Raspberry Swirl Lemon Cheesecake Bars

August 12, 2024August 13, 2024 What Jessica Baked Next5 Comments

Zesty lemon cheesecake bars with a buttery digestive biscuit layer, and swirled with a tangy raspberry sauce. The taste of pure sunshine!

Another delicious summer recipe is headed your way today.

Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake Bars are a divine cheesecake dessert. A recipe that tastes fabulous served on a summer evening for dessert, but one that can also be made in the cooler months to remind you of long summer days.

If you regularly visit my blog, then you’ll be well aware that cheesecake is one of my favourite desserts. I often celebrate summer berries, mainly with my strawberries ‘n’ cream recipes. But today, I wanted to allow raspberries to be the star of the show.

With summer in full swing, we’re nearly halfway through August, and I’m embracing all the tasty summer fruits while they’re still in season. These cheesecake bars combine tangy raspberry with zingy lemon; they taste like biting into sunshine!

These bars have a buttery digestive biscuit base. That’s topped with a creamy lemon cheesecake filling, then homemade raspberry puree is swirled through the top of the cheesecake batter.

These bars ended up being one of the quickest desserts to be eaten by my taste testers!

They’re perfect for all kinds of summer gatherings like BBQ’s and other outdoor get-togethers.

There’s yet another summertime recipe coming your way next week, so stay tuned for that!

Raspberry Swirl Lemon Cheesecake Bars

Zesty lemon cheesecake bars with a buttery digestive biscuit layer, and swirled with a tangy raspberry sauce. The taste of pure sunshine!

Prep Time 45

Cook Time 55

Servings 16

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

Biscuit Base

140 g digestive biscuits
85 g butter (salted or unsalted)

Raspberry Swirl

170 g fresh or frozen raspberries if using frozen, thaw before using
2 tablespoons caster or granulated sugar

Lemon Cheesecake

450 g full-fat cream cheese softened - I leave mine out at room temperature for half an hour
150 g caster or granulated sugar
zest from 2 lemons
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 eggs at room temperature
small pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4. Line a 8-inch / 20cm square cake tin with parchment paper and set aside.
To make the biscuit base, crush the digestive biscuits until they're a fine crumb. Melt the butter and mix the butter and biscuit crumbs together until moistened.
Tip the biscuit crumbs into the lined tin, and press in an even layer across the base of the tin. Bake for 10 minutes until slightly golden and toasted. Set aside to cool.
Now reduce the oven temperature to 170°C / 150°C Fan / 325°F / Gas Mark 3. To make the raspberry swirl, combine the raspberries in a food processor and blitz until pureed. Pass the raspberry puree through a fine mesh sieve that's sat above a bowl/jug. Scrape the underneath of the sieve to get all the maximum amount of puree. Cover this bowl and set aside for later.
To make the cheesecake filling, in a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese for a minute to soften slightly. Mix the sugar and lemon zest together until fragrant, then add this to the bowl of cream cheese. Beat until combined. Now add the lemon juice, eggs, and salt and mix until combined.
Pour the cheesecake filling over the base, tap the baking tin on the countertop to release any air bubbles. Take spoonfuls of the raspberry puree, and dollop on top of the cheesecake filling. Taking a knife, cocktail stick, or a chopstick (like I do), create swirls.
Bake the cheesecake for 40-50 minutes, until the cheesecake is just set with a slight wobble in the centre. Now turn off the oven, leave the door open and allow the cheesecake to sit in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, and leave to cool completely.
Once cool, cover the cheesecake and place in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours, or overnight. Slice up into 16 squares, or bigger/smaller pieces if you desire.
The cheesecake bars will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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Mini Egg Cheesecake

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 What Jessica Baked NextLeave a comment

No-Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake. Vanilla cheesecake filled with grated chocolate and chopped Cadbury Mini Eggs. This is an easy recipe to make for your Easter celebrations and for any Mini Egg lover!

This is the latest ‘bake’ of my Easter recipes. My blog is home to a vast range of cheesecakes – a few baked cheesecakes, but mainly no-bake cheesecakes. All very tasty, all easy and fun to make.

The Easter recipes have been featuring on WJBN over the last month and a bit, having shared these Double Cheese Hot Cross Buns and my Mini Egg Cookies recently. I’ve been looking for ways I can incorporate Mini Eggs into just more recipe before Easter!

This no-bake treat is an Easter-inspired cheesecake and it certainly is an indulgent dessert. I’ve used a basic vanilla no-bake cheesecake (without gelatine), but to make it perfect to serve at Easter, I’ve folded through some grated chocolate and chopped Mini Eggs. I used a 100g bar of dark chocolate, but feel free to swap that for either milk or white chocolate instead, if you fancy!

Adding grated chocolate as well as Mini Eggs makes this cheesecake even more decadent and I love how much chocolate you get in each bite of the cheesecake…

The chocolate mixed with the cheesecake reminds me of a Stracciatella-style dessert.

