White chocolate and raspberry cheesecake

From: The People's Cookbook

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Indulge yourself with Clare Clouting's pretty summer cheesecake

Ingredients

For the biscuit base

  • 75g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 75g gingernut biscuits, crushed
  • 75g Butter, melted

For the filling

  • 400-600g white chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 65g Butter
  • 1/2 vanilla pod
  • 500g cream cheese
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 180ml whipping cream
  • 1 punnet Raspberries, plus e few more to decorate
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Method

1. For the biscuit base: combine the biscuits and butter and press onto the base of a 23cm springform tin.

2. For the filling: place the chocolate, butter and vanilla pod in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water until melted. Allow to cool slightly.

3. In another bowl mix together the cream cheese, sugar and whipping cream to a smooth consistency.

4. Remove the vanilla pod from the melted chocolate mixture and stir into the cream mixture. Gently stir in the raspberries, being careful not to release the juice.

5. Spoon the mixture on top of the biscuit base and place in the fridge to set for 8-24 hours.

6. To serve: remove from the tin and place on a serving plate. Decorate with a few whole raspberries.

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Really like this recipe and my guests always love it, although i double the base ingredients otherwise the base is a bit to thin,

scuba dude scuba dude Posted 16 Nov 2009 8:27 PM
 

The cheese cake was lovely, but it was very sweet you only needed a very small peice. I will be making this again. I doubled the quantity of the biscuit base, and would advice this. I will also next time be halfing the chocolate, as feel it would still be sweet enought without it.

NS1985 NS1985 Posted 01 Nov 2009 11:47 AM
 

Made this so many times now. I don't put the raspberries in the cheesecake, I prefer to serve with raspberry coulis.

CAROL 5 CAROL 5 Posted 09 Oct 2009 4:07 PM
 

I made this recipie last week, it was my first cheesecake and it was a great success. I did however follow the advice of previous reviewees and doubled the base and used only 200g of chocolate and 30g butter in the filling - it was still very sweet though so will use 10g less sugar on my next attempt.

SoulSootha SoulSootha Posted 07 Oct 2009 12:47 PM
 

This cheesecake was very very rich. The first couple of mouthfuls are yummy but after that it's very sickening. I had to throw half of it out as nobody wanted to eat it.

JeanT28600 JeanT28600 Posted 05 Oct 2009 5:07 PM
 

It was excellent the second time after I'd made a few adjustments - I used 400g chocolate, a 20 cm springform cake tin and increased base ingredients to 100g each (I like a thicker base). I also used 250g raspberries from my own allotment!

reblochon reblochon Posted 26 Sep 2009 1:55 PM
 

easy to make. I and the 3 other people I made it for thought it was very very yummy - though small slices advised

dominiqueN91422 dominiqueN91422 Posted 07 Sep 2009 1:12 PM
 

i made this for a group of friends and was quite disappointed with the results, the cake was really heavy and a bit sickly which is a real shame because it looked like a lovely recipe! it felt as though the chocolate and cream cheese needed to be halved and then it would have been a bit lighter.

taschen taschen Posted 09 Aug 2009 3:38 PM
 

so....... do u not cook it? :/

ellieC8387 ellieC8387 Posted 30 Jul 2009 11:01 AM
 

oh dear this turned out not very nice very heavey and gulpy whay too much chocolate.....sicky sorry.

sevyA27245 sevyA27245 Posted 13 Jul 2009 8:47 PM
 

PLEASE REPLY: im going to cook this for my school finals and i cant find cream cheese. would the recipe be bad without it, is there a replacement ... HELP! Its Tomorrow.

