4 Step New York Baked Cheesecake

Recipe by: Katrina Woodman

Ingredients:

·      250 grams plain, sweet biscuits

·      125 grams melted butter

·      500grams soft cream cheese

·      ¾ cup castor sugar

·      ¾ sour cream

·      1 teaspoon vanilla extract

·      1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

·      3 eggs

·      Raspberries to (optional)

Method:

1.     Preheat oven to 140 C fan forced or 160 C. Grease a 6cm deep, 22cm round spring form cake tin and leave aside.

2.     In a bowl, grind the biscuits to a fine powder and slowly add the melted butter. Keep mixing until the two are nicely blended and the mixture has a good, thick consistency. Pour this into the prepared cake tin and gently flatten across the base and sides of the tin. Leave this to set in the fridge for 30 minutes.

3.     In a clean bowl, begin mixing the cream cheese, castor sugar and sour cream together. Feel free to use your hands if you wish and add the vanilla extract and lemon rind as you go. Add each egg separately, always mixing until the end product is smooth, balanced and well blended. Add this to the cake tin.

4.     Bake for approximately 50-60 minutes or until the cake is set but still wobbles slightly in the middle when prodded or shaken. Switch off the oven but keep the cake inside it for a further 2 hours. Leave the door slightly open to allow for ventilation. Refrigerate the cake overnight and serve with raspberries the following day. (Raspberries are optional.)

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