Sunday 5 May 2019

Heart Cheesecake

This Valentine's tell your sweethearts how you feel by adding personalised messages on brightly coloured, rich and creamy, Heart Cheesecakes. This fun twist on a holiday classic is sure to win the hearts of your loved ones. 

Each sweet little dessert was brightly coloured and personalised with a special message printed on top just like the candy conversation hearts


Ingredients:
  • 10-12 digestive biscuits, finely blitz
  • a pinch of cinnamon powder
  • 25g butter, melted
  • 450g cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 500ml sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • some food colouring, blue, red, purple, green pink, yellow
Method:

Fill a roasting pan with enough water to come half way up the sides of the silicone heart moulds. Set the pan in oven.

Heat oven to 160°C/140°C for fan assist oven.

Mix together the biscuits crumbs, cinnamon and melted butter. Divide equally the crumbs among the 18 hearts shape silicone mould. Press the crumbs into an even layer and refrigerated until needed.

Beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Add sugar and beat until incorporated. 

Beat in the eggs and then sour cream and vanilla and mix just to combine. 

Equally divide the batter into 6 bowls. Colour one bowl of filling pink, another yellow, purple, green, orange and blue using food colouring.

Equally divide each colour of filling among 3 heart cavities. 

Bake cheesecake in a water bath for 18-24 minutes until the edge look set but the centre is jiggly but not wet.

Remove from oven and water bath and allow to cool at room temperature for an hour. 

Freeze for at least 2 hours the remove and un-mould.

Paint conversation heart phrases onto the tops of the cheesecakes using red food colouring





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