Classic Baked Cheesecake
Total Time
1 hour and 15 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
55 minutes
Rating
4.92 out of 5 stars
(128)
Ingredients
12 servings
- 200g / 7 oz Arnott's Marie crackers or other plain biscuit (Aus) or 28 Graham Cracker squares (Note 1)
- 120g / 8 tbsp unsalted butter (, melted)
- 1 lb / 500g cream cheese (, softened (Note 2)
- 2 tbsp plain flour (all purpose flour)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream (full fat)
- 1 1/2 cups caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 3 large eggs (, at room temperature)
- Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries
- Icing sugar / powdered sugar (, for dusting)
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Preparation
Step 1
PREPARATION:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan).
Step 3
Prepare pan - Get a 20cm/8" springform cake tin. Turn the base UPSIDE DOWN (Note 4), butter lightly and place a square piece of parchment/baking paper on the base. Then clip into the springform pan - excess paper will stick out, see photos in post and video. Butter and line the side of the pan.
Step 4
CHEESECAKE BISCUIT BASE:
Step 5
Blitz - Break up biscuits roughly by hand and place in a food processor. Blitz until fine crumbs (Note 5). Add butter, briefly blitz until dispersed and it resembles wet sand.
Step 6
Press into pan - Pour into the prepared cake tin. Use a spatula to roughly spread it out over the base and up the walls. Use something with a flat base and vertical edges (I used a measuring cup) to press the crumbs up the wall almost to the top of the sides, and flatten the base.
Step 7
FILLING:
Step 8
Beat cream cheese - Use a mixer or beater to beat the cream cheese until smooth - about 30 seconds on medium high,.
Step 9
Finish batter - Add flour, beat until just combined (10 sec). Add vanilla, sour cream, sugar and lemon zest. Beat until just combined (10 - 15 sec). Add eggs one at a time, beat in between until just combined (10 sec each). Don't over beat, we don't want to aerate the batter.
Step 10
Bake - Pour into prepared crust. Bake for 55 minutes. The top should be a very light golden brown, not cracked, and near perfectly flat. It should jiggle slightly when you gently shake the pan.
Step 11
Cool in the oven with the door open 20 cm / 8" (Note 6), then refrigerate for 4 hours+ in the pan.
Step 12
Remove springform pan sides. Use overhang paper to slide cheesecake off the cake pan. Then slide the cheesecake off the paper.
Step 13
Serve - Top with berries and dust with icing sugar!
Step 14
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