This cheesecake recipe I am sharing with you now, then there is the famous New York Cheesecake, and also a popular one, the cinnamon cheesecake.
I am not going to go into details about every variation but can tell you that I shared this plain cheesecake recipe with you because in my opinion, it is the most popular. The visitor stats prove it.
If you enjoy cheesecakes then you might also like our pumpkin cheesecake recipe. It is very popular and simply delicious.
We hope you enjoy this cheesecake recipe and invite you to share your thoughts and tell us what you think of this cheesecake recipe.
Thank you and happy cooking.
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Recipe Info
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Serves: 12
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- For the Crust: Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the flour, icing sugar and butter in a food processor and pulse until it looks like breadcrumbs
- Press it down in a sprayed loose bottom tin and also press it among the sides of the pan
- Let rest in the fridge for 30 minutes and bake for 10-20 minutes until golden brown (depending on the spreed of your oven)
- For the Cheesecake Filling: Whisk the cream cheese and caster sugar together
- Sift the flour over the cream cheese filling and fold in the citrus zest together with the vanilla essence
- Fold in the eggs one by one and the egg yolks one by one and whisk until well incorporated
- Pour the cream cheese filling into the baked cheesecake crust and bake for 1 hour
- Let the cheesecake cool down IN THE OVEN, with the oven door slightly open
- Cut the crust around loose from the cake tin to prevent the cheesecake from cracking
- Remove from the oven as soon as it has cooled down en place on a oven rack till completely cooled down
- Almond Praline: Place the sugar in a saucepan over low heat and whisk until sugar dissolves and change in colour. It becomes crumbly and form hard crystals, but it will melt again. (do this over low to medium heat otherwise the sugar will burn if you are impatient)
- Add the almonds to the caramelized sugar and pour on a baking tray rubbed with oil
- Let cool until it becomes cold and hard. Break in peaces and roll finely with a rolling pin. Keep in an airtight container
- Serving the Cheesecake: Sprinkle praline over the cheesecake, decorate with a variety of fresh berries such as blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Enjoy!
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Norma Heckle
I have a 60th birthday celebration coming up soo and will use this cheesecake recipe to impress my friends and family. Wonderful recipe. 5.00Respond to Comments
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Valerie Necker
Great, quick, and easy cheesecake recipe. It tasted delicious. Now I know how to bake the perfect cheesecak. Lovely. ❤️❤️ 5.00Respond to Comments
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Ben Harkett
Greeting from Norway. Your recipes travel all over the world, and here am I now. Thanks for this lovely cheesecake recipe. It is great and tastes good. 5.00Respond to Comments
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Jack Stokes
I am addicted to your website. I cannot get enough of it. All your recipes are amazing and the stories are unique and interesting. Love this cheesecake recipe, Speak soon. 5.00Respond to Comments
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Natasha Hempbridge
I love everything about this cheesecake recipe. I love the story, the taste of the cheesecake, the almond praline, as well as preparing and baking the cheesecake. Thanks for making my day! 🙌🥂 5.00Respond to Comments
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