Eric Lanlard's baked blueberry cheesecake recipe
This recipe is very versatile and easy. You can replace the blueberries with raspberries or mixed berries. By adding a few drops of lemon oil and some finely grated lemon zest, you will give it a zesty note. Don’t worry if the top cracks when the cake is cooling; this is part of the charm!
Ingredients
- 100 g Digestive Biscuits
- 100 g Gingernut Biscuits
- 50 g Butter, unsalted
- 3.5 oz Digestive Biscuits
- 3.5 oz Gingernut Biscuits
- 1.8 oz Butter, unsalted
- 3.5 oz Digestive Biscuits
- 3.5 oz Gingernut Biscuits
- 1.8 oz Butter, unsalted
- 25 g Cornflour
- 200 g Golden caster sugar
- 600 g Light soft cheese
- 1 Vanilla pod
- 2 Eggs
- 300 ml Soured cream
- 0.9 oz Cornflour
- 7.1 oz Golden caster sugar
- 21.2 oz Light soft cheese
- 1 Vanilla pod
- 2 Eggs
- 10.6 fl oz Soured cream
- 0.9 oz Cornflour
- 7.1 oz Golden caster sugar
- 21.2 oz Light soft cheese
- 1 Vanilla pod
- 2 Eggs
- 1.3 cups Soured cream
- 85 g Golden caster sugar
- 50 ml Water
- 400 g Fresh blueberries
- 3 oz Golden caster sugar
- 1.8 fl oz Water
- 14.1 oz Fresh blueberries
- 3 oz Golden caster sugar
- 0.2 cup Water
- 14.1 oz Fresh blueberries
Details
- Cuisine: American
- Recipe Type: Cake
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 30 mins
- Cooking Time: 60 mins
- Serves: 8
Step-by-step
- Pre-heat the oven to 180c (fan 160c)/350F/gas mark 4. Line the base of a 20cm (8in) spring form cake tin with baking paper.
- Crush the biscuits into crumbs by whizzing in a food processor, or put in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin. Place in a bowl. Melt the butter and stir into the biscuits. Press the biscuit mix into the base of the prepared cake tin. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes, then leave to cool down.
- For the filling, mix together the cornflour and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in the soft cheese, the seeds from the vanilla pod, then the eggs. Finally, stir in the soured cream.
- Pour this mixture into the cake tin, and level the top with a palette knife. Bake in the preheated oven for 10minutes, then reduce the temperature to 140c (fan 120c)/275Fgas mark 1, and bake for another 35-45minutes until there is still a slight wobble to the centre. Switch off the oven, keep the door closed for 2 hours, then chill the cheesecake well.
- To make the blueberry topping, place the sugar in a saucepan. Add the water and bring to the boil. When the sugar has dissolved, add the blueberries. Cover and cook for a few minutes, then cool.
- Loosen the edge of the cheesecake, remove the tin and lining paper, and then transfer to a serving plate. Spoon the blueberries over the cheesecake just before serving.
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