Recipe #1: LEMON CHEESECAKE WITH CINNAMON

HOW TO MAKE 

LEMON CHEESECAKE WITH CINNAMON 

( makes 12 mini cheesecake )

       

      

Ingredients for base

1.    1 cup of crushed digestive biscuits

2.   1 tbsp. cinnamon powder

3.    1 tbsp.butter ( melted )

Ingredients for filling

1.    1/2 cup granulated sugar

2.    200g of cream cheese

3.    100ml of sour cream

4.    4 tbsp of lime juice or 1 large freshly squeezed lime

5.    1 egg

6.    1tbsp.vanilla essence

7.    Pinch of salt 1/2 tsp

8.    2 tbsp. all purpose flour

Ingredients for topping

1.    200 ml of whipping cream ( I use Al Marai whipping cream for this recipe )

2.    2 tbsp of sugar

3.    Lime zest of one lime ( you can use the zest from the lime you used previously)

4.    6 almond shredding

Method: 

1.    Preheat the oven to 250 degrees

2.    First crush the biscuits in a grinder until fine

3.    The mix the cinnamon powder

4.    Then mix the butter

5.    Place mixture in the mini cheesecake pan and press down firmly ( try to make it as even as possible )

6.    Bake the base for 10 mins

7.    While baking place cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl and mix ( till you get a creamy texture )

8.    Then add sour cream ,lime juice and vanilla essence

9.    Then add the egg 

10. Finally mix the salt and flour

11. Pour the mixture on to the base evenly ( fill the each mini cheesecake till 3/4 of the tin to avoid unevenness ,also is you pour till the top it will overflow ) 

12. Then bake for 25 mins

13. While the mini cheesecake bake you can make the filling.

14. In a small mixing bowl add whipping cream and whisk ,gradually add sugar.

15. The cream should make stiff peaks.( place in fridge for 10mins )

16. Then take the mini cheesecakes out of the pan and leave to cool on a rack ( the pan will be hot so leave to cool before you take the mini cheesecakes out )

17. To finish pipe out the cream on top of the mini cheese cake sprinkle the lime zest and almond to finish