Cheesecake Squares with Berry Topping - Cheesecakerutor med bärtopping

CHEESECAKE SQUARES WITH BERRY TOPPING

Cheesecakerutor med bärtopping

24 squares

Layer:

8 oz butter

1.8 lb digestive biscuits

4 tablespoons sugar

Filling:

almost 2 lbs cream cheese

8 oz lightly thawed raspberries

8 oz lightly thawed strawberries

6 eggs

0.6 cup sugar

Topping:

3 cups creme fraiche

0.6 cup sugar

3 tablespoons vanilla sugar

Decoration:

8.8 oz fresh blueberries

10.6 oz fresh raspberries

Preheat oven to 347F.

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Mix the digestives to a crumble in a food processor, add the melted butter and sugar and blend well. Flatten the crumbly dough out on a greased baking paper in an oven-proof pan, 12 x 16 inches, and bake in the lower part of the oven for about 15 minutes.

Place cream cheese and lightly thawed, drained berries in a bowl together with eggs and sugar. Mix to a smooth batter. Pour this onto the digestive layer and bake in the lower part of the oven for about 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, blend creme fraiche, sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl for the topping. Spread this onto the warm filling and continue baking for about 10 minutes.

When the cheesecake has cooled, place in the fridge overnight to set properly. This is important. Decorate with fresh berries and cut in squares when serving.

Enjoy!

Bella

Frozen Cheesecake with Raspberries - Frozen cheesecake med hallon

FROZEN CHEESECAKE WITH RASPBERRIES

Frozen cheesecake med hallon

6 pieces

5.3 oz digestive biscuits

2.6 oz melted butter

8.8 oz raspberries, fresh

or frozen and thawed

10.6 oz cream cheese

0.8 cup Turkish yogurt

or thick Russian yogurt

0.8 cup condensed milk

(1.2 cup if you prefer a 

sweeter cake)

Decoration:

raspberry powder

4.4 oz raspberries

fresh mint or lemon balm

Preheat oven to 347F.

Finely crumble the biscuits in a food processor, add the melted butter and mix together.  Flatten the crumble out in a springform pan, diameter approx 8 inches, and store cold for about 20 minutes. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 15 minutes and allow to cool.

Mix the raspberries and pass through a sieve to a puré. Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Add yogurt and beat together. Add milk (the larger amount for a sweeter taste) and beat together. Blend in the raspberry puré and beat to a smooth mixture. Pour the filling in the pie, cover with plastic foil and freeze for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.

Decorate the cake with sifted raspberry powder and fresh raspberries. Top with fresh mint or lemon balm.

Enjoy!

Bella

Raspberry Hazelnut Cheesecake - Halloncheesecake med hasselnötter

RASPBERRY HAZELNUT CHEESECAKE

Halloncheesecake med hasselnötter

12 mini cheesecakes

7 oz digestive biscuits

0.4 cup roasted hazelnuts

3½ oz butter

Filling:

4.4 oz white chocolate

0.8 cup heavy cream

2 teaspoons vanilla sugar

14 oz cream cheese

5.3 oz raspberries

0.2 cup sugar

Decoration:

caramel sauce

raspberries

Finely chop the hazelnuts in a food processor. Add the biscuits and process until crumbly. Melt the butter and blend it in. Place paper tins, capacity 0.4 cups, in a muffin pan and divide the crumbs in them. Press a little with the back of a spoon to form a bottom layer. Store cold while you make the filling.

Melt the chocolate over a waterbath while stirring. Allow to cool a little. Beat cream and vanilla sugar. Stir the cream cheese until smooth with an electric beater. Blend in the raspberries and continue beating until the berries are slightly mashed. Stir in the melted chocolate and last the whipped cream.

Divide the batter in the paper tins and freeze for at least 4 hours. Remove them from the muffin pan and then from the paper tins. Decorate with caramel sauce and raspberries.

Enjoy!

Bella

Rhubarb Strawberry Cheesecake - Rabarber- och jordgubbscheesecake

RHUBARB STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE

Rabarber- och jordgubbscheesecake

Serves 8

Layer:

10.6 oz digestives

3½ oz butter

3 tablespoons Nutella

Filling:

6 gelatin sheets

or 3 teaspoons gelatin powder

5.3 oz rhubarb

5.3 oz strawberries

0.8 cup sugar

7 oz cream cheese

2.4 cups creme fraiche

1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

Layer:

Crush the biscuits, preferably in a food processor. Melt the butter and mix it in together with Nutella. Line a springform pan, diameter approx 9 inches, with baking paper. Flatten out the crumbs in the bottom of the pan. Place in the fridge while you make the filling.

Filling:

Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water for 5 minutes, or do as you normally do with the powder. Thinly slice the rhubarb. Trim and chop the strawberries. Bring rhubarb, strawberries and 0.2 cup of the sugar to a boil. Boil for about 10 minutes to a compote.