Once I added all that delicious grated chocolate and folded through the chopped Mini Eggs, the cheesecake was ready to go in the fridge to set. You can add more Mini Eggs if you like, just swap the grated chocolate for the same quantity of Mini Eggs.

To decorate, I load on more chopped/whole Mini Eggs and a few extra bits of Easter chocolate.

Serve this over Easter for friends and family and they’ll go absolutely mad for it! It’s light, mousse-like, packed full of chocolate. THE dream Easter dessert.

Mini Egg Cheesecake

No-Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake. Vanilla cheesecake filled with grated chocolate and chopped Cadbury Mini Eggs. This is an easy recipe to make for your Easter celebrations and for any Mini Egg lover! THE dream Easter dessert.

Prep Time 6 20

Total Time 6 20

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

Biscuit Base:

300 g chocolate or plain digestive biscuits
140 g butter (salted or unsalted)

Cheesecake Filling:

100 g dark or milk chocolate finely grated
200 g Cadbury Mini Eggs roughly chopped or crushed
600 g full-fat cream cheese leave it out at room temperature for half an hour to soften slightly
100 g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
300 ml double cream chilled - cream whips better when fridge cold

Instructions

Start by grating your chocolate and chopping your Mini Eggs.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor to a fine crumb. Add the melted butter and mix until well combined. Tip the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform cake tin and press down until firm. Use the back of a spoon to smooth over, place in the fridge to chill whilst you make the filling.
In a large mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese with the icing sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. In another mixing bowl whisk the cream until stiff peaks form.
Start folding the cream in a bit at a time and mix to combine. Now fold through the grated chocolate and chopped Mini Eggs. Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base, cover and refrigerate the cheesecake for at least 6 hours or overnight for best results.
When ready to serve, decorate as desired. I piped 150ml of extra whipped cream around the edge, then sprinkled over chopped/whole Mini Eggs - decorate the cheesecake just before serving. The cheesecake will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Doing some more baking this Easter? Here’s some recipe inspiration!

Mini Egg Cookies

Carrot Cake Traybake

Easter Chocolate Nest Cakes

Cadbury Creme Egg Ice Cream

Easter Bunny Shortbreads

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Cheesecake · Chocolate · Christmas · No-Bake

No-Bake White Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

November 28, 2022December 1, 2022 What Jessica Baked Next7 Comments

White chocolate cheesecake flavoured with zesty orange, on top of a buttery digestive biscuit base.

Ever since I made this Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cheesecake for my blog 7 years ago, this cheesecake has remained the most viewed recipe on the blog. It’s especially popular around this time of year!

That cheesecake is a recipe many have made over Christmas. For years I’ve loved seeing photos of your TCO cheesecake creations!

Since Terry’s chocolate orange comes in different flavours, I wanted to experiment with the white chocolate variety you can now get.

Sensationally soft and light cheesecake, that celebrates the divine combination of creamy white chocolate and orange.

No-bake cheesecakes are so easy to make. Just mix together all the ingredients and then pop the cheesecake in the fridge to set and your work is done! Once it’s set, decorate however you fancy.

I went for more whipped cream, white chocolate orange segments and, some grated chocolate and orange zest.

We loved this cheesecake, so much so we might just have to make it again before Christmas.

If you adore chocolate orange recipes, then this cheesecake is a MUST on your Christmas baking list! After you’ve finished one slice, you’ll be dreaming of the next…

No-Bake White Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

White chocolate cheesecake flavoured with zesty orange, on top of a buttery digestive biscuit base.

Prep Time 6 15

Total Time 6 15

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

Biscuit Base:

140 g butter (salted or unsalted)
300 g digestive biscuits

White Chocolate Orange Cheesecake:

300 g white chocolate
600 g full-fat cream cheese softened - I leave mine out at room temperature for about an hour
3 tablespoons icing sugar
2 teaspoons orange extract adjust to taste
300 ml double cream

Instructions

To prepare the biscuit base: Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor to a fine crumb. Add the melted butter and mix until well combined. Tip the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform cake tin and press down until firm. Use the back of a spoon to smooth over, place in the fridge to chill whilst you make the filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: Melt the chocolate over a bain-marie or in the microwave in 20 second intervals. Leave to cool for a few minutes - chocolate stills needs to be slightly warm before adding the remaining cheesecake ingredients later to avoid lumps forming. In a medium mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese with the icing sugar and orange extract.
In another mixing bowl whisk the cream until soft peaks form. Fold through the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture. Finally, fold the cream into the cream cheese mix.
Spoon the cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base and smooth over with a spatula or palette knife. Cover and leave to chill for at least 6 hours, or preferably overnight.
When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the tin and decorate. Best serve chilled. The cheesecake can be made ahead of time, leave it in the tin, covered with cling film for up to 3 days. Leftover slices can be stored in an airtight container in a fridge.

