An easy to make yet spectacular cheesecake

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For Christmas Day. Im rubbish at baking but I'd tackle a simplistic cheesecake. Have you any nice ones that have been tried and tested? X

Lemon cheesecake - digestive or ginger biscuit base, lemon jelly with cream cheese whipped in on top. Tastes great, needs no cooking, and always works

I’ve done a mincemeat cheesecake in the past - I think I used an Amaretto mincemeat from Waitrose. Nigel Slater has a good recipe via the Guardian for a baked one for for real ease this is a no-bake version

https://fussfreeflavours.com/no-bake-mincemeat-cheesecake/

Mint Aero chocolate (or Aldi Bubbly fake).
https://yummyrecipes.woochiens.com/2024/03/21/mint-aero-cheesecake-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR2nkmRbzflCwV9rcRx5ITdcVqLZeqMmOTQdoNHqPgjQflsyCl-QbqVZ-98
I made mini ones yesterday.

Basque cheesecake.... unbelievably delicious and so easy. Make a winter berry compote to serve alongside

Strawberry and malteser cheesecake

make your base

then take a saucepan of boiling water - melt your jelly over a bowl over the pan until it’s like liquid

add this to Philadelphia and stir in the (eg strawberry jelly melted)

then add … wait for it … a melted tub of icecream

add maltesers

Mincemeat cheesecake is delicious. Decorate with figs and nuts, that is simple but looks lovely.

Nigella Nutella cheesecake. It's in the nigellisima book. It's great

I made this one yesterday and can heartily recommend - no faffy water baths!

https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-classic-baked-cheesecake/

It's lighter than the usual baked cheesecake, and instead of using philadelphia I used supermarket own-brand full-fat soft cheese at half the price - worked a treat!

I just made baby biscoff cheesecakes today. You could make it in one dish if you wanted. I didn't add the additional whole biscuits on the top like the recipe suggested though!

Nigellla’s no bake cheesecake is simple and utterly yummy!

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/cherry-cheesecake

It can be easily pimped too - eg use lotus biscuits instead of digestives and swap the cherries for a generous drizzle of biscoff spread.

https://www.garden-tricks.top/?p=4880&fbclid=IwY2xjawGbVMtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc6aqCS_u6HBmXn94tviOPlLcQaDkvExt_d394Kyqg8l8kGjzMsvsU_wXw_aem_SOHBaCzLsDj5A2F5_hSalw

this is so easy to make and tastes amazing

www.tamingtwins.com/biscoff-cheesecake/

Yum! Could I borrow your recipe 🙏

https://www.janespatisserie.com/2015/05/01/no-bake-speculoos-cookie-butter-cheesecake/

This looks like a bigger version with slightly different ingredients

Oh god, I so want mincemeat cheesecake now.

I'm planning to make this. It's not a cheesecake but similar with the biscuit base. Looks delicious!

https://www.janespatisserie.com/2024/12/01/white-chocolate-berry-tart/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ArTw5IJWWn6j9Wkhs96j3COELa3OXFYM6VcYF7OjMr0heOF9ByORGFbQaemm_ce9H96p6SfyMDj0DMmfK1Q

I was coming on here to say this, it’s amazing and so easy, just biscuit base and then Nutella, cream cheese and icing sugar then leave in fridge. I make it regularly and people always ask for seconds. Nigella puts chopped hazelnuts on top but I skip that and spray the whole thing with edible gold glitter spray (easy to pick up in most supermarkets) and it looks great.

I was going to recommend the same one as @dementedpixie . It's a real crowd pleaser!!

Gluten free 5 minute basque cheesecake. I’d add lemon or orange zest because I like it that way or it can be vanilla flavour
No mucking about with water baths and no setting for hours in the fridge taking up all the space either.
https://smittenkitchen.com/2024/06/easy-basque-cheesecake/

I absolutely looooove Basque cheesecake, haven't had it for years 😃
Christmas pudding sorted!

Oh thank you @SugarIsHardtoAvoid . Diabetic coeliac here so this is perfect and not too huge, I often wondered if I could do a half recipe in a loaf tin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/badam_cheesecake_52257

Saw nadia make this recently - looks fabulous!

This recipe keeps 5-7 days so would make a great do ahead pud option. You just need to manage not to eat it in that time..

That'd be the challenging bit, it looks so delicious😬
Tempted to do a practice run tomorrow on this - I think it's wise to 'perfect' it before Christmas!
Thank you for the recipe 😁

https://www.tamingtwins.com/white-chocolate-cheesecake-recipe/

This is my go to. So easy my 7 year old has been making it nearly independently for years and always tastes great.