Mix remaining sugar with cream cheese and creme fraiche. Stir in the vanilla sugar, take up and melt the gelatin sheets over low heat. Stir them into the batter and pour it in the pan. Add the compote in spoonfuls and make a marbled pattern with a knife or a fork. 

Leave to set in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

Enjoy!

Bella

Dreamy Strawberry Cheesecake - Drömgod cheesecake med jordgubbar

DREAMY STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE

Drömgod cheesecake med jordgubbar

10 pieces

Layer:

3½ oz butter

7 oz diegstive biscuits

Filling:

1 lb 5 oz cream cheese

0.8 cup creme fraiche

0.6 cup sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

0.4 cup Maizena

3 eggs

3½ oz white chocolate

1 lb 9 oz strawberries

(sorry if the measurement is strange)

Decoration:

strawberries

Preheat oven to 392F.

Layer:

Melt the butter. Crush the biscuit in a food processor and blend in the butter. Line the bottom of a springform pan, diameter approx 9 inches, with baking paper. Flatten out the crumble evenly and bake for about 8 minutes.

Filling:

Beat cream cheese and creme fraiche well to a smooth mixture. Beat in sugar, vanilla sugar, Maizena and eggs. Melt the chocolate over a waterbath and stir it into the batter. Trim and mix 14 oz strawberries and stir it in.

Trim remaining strawberries and slice them. Place them alongside the walls of the baking pan. Gently pour in the batter and bake at 347F for 40 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil if the surface gets too dark. Turn off the oven and leave the cake in for 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely, preferably until the next day, before serving.

Gently loosen the cake and decorate with strawberries.

Enjoy!

Bella

Cherry Almond Cheesecake - Körsbärscheesecake med mandel

CHERRY ALMOND CHEESECAKE

Körsbärscheesecake med mandel

8 pieces

Layer:

4.4 oz butter

8.8 oz digestive biscuits

1.7 oz roasted, flaked almonds

1 teaspoon freshly crushed 

cardamom seeds

Filling:

4 gelatin sheets

or 2 teaspoons gelatin powder

1.1 lb Kesella

0.8 cup cherry jam

0.8 cup heavy cream

Topping:

1 gelatin sheet

or ½ teaspoon gelatin powder

0.3 cup concentrated cherry drink

0.1 cup water

0.3 cup cherry jam

Layer:

Melt the butter and allow to cool. Crumble biscuits and flaked almonds, preferably in a food processor. Blend in the butter and cardamom and flatten the crumble out in a greased springform pan, diameter approx 11 inches. Leave in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Filling:

Soak the gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes, or do as you normally do with the powder (I never use powder so I'm not quite sure). Mix Kesella and jam. Heat some of the mixture in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat, put in the gelatin sheets and stir until melted. Allow to cool. Stir the gelatin mixture into the Kesella/jam batter, beat the cream and gently stir it in. Pour this filling over the layer in the pie pan, cover with plastic foil and place in the fridge to set for about 2 hours.

Topping:

Repeat the procedure of soaking the gelatin sheets and melt them in cherry drink and water in a saucepan, after first warming up the liquids. Leave to cool in the fridge to a "spoonable" consistency.

Spread a thin layer of cherry jam over the cake and gently spoon the jelly over it. Leave in the fridge for about 2 hours to set.

Enjoy!

Bella

Raspberry Cheesecake - Halloncheesecake

RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

Halloncheesecake

Serves 8

10.6 oz digestive biscuits

5.3 oz butter or margarine

1 cup Kesella

1 lb 5 oz cream cheese

0.4 cup sugar

0.4 cup Maizena

1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

3 eggs

0.4 cup heavy cream

7 oz white chocolate

5.3 oz frozen raspberries

Preheat oven to 392F.

Crush the biscuits in a food processor. Melt the butter and stir it into the crumbs. Flatten out in a springform pan, diameter approx 9 inches, and bake for 10 minutes.

Mix Kesella, cream cheese, sugar, Maizena and vanilla sugar to a smooth mixture. Beat in the eggs and add cream while beating continuously. Melt the chocolate over a waterbath and stir into the batter.

Pour in the pan and sprinkle with raspberries. Bake for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave in the oven for 30 minutes. When cool, put in the fridge and leave for at least 5 hours.

Enjoy!

Bella

Strawberry Cardamom Cheesecake - Cheesecake med jordgubbar och kardemumma

STRAWBERRY CARDAMOM CHEESECAKE

Cheesecake med jordgubbar och kardemumma

8 pieces

Bottom layer:

10.6 oz digestives, gluten-free if necessary

3½ oz room-tempered butter

some ground cardamom

Filling:

10.6 oz cream cheese

0.8 cup creme fraiche

0.4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest

Decoration:

2 cups strawberries

powdered sugar

fresh mint

Preheat oven to 347F.