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Cheesecake · Chocolate · No-Bake · Vegan

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 What Jessica Baked NextLeave a comment

No-bake vegan chocolate hazelnut cheesecake. This stunning dessert has a crumbly digestive biscuit base, an ultra creamy chocolate hazelnut filling and is decorated with drizzles of melted chocolate hazelnut spread, chopped hazelnuts and dairy-free whipped cream.

I’m thoroughly enjoying creating vegan cheesecake recipes and recently, I trialled out a new cheesecake flavour. I have four vegan cheesecake recipes on the WJBN blog now, with many more planned for future posts.

Before being vegan, I ate cheesecake on a regular basis. Cheesecake was a dessert I made frequently for social gatherings. I love the ease and fun involved in making cheesecake.

I thought going vegan would mean I wouldn’t get to enjoy cheesecake anymore, but I’ve said it before, I couldn’t have been more wrong! These vegan cheesecake recipes I’m creating are just as creamy and indulgent as the cheesecakes I was making containing dairy.

I’m always disappointed going out for meals. Some restaurants cater exceptionally well to vegans, but others there’s very little choice. Don’t get me wrong, there are several amazing vegan options when eating out, but I’m rarely excited or blown away, especially with the dessert choices.

I’ve tried one or two vegan cheesecakes, but unfortunately they left me unimpressed. That’s why I decided to no longer buy, but instead make my own!

I base all my vegan cheesecakes around the same recipe I devised when sharing this Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake. The only change I made was using crushed digestive biscuits instead of Biscoff and swapping the Biscoff cookie butter spread for a vegan chocolate hazelnut spread.

The vegan chocolate hazelnut spread is every bit as addictive as Nutella. I’m guilty of devouring it by the spoonful straight out of the jar…

This cheesecake is a slice of heaven!

We polished this cheesecake off in a matter of days. It’s smooth and gorgeously mousse-like, the chocolate hazelnut flavour is light but just enough with the additional drizzle of melted chocolate hazelnut spread and sprinkling of chopped hazelnuts.

The cheesecake needs at least 6 hours to set, but I recommend you leave it overnight for the best results. The longer you leave it to chill, the more set and it’ll be easier to slice neatly.

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake

Prep Time 6 30

Total Time 6 30

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

Digestive Biscuit Base:

360 g digestive biscuits finely crushed
1 tablespoon sugar (I use light brown sugar) optional
150 g baking block or dairy-free spread (salted or unsalted) melted

Nutella Cheesecake Filling:

200 g vegan cream cheese
200 g vegan chocolate hazelnut spread
50 g icing sugar
250 ml dairy-free cream

Instructions

To make the biscuit base: Mix the crushed biscuits and a tablespoon of sugar (if using) with the melted dairy-free spread until moistened. Press the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform tin until compact. Put to one side while you make the cheesecake filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: In a large mixing bowl whisk the vegan cream cheese, chocolate hazelnut spread and icing sugar until smooth. In another large mixing bowl, whisk the dairy-free cream until soft peaks form. Fold the cream into the Biscoff cream cheese mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated - be careful not to over mix.
Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base you prepared earlier and smooth the top with either the back of a spoon, a spatula or a palette knife. Cover the cheesecake and leave it to set in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the springform tin and decorate as desired. I piped extra dairy-free cream around the edge of the cheesecake, then melted some more chocolate hazelnut spread drizzling that over each slice of cheesecake and scattered over some chopped hazelnuts.
The cheesecake will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

More of my vegan cheesecake recipes!

Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake

Vegan Oreo Cheesecake

No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake

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Biscuits and Cookies · Cheesecake · No-Bake · Vegan

Vegan Oreo Cheesecake

February 11, 2022February 13, 2022 What Jessica Baked Next1 Comment

No-bake vegan white chocolate Oreo cheesecake. Ultra creamy and mousse-like cheesecake made without any dairy.

This is officially my first new recipe in 2022, it’s been two months since I last posted on here. As you might have read from my Facebook post here, the end of 2021 and start of this year have been a difficult time for me and I needed to take a break. I have my mojo back and I’m ready to crack on with blog content and sharing new recipes.

I finally picked up my camera again, after last working on my blog properly in November. It’s been nice to get back to blogging, taking the time off made me realise how much I missed it!

After sharing my Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake last year, this recipe has become one of the most viewed vegan dessert recipes on the blog.

So far, I’ve made a Biscoff version and a classic No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake. There’re three vegan cheesecake recipes on this website, if you have any cheesecake flavours you want to see, then just comment below and let me know your ideas!

Recently, I incorporated one of the best accidentally vegan biscuit/cookies into my classic vegan cheesecake recipe.

Oreos are my guilty pleasure. They’re sweet, chocolatey and an opened pack never seems to last long when I’m around!

