Vanilla Baked Cheesecake

Ingredients list for Vanilla Baked Cheesecake

• ½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
• for garnishing Whipped cream
• 500 grams Cream cheese
• 200 grams Digestive biscuits crumbs
• 150 grams Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• 115 grams Melted butter
• 3 Eggs
• 40 millilitres Fresh cream
• 60 grams Refined flour (maida)
• ½ teaspoon Lemon rind

Method

1. Preheat oven at 180ºC.
2. Combine biscuit crumbs and 50 grams castor sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add butter and mix again.
3. Pour the mixture in a spring bottom cake tin, press and line the tin pressing along the edges as well. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes.
4. Take cream cheese in a food processor and process till smooth. Scrape off the sides and blades and process once again.
5. Add remaining castor sugar and process till well blended. Add one egg at a time and process for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add cream, refined flour, vanilla essence and lemon rind and fold lightly with the help of a spatula.
7. Pour cream cheese mixture into the tin, level it out and tap lightly. Place the tin on a baking tray, put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Lower the temperature to 120ºC and bake further for 40-45 minutes.
8. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Demould, cut into wedges, garnish with whipped cream swirls and serve.