Line a springform pan, approx 8 inches, with baking paper. Crumble the biscuits and mix with butter and cardamom to a dough. Flatten it out in the pan and put in the fridge.

Filling:

Mix cream cheese, creme fraiche, sugar, eggs and lemon zest to a smooth mixture, preferably in a food processor. Pour this over the crumbly dough in the pan and bake in the middle of the oven until set, approx 30 minutes. Allow to cool, cover and store in the fridge.

Take out about 20 minutes before serving. Loosen from the pan with the help of a sharp knife and place it on a serving plate.

Decoration:

Cut the strawberries in pieces and arrange them on top of the cake. Sift with some powdered sugar and decorate with mint leaves.

Enjoy!

Bella

Orange cheesecake - Apelsincheesecake

ORANGE CHEESECAKE
Apelsincheesecake

A festive dessert, where you can substitute orange with lemon.

1 cake, 8 pieces

½ oz digestives

1 ¾ oz butter or margarine

Filling:

4 gelatin sheets = 2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
2 eggs
14 oz cream cheese
¾ cup crème fraîche
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
grated zest and juice from 1 orange

Decoration:

passionfruit
orange slices

Crumble the digestives. Melt the fat and mix with the crumbles. Press out in the bottom of a greased, baking paper-lined springform pan, diameter approx 10 inches. Store cold.

Soak the gelatin in cold water for about 10 minutes. Separate the eggs. Mix egg yolks, cream cheese, crème fraîche, sugar, vanilla sugar and orange zest and stir until smooth. Beat the egg whites until stiff and gently turn them into the batter.

Heat up the orange juice in a saucepan and remove from heat. Squeeze the gelatin and melt them in the juice, allow to slightly cool and the pour the gelatin in a narrow stream into the cheese batter. Pour in the pan and smoothen out the surface. Cover and store in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

Take it out and open up the pan. Decorate with fruit when serving.

Enjoy!

Bella

Lovely strawberry cheesecake - Ljuvlig jordgubbscheesecake

LOVELY STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE 
Ljuvlig jordgubbscheesecake

When strawberries are in season, make a feast of every day. This cheesecake is lovely!

1 cake, 10 pieces

Layer:

3½ oz butter or margarine

1 ¼ cups sugar

2/3 cup flour

5 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
2 eggs

Filling:

1 vanilla pod
14 oz cream cheese, room-tempered
1 ¾ cups sugar
6 egg yolks
2 to 2 1/3 cups heavy cream
1½ to 1 ¾ cups strawberries, mashed

Decoration:

8 to 10 strawberries in slices

Heat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a springform pan, diameter approx 9 inches. Attach a greased baking paper to the bottom.

Melt the fat. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl and add the melted fat. Add the eggs, one by one, and stir between each. Pour the batter in the pan and smoothen the surface. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 12 minutes. Take the layer out – it will set more after a while. Allow to cool completely.

Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla seeds together to a nice, smooth batter. Stir in the egg yolks, one by one, and stir well between each.

Beat the cream until pretty stiff. Mix cream and mashed strawberries into the batter and spread it out over the cold cake layer. Smoothen the surface, cover with plastic foil and freeze the cake for at least 5 hours.

Take out the cake about 20 minutes before serving. Decorate with sliced strawberries.

Enjoy!

Bella

Passionfruit cheesecake - Passionsfruktcheesecake

PASSIONFRUIT CHEESECAKE
Passionsfruktcheesecake

Passionfruit is one of my absolute favourite fruits and I’m so happy my kidney transplant does not stop me from eating them. I lost the grapefruits, but that I’ve learned to live with.

14 to 16 pieces

Chocolate layer:

7 oz chocolate chip cookies
1/4 cup oatmeal
3½ oz soft butter or margarine

Filling:

7 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
grated zest from 1 lime
4 passionfruits
1 ¼ cup heavy cream

Lemon curd:

fresh juice from 2 lemons
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 oz soft butter or margarine

Decoration:

1 to 2 passionfruits
mini meringues

Crumble the cookies and oatmeal together in a food processor and mix with the really soft butter or margarine. Squeeze out the dough in a 10 inch springform pan and put in the fridge.

Filling: Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and lime zest. Add the passionfruit pulp, beat the cream and fold it in. Pour the filling onto the cake layer and leave in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

Lemon curd: Mix lemon juice, sugar and eggs in a saucepan. Let simmer, not boil, until thick. Remove from heat. Add the fat in dabs while stirring to a smooth mixture. Allow to cool. Pour the lemon curd onto the set filling and put back in the freezer.

Take out and put in room temperature about 30 minutes before serving. Decorate with mini meringues and passionfruit pulp.

Enjoy!

Bella