To make this cheesecake, start by picking your favourite biscuit for the cheesecake base. I went for Oreos, but digestives or another chocolate cream filled biscuit would work (such as bourbon creams).

Because I used Oreos, I use slightly less butter – you don’t want the base too wet, with these measurements it’s just perfectly crumbly but still holds together when sliced. If you choose to use digestives instead of Oreos, increase the butter in the biscuit base part of the recipe to 140g instead of 75g (if using Oreos).

The cheesecake filling is made by combining vegan cream cheese with icing sugar, vanilla extract and melted dairy-free white chocolate, then folding through whipped dairy-free cream and crushed Oreos.

I said before, I didn’t think cheesecake would be on the menu anymore for me following a vegan lifestyle. But how wrong I was!

This Vegan Oreo Cheesecake is not only dairy-free, it’s nut-free and easy to make gluten-free. It’s a great make-ahead dessert and perfect for feeding a hungry crowd!

Vegan Oreo Cheesecake

No-bake vegan white chocolate Oreo cheesecake. Ultra creamy and mousse-like cheesecake made without any dairy.

Prep Time 30

Total Time 6 30

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

Oreo Biscuit Base:

300 g Oreo cookies
75 g baking block or dairy-free spread (salted or unsalted) melted

Oreo Cheesecake Filling:

200 g vegan cream cheese
3 tablespoons icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100 g vegan white chocolate melted and cooled slightly
250 ml vegan cream
154 g Oreo cookies roughly crushed

Instructions

To make the biscuit base: Mix the crushed Oreos with the melted dairy-free spread until moistened. Press the Oreo crumbs into a 23cm springform tin until compact. Put to one side while you make the cheesecake filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: In a large mixing bowl whisk the vegan cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla until smooth. Fold through the melted vegan white chocolate until combined. In another large mixing bowl, whisk the dairy-free cream until soft peaks form. Fold the cream into the white chocolate cream cheese mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated, then finally fold through the crushed Oreos - be careful not to over mix.
Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base you prepared earlier and smooth the top with either the back of a spoon, a spatula or a palette knife. Cover the cheesecake and leave it to set in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the springform tin and decorate as desired. I love serving it with extra whipped cream and some crushed Oreos. The cheesecake will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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Baking · Biscuits and Cookies · Cheesecake · Chocolate · No-Bake

3 Ingredient Oreo Truffles

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 What Jessica Baked Next65 Comments

Cookies and cream cheesecake truffles. Crushed Oreo cookies are mixed with cream cheese, rolled into balls and coated with melted chocolate. This is an easy and fun recipe everyone will enjoy getting involved in making!

Originally posted in February 2015, recipe and photographs updated October 2021.

Oreo + cheesecake + chocolate = one heavenly creation!

I first made this recipe for my blog in 2015 and now years later, I’ve updated the recipe with clearer instructions and improved photography.

This year I’ve been focussing on vegan baking and cookery, but some recipes like this one can easily be veganised with some simple ingredient swaps.

The biscuit/cookie we’re using is a Oreo. If you weren’t already aware, Oreos are 100% vegan-friendly so there’s no need to substitute. If you fancy something different to Oreos, why not try bourbon cream biscuits instead or another biscuit/cookie you enjoy.

My original recipe uses full-fat cream cheese, I’m using a tub of my go-to vegan cream cheese, which is a coconut based cream cheese alternative. I use it in my Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake and No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake recipes.

So to make this easy truffle recipe, you start by crushing the Oreos – there’s no need to remove the crème filling.

Tip the Oreo crumbs into a mixing bowl and add the cream cheese. Using a spatula or wooden spoon, mix the two ingredients together until the mixture has begun to clump/stick together.

Take a teaspoon measure and scoop pieces of the creamy Oreo mixture and roll into balls. Continue doing this until all the mixture is used up. I made 25 truffles in total, but how many you make will depend on how big or small you roll the truffles.

Place the Oreo truffles on a tray or container that’s been lined and chill for at least one hour. This allows the Oreo balls to firm up enough, so they won’t fall apart when dipping into the melted chocolate in the next step.

You can make the recipe up to this step and leave them to chill overnight, I did this and found coating the truffles easier.

To coat the truffles, take your favourite chocolate, either dark chocolate, milk or white chocolate and melt the chocolate. Dip each Oreo ball one at a time in the melted chocolate, coating the entire Oreo ball completely, shake off the excess chocolate using a fork and place the Oreo balls on a lined baking tray.

Once they’re all coated in chocolate, place the Oreo truffles back in the fridge for another 30 minutes or until the chocolate has set – at this point you can decorate further by drizzling the tops of each truffle with melted white chocolate and scatter over extra Oreo crumbs.

3 Ingredient Oreo Truffles

Cookies and cream cheesecake truffles. Oreo cookies are crushed and mixed with cream cheese, rolled and then generously coated in melted chocolate.