MalaliT98366 MalaliT98366 Posted 12 Jul 2009 9:15 PM
 

My friend Alison told me about this recipe as her nephew loves it. Me and my family soon became great fans of it too and i make it regularly! Great recipe although i hate raspberries so i leave them out, any berry would be great in this! Joycey :-)

JoyceyH34906 JoyceyH34906 Posted 09 Jul 2009 10:48 PM
 

wow looks very nice

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 06 Jul 2009 9:31 AM
 

Great, made for my extremely hard to please in-laws, I think it was the first time they were all quiet for any length of time and they all thoroughly enjoyed it, making it again tonight for my Mom

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 03 Jul 2009 12:29 PM
 

If we don't melt the chocolate and only mix it with the cream, will it be okay?

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 30 Jun 2009 7:34 PM
 

absoulutley beautiful

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 29 Jun 2009 11:57 AM
 

okayish! my ma made this, but hers tated really buttery!

Anonymous Anonymous Posted 25 Jun 2009 5:30 PM
 

Extremely popular! Can really show off with this! Not difficult to make.

spaghetti legs spaghetti legs Posted 20 Jun 2009 12:44 PM
 

I've made this with strawberries and it's a great hit. I've also made it in milk chocolate with tinned tangerines and that great too.

HelenS18190 HelenS18190 Posted 07 Jun 2009 9:36 AM
 

Made this for my sons naming day party and it was a massive hit. It was gone in 5mins!! Will be making another for the bank holiday weekend!! Fab!!

supercat1 supercat1 Posted 20 May 2009 9:15 PM
 

Made this for some colleagues at work and went down a treat. First cheesecake I've made to result in a marriage proposal!

Kat007 Kat007 Posted 06 May 2009 1:34 PM
 

The family loved this one! Indeed, I've made it twice in two weeks. I'm now thinking of adapting it - just for a change - by using dark chocolate instead of white, and replacing the raspberries with fresh cherries steeped in kirsch.

SueH29114 SueH29114 Posted 15 Mar 2009 2:02 PM
 

oh, sorry, mascarpone is best!

GemmaD41491 GemmaD41491 Posted 27 Feb 2009 8:41 PM
 

I really wouldn't bother with the butter, meant to mention that on my lst comment, it gives the white chocolate a 'claggy' texture and makes it hard to blend into the cheese and and cream. DO use vanilla though, the flavour realy comes through.

GemmaD41491 GemmaD41491 Posted 27 Feb 2009 4:38 PM
 

Gorgeous! Made two in one week, my husband and kids are addicted, brilliant for kids and grown ups alike. Defo only need about half the filling mixture suggested though, if you used the full amounts you'd have enough for at least 2 cakes!

GemmaD41491 GemmaD41491 Posted 27 Feb 2009 3:15 PM
 

could anyone advise if I should use unsalted or salted butter? also which type of cream cheese is the best to use? thanks

amy7878 amy7878 Posted 25 Feb 2009 12:33 PM
 

Hi, I made this and took to my daughters for pud, I brought half home, sliced it and froze it, I found I got 13 portions out of it all together, and we all had plenty. It was yummy!!!!!!

CAROL 5 CAROL 5 Posted 09 Nov 2008 6:41 PM
 

Gordon900 This is truly a delicious cheesecake and so simple to prepare.Have to agree with Clair 150 half the filing is loads and not as severe on ones hips.

bondy6 bondy6 Posted 29 Sep 2008 4:49 PM
 

I made this for dessert for some friends at work and they all loved it! By far, the best cheesecake I've ever made! And it was soooo easy! :D

xsteph18x xsteph18x Posted 01 May 2008 3:53 PM
 

i made this recipe, and it made far more than 6 servings! i have 2 20cm tins chilling in the fridge, my advice...cut the filling amounts by half. the base amout was fine and enough for one cake so no need to adjust that.

claire150 claire150 Posted 25 Apr 2008 3:07 PM
 

I made this for some friends this evening and they absolutely loved it! I'd never tried making cheesecake before so it shows how easy it can be. I didn't have scales so the amounts I used were estimated but I found that 400g of cream cheese with about 500g of white chocolate gave it a lovely consistency. Give it a go!

ruby33 ruby33 Posted 17 Apr 2008 3:43 AM