This is a simple no-bake, get-ahead dessert, perfect for your Easter table.
No-Bake Crème Egg Cheesecake
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Yield 8 portions
This is a simple no-bake, get-ahead dessert, perfect for your Easter table.
Ingredients
For the base
200g digestive biscuits, crushed into very fine crumbs
100g melted butter, unsalted
For the cheesecake topping
300g full fat cream cheese
200g Mascarpone Italian cheese
4 tbsp icing sugar
100ml double cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 large Crème eggs, unwrapped
3 mini Crème eggs, unwrapped, to decorate
Instructions
1. Line a 20cm springform cake tin with a circle of baking parchment. In a mixing bowl, mix the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter until you have a sandy consistency. Tip the crumbs into the tin and press down firmly with the back of a metal spoon until your base is flat. Refrigerate while you make the topping.
3. In a large mixing bowl, using a whisk, beat together the cream cheese, Mascarpone cheese and icing sugar until well combined. Add the double cream, along with the vanilla extract and whisk again.
4. Spoon the topping onto the biscuit base and smooth down with a spoon or palette knife. Carefully slice the Crème eggs in half and arrange the eggs, pushing them into the cheesecake topping, so the tops are visible. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
5. To remove the cheesecake from the tin, sit the cheesecake in some hot water (make sure it down not reach the top of the tin) and then gently unlock the sides or ease it out. Before serving, decorate the centre of the cheesecake with mini Crème eggs
Notes
Use a sharp knife dipped in boiling water when you slice the cheesecake to give you clean slices.
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