Course Dessert

Prep Time 1 10

Servings 25

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

400 g Oreos (don't remove the crème filling)
200 g cream cheese
375 g chocolate (dark, milk or white chocolate)
35 g white chocolate (optional for decoration)

Instructions

Line a large baking tray with parchment paper and set aside. Crush the Oreos in a food processor or in a sealed food bag until they're fine crumbs.
Tip the Oreo crumbs into a large mixing bowl and add the cream cheese. Stir the Oreo crumbs and cream cheese together until the mixture starts to clump/stick together.
Take a teaspoon of the Oreo mixture at a time and roll into a ball. Place the Oreo truffles on the lined baking tray and chill for one hour until firm. You can chill these overnight if you want to.
Melt the chocolate and dip each Oreo truffle one at a time in the melted chocolate, coating the truffles completely. Using a fork, carefully remove the truffles and leave and place on the lined baking tray. Pop the truffles back in the fridge for about 30 minutes or until the chocolate has set.
This step is optional, but I like to decorate my truffles with some melted white chocolate and extra crushed Oreos. Once I've decorated the truffles, I place them back in the fridge until the chocolate drizzle has set and then serve.
The Oreo truffles will keep stored in the fridge in an airtight container/covered plate for up to one week.

The truffles will keep in the fridge for up to one week, but they can frozen for up to 3 months. I saved some truffles and stashed them away in the freezer ready for when a chocolate craving hits!

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Cheesecake · No-Bake · Vegan

No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake

October 8, 2021January 26, 2023 What Jessica Baked Next2 Comments

Silky smooth vegan vanilla cheesecake (without tofu or nuts) served with homemade raspberry coulis. I challenge you to tell the difference between this vegan version and a dairy cheesecake!

I promised with this Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake that it wouldn’t be long before you saw another vegan cheesecake creation from me!

Really, I should’ve started my vegan cheesecake recipes with a classic and plain vanilla cheesecake. With this cheesecake I planned to recreate both my Best No-Bake Cheesecake and White Chocolate Cheesecake recipes.

I used the Biscoff cheesecake as a base recipe, with a little free-styling as I went along!

My vegan cheesecakes are made without tofu or nuts and they can be made gluten-free too.

The biscuit base is pretty simple: made by mixing crushed digestive biscuits and melted vegan butter. That is followed by the ultra creamy cheesecake layer, which is made by combining vegan cream cheese (I recommend Violife) with icing sugar (I used vanilla sugar which was kindly gifted to me from Santa Maria) and a bar of melted vegan white chocolate.

The vanilla sugar is divine, it smells gorgeous and it really enhances bakes. I’m looking forward to adding it to buttercream, cake batter and more cheesecakes I plan to make. If you don’t have vanilla sugar though, you can scrape the seeds from a vanilla pod and add that to your cheesecake mix or add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract instead.

I served my cheesecake with raspberry coulis. This is such a quick and easy sauce to make, take fresh or frozen raspberries, heat those in a small saucepan with sugar and lemon juice/water until the raspberries have broken down and the sauce has thickened. Pass the raspberry mixture through a fine mesh sieve, discard the seeds and chill the coulis until ready to serve.

Drizzle the coulis over the top of your slice of creamy vegan cheesecake. I love the cheesecake on its own, but drizzling the raspberry sauce make this a spectacular dairy-free dessert that’s certainly worthy of appearing on a restaurant menu.

I also served the cheesecake with extra whipped vegan cream and some mini jammie dodgers.

But as this cheesecake is plain, you can flavour it however you like or serve the dessert with other sauces such as caramel or melted chocolate.

No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake

Silky smooth vegan vanilla cheesecake (without tofu or nuts) served with homemade raspberry coulis. I challenge you to tell the difference between this vegan version and a dairy cheesecake!

Course Dessert

Prep Time 30

Total Time 6 30

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

360 g digestive biscuits finely crushed
140 g baking block or dairy-free spread (salted or unsalted) melted
250 ml dairy-free cream
200 g vegan cream cheese (such as Violife)
50 g icing sugar (I used vanilla sugar)
100 g vegan white chocolate melted and cooled slightly

Instructions

To make the biscuit base: Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted dairy-free spread until moistened. Press the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform tin until compact. Put to one side while you make the cheesecake filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: In a large mixing bowl whisk the vegan cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth. Fold through the melted vegan white chocolate until combined. In another large mixing bowl, whisk the dairy-free cream until soft peaks form. Fold the cream into the white chocolate cream cheese mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated - be careful not to over mix.
Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base you prepared earlier and smooth the top with either the back of a spoon, a spatula or a palette knife. Cover the cheesecake and leave it to set in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the springform tin and decorate as desired. I love serving it with homemade raspberry coulis, some extra whipped cream and some mini jammie dodgers.
The cheesecake will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

So now I have two vegan cheesecake recipes on my website, I’ll be continuing to add more. I have near enough a page full of various cheesecake ideas/recipes I want to make! If you have any requests, then be sure to comment below.

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Biscuits and Cookies · Cheesecake · Vegan

Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake

August 20, 2021November 13, 2021 What Jessica Baked Next8 Comments

No-bake vegan Biscoff cheesecake. Vegans shouldn’t miss out on enjoying cheesecake, this dairy-free dessert is quick and easy to make and super delicious.

So we’re more than halfway through the year and I now have lots more vegan bakes under my belt. I wanted to focus on sharing basic vegan recipes at first and as I get my mojo and gain confidence, I’ll explore more vegan recipe options.

I’ve had creating a vegan cheesecake on my mind for a while and today I have my FIRST completely vegan cheesecake recipe. It’s no-bake, has 6 ingredients and reminds me of this No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake!

Not everything goes perfectly when food blogging and creating recipes in my kitchen. This cheesecake was a disaster when I first tested the recipe. I made the silly error of over mixing the cheesecake filling and from the moment I realised what I’d done wrong, I instantly regretted it! The cheesecake tasted great so I knew I was onto a winner in the taste department, but the texture was wrong because of over mixing it.

Being the perfectionist I am, I wasn’t happy at that point to share the cheesecake, so I decided to make it again as soon as I could!

The biscuit base is soft and crumbly and you can make it with any biscuit/cookie you want. Gingernuts, speculoos or digestives/graham crackers are all brilliant choices.

For the biscuit base, mix the biscuit crumbs with melted dairy-free butter/spread until the biscuit crumbs are moistened, then transfer to a 23cm / 9-inch springform cake tin and press down until firm.

The cheesecake filling is made with a pack of dairy-free cream cheese. This can be quite pricey, but my recipe uses just one pack to keep costs down, however that doesn’t mean we’re skimping on flavour or that perfect creamy cheesecake texture.

To the dairy-free cream cheese I mix in Biscoff spread (crunchy or smooth) – I used the crunchy spread this time as I got 1.5kg as a birthday present and am finding numerous ways of incorporating it into my recipes!

To that I added some icing sugar and whisked until the mixture was combined and smooth (if you use the crunchy Biscoff spread it won’t be completely smooth because of the biscuit chunks).

In a separate bowl, whisk dairy-free cream until soft peaks form. Add the whipped cream to the Biscoff mixture and fold until everything is just combined. Pop the cookie butter cheesecake layer on top of the biscuit base and smooth it over. Chill the cheesecake for at least 6 hours or overnight if you’re not in such a rush to eat it!

The cheesecake serves 10-12, we found it produced 10 generous slices. I’m excited now to crack on and create lots of vegan cheesecakes, it certainly won’t be long before you see more!

Vegan Biscoff Cheesecake

Divine no-bake vegan cookie butter cheesecake with spiced biscuit base and a layer of dairy-free Biscoff flavoured cheesecake!

Course Dessert

Prep Time 30

Total Time 6 30

Servings 12

Author What Jessica Baked Next

Ingredients

360 g speculoos biscuits (such as Lotus brand) finely crushed
140 g baking block or dairy-free spread (salted or unsalted) melted
200 g vegan cream cheese
200 g Lotus Biscoff spread (crunchy or smooth)
50 g icing sugar
250 ml dairy-free cream

Instructions

To make the biscuit base: Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted dairy-free spread until moistened. Press the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform tin until compact. Put to one side while you make the cheesecake filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: In a large mixing bowl whisk the vegan cream cheese, Biscoff spread and icing sugar until smooth (this mixture won't be completely smooth if using the crunchy Biscoff spread). In another large mixing bowl, whisk the dairy-free cream until soft peaks form. Fold the cream into the Biscoff cream cheese mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated - be careful not to over mix.
Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base you prepared earlier and smooth the top with either the back of a spoon, a spatula or a palette knife. Cover the cheesecake and leave it to set in the fridge for at least 6 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve, remove the cheesecake from the springform tin and decorate as desired. I melted some extra Biscoff cookie butter spread and drizzled that over each slice of cheesecake and scattered over some Speculoos biscuit crumbs.
The cheesecake will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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Biscuits and Cookies · Cheesecake · No-Bake

No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake

May 15, 2020October 5, 2021 What Jessica Baked Next9 Comments

Divine no-bake cookie butter cheesecake with a crisp and buttery gingernut/spiced biscuit base and a layer of mousse-like Biscoff flavoured cheesecake.

I’ve been amazed to see how many people have been excited to get in the kitchen during lockdown and also how much you’ve all been enjoying baking/cooking during this difficult time, so seeing my family, friends and people from different parts of the world making recipes from my blog makes me super happy. Baking/being in the kitchen has always been a therapy for me, something that totally relaxes me and is some escapism on my days off to take my mind away from everything.

Lately I’ve been feeling inspired more than ever to share recipes with you because I’ve really enjoyed seeing pictures of the recipes you’ve been baking from my blog. This blog is a hobby of mine, it’s not my full-time job but is such a big passion of mine and something I get a lot of joy out of working on.

Something I also get a tremendous amount of joy out of is making (and eating) cheesecake!

I’ve not yet tasted a cheesecake I’ve disliked, it’s safe to say that I love them all!

I shared a cheesecake recipe back in March with these Mini Cheesecakes: an adorable individual serving of creamy New York cheesecake. In fact, my friend, Cassie, baked these only the other day and I instantly craved them all over again!

I’m the greatest fan of spreads like Nutella (isn’t it pretty much everybody’s favourite?) and peanut butter in particular. When I visited New York on a college trip, my friends and I made sure we popped into Trader Joe’s and we all stocked up on tasty goodies ready to bring back to the UK – I made sure to pick up mainly stuff I knew I couldn’t get back home in the supermarket. I remembered picking up a jar of cookies and creme spread, which was literally the BEST thing I’d ever tasted! It was a sad day when I scooped the last of the spread from the jar and even sadder when I couldn’t find something similar to it at my local supermarket…

But that’s totally ok, because there’s still plenty of pretty amazing spreads available on our supermarket shelves, including Biscoff aka spiced cookie butter spread. One of my good memories of food from holiday was from my last trip abroad to Ibiza last September when we found an amazing frozen yoghurt shop and you could have melted cookie butter poured over the top of your fro-yo. You guessed right, it was so yummy!

That conveniently moves me onto this recipe I have lined up for you today. A little while ago I picked up a jar of Biscoff – it’s something I rarely buy even though I absolutely love this divine spread and this is partly because I know I have zero self-control when I know I have some of it in my kitchen cupboard.

For anyone who doesn’t know, Biscoff is a spread made from crushed speculass/speculoos biscuits which are spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. The biscuit is a favourite in Belgium and The Netherlands, but it’s become increasingly popular all around the world.

There are so many different cheesecakes you can make, but I’ve had sharing a no-bake cheesecake with Biscoff on my agenda and I’m pleased to finally tick it off my to-do list.

I’ve actually been making this cheesecake for years, but I never really thought about sharing it until I really fancied making it again recently. The cheesecake sets up perfectly without the need for any gelatine added, which is great if you’re like me, a vegetarian and unable to eat certain desserts because of some of the ingredients added.

For the biscuit base I used crushed gingernut biscuits, but you can use actual Lotus speculoos biscuits. I used my speculoos to decorate the cheesecake, but it’s good to remember to decorate your cheesecake with biscuits right before you want to serve it, otherwise the biscuits will soften and lose their crunchiness.

I simply decorate my cheesecake with swirls of whipped cream and some crushed speculoos biscuit crumbs – but you can be as imaginative with your decoration as you want.

(Serves 10-12)

Ingredients:

Biscuit Base:

300g gingernuts or speculoos biscuits (such as Lotus brand)

140g (salted or unsalted) butter, melted and cooled slightly

Cheesecake Filling:

300ml double cream, chilled

3 tablespoons icing sugar, sifted

500g full-fat cream cheese, softened – I leave mine out at room temperature for an hour to soften

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

300g Biscoff cookie butter spread

Method:

To make the biscuit base: Mix the crushed biscuits with the melted butter until moistened. Press the biscuit crumbs into a 23cm springform tin until compact. Put to one side while you make the cheesecake filling.
To make the cheesecake filling: In a large mixing bowl whisk the cream and icing sugar until soft peaks form. In another large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese with the vanilla and cookie butter spread until combined and mixture is smooth. Fold the whipped cream into the cheesecake mixture and mix until all the ingredients are combined.
Spread the cheesecake filling on top of the biscuit base you prepared earlier and smooth the top with either the back of a spoon, a spatula or a palette knife. Cover the cheesecake and leave it to set in the fridge for at least 8 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve remove the cheesecake from the springform tin and decorate as desired. I love whipping extra cream and sprinkling each slice with crumbles of Lotus speculoos biscuits. You could also melt some extra Biscoff cookie butter spread and drizzle that over your slice of cheesecake.
The cheesecake will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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Baking · Biscuits and Cookies · Cheesecake

Mini Cheesecakes

March 6, 2020October 5, 2021 What Jessica Baked Next51 Comments

Made in a muffin tin, these mini cheesecakes are a yummy bitesize dessert with whipped cream and decorated with various toppings. This easy recipe makes a dozen delicious mini vanilla cheesecakes – I dare you not to eat the whole batch!

Originally posted in January 2015, recipe and photographs updated March 2020.

We’re pressing fast forward and jumping straight from 2015 to 2020 with the recipe re-do I’m sharing today! Back in 2015, little did I know many times I would bake these divine (and super adorable) mini cheesecakes. I had so much fun going back and baking an older blog recipe and I’m really pleased with the updated photographs I’ve taken of these cheesecakes.

These mini vanilla cheesecakes are scrumptious little bites of creamy cheesecake bliss and what’s so amazing about this recipe is that you can bake a cheesecake in a muffin tin! I even adapted the recipe by adding lemon juice and zest to the cheesecake filling to make Mini Lemon Cheesecakes (one of the most viewed recipes on my blog).

It’s not really a secret, I think I’ve probably told you a million times already that cheesecake is my favourite dessert? Chocolate brownies/cake is a very close second, but cheesecake (something I used to hate when I was younger) takes the crown for my most loved dessert ever.

I usually prefer No-Bake Cheesecake, but lately I’ve been really enjoying baked cheesecakes, as when made well, they’re super light and creamy and a gourmet dessert that’s pretty hard to resist.

This recipe perfect for when you don’t have the time to make a whole cheesecake, they take less than half the time to make compared to a full-sized cheesecake baked in springform tin does! These mini cheesecakes remind me of my favourite New York Baked Cheesecake, but you won’t have to wait as long to devour these. I love cheesecake a lot, but sometimes I don’t want a big cheesecake hanging around in my kitchen – it’s too tempting for a massive cheesecake fan like myself to fight the urge to grab slice after slice of cheesecake straight from the fridge!

As the cheesecakes bake they will rise slightly and upon cooling the cheesecakes will sink a little and may even develop a dip in the centre. But don’t worry too much about this as you can pile on toppings and hide this and if your cheesecakes do happen to crack you can cover it up very easily!

Once baked the cheesecakes will need to be left to cool completely to room temperature, then cover the tray tightly and chill the cheesecakes for at least 4 hours or overnight for best results. I do recommend chilling overnight if you have the time, as this will make a lot of difference regarding the taste and texture of your cheesecakes.

I chose to top my batch of cheesecakes with various toppings like homemade raspberry sauce, whipped cream, chopped strawberries and because it’s nearly Easter, I topped a few of my cheesecakes with Cadbury mini eggs. Decorate the cheesecakes right before you’re planning to serve them otherwise the toppings will go soft from the moisture in the cheesecake.

Because these are vanilla cheesecakes they suit lots of flavours. Instead of a fruit coulis/sauce why not drizzle the tops with caramel, chocolate sauce or a spoonful of curd or jam. You could even sprinkle over some chocolate chips or curls, top with pieces of your favourite chocolate bar or scatter over chopped nuts.

(Makes 12)

Ingredients:

Biscuit Base:

150g digestive biscuits (1 and 1/2 cups of biscuit crumbs), crushed – alternatively you can use graham crackers

2 tablespoons caster or granulated sugar (optional)

70g (5 tablespoons) butter (salted or unsalted), melted

Cheesecake Filling:

450g (16 ounces / 1lb) full-fat cream cheese, softened – I leave mine out at room temperature for an hour to soften

130g (2/3 cup) caster or granulated sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 170°C / 150°C Fan / 325°F / Gas Mark 3. Line a 12-hole cupcake/muffin tin with 12 paper liners.

2. Mix together the biscuit crumbs with the melted butter until well combined. Using a tablespoon measure distribute the biscuit crumbs into the muffin cases and press down with a teaspoon until level. Bake the biscuit bases for 5 minutes until lightly toasted. Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin.

3. Whilst the biscuit bases are cooling make the cheesecake filling. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer beat the cream cheese for to soften. Gradually add the sugar and once it’s all added continue to mix for another minute. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix through – at this point make sure you scrap down the base and sides of your mixer to make sure the batter and ingredients are all well incorporated.

4. Evenly distribute the cheesecake batter between the paper liners – spoon roughly 3 tablespoons of the batter into each prepared mini cheesecake base making sure you fill 2/3 of the way up of each. (I start with a tablespoonful in each case and go round again until the batter mix is used up.)

5. Bake the cheesecakes for 22-24 minutes or until the centres are just set. Once set take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin completely. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. When ready to serve, gently run a butter knife around the outside of the muffin case to help release the cheesecakes from the tin, as the biscuit base can sometimes release some butter which makes the case stick slightly. The cheesecakes will keep stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Recipe Notes:

For the biscuit base I like using a plain flavoured biscuits like digestives or rich tea. Graham crackers are a good substitute for overseas readers.
To save you time weighing out ingredients: 150g of digestive biscuits crumbs is exactly 10 digestive biscuits and that’s 1 and 1/2 cups of biscuit crumbs for anyone using cup measurements.
I like adding a couple of tablespoons of sugar to my biscuit base to sweeten it, however this is optional and you don’t have to add any sugar to the base ingredients if you prefer not to.

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