Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake

My mum taught me how to make the most easiest and delicious white chocolate cheesecake, and I swore at the time I would not need to find another recipe, but as I had the ingredients for Mary Berry's White Chocolate Cheesecake I thought I would give it a whirl.


The Recipe - Mary Berry's White Chocolate Cheesecake (Hotel Chocolat 101 Best Loved Chocolate Recipes)
For the Base
50g butter
150g plain chocolate digestive biscuits, crushed


For the Filling
300g white chocolate, in pieces
400g full-fat, cream cheese
2 eggs
150ml soured cream
1 tsp vanilla extract


To Serve
Cocoa powder, to dust
225g strawberries or raspberries

The Method
Preheat the over to 160 degree's C. Grease a 20cm spring form cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.


Melt the butter in a pan over a low heat, Stir in the crushed biscuits and press evenly over the base of the prepared tin. Chill in the fridge to firm up.


Melt the white chocolate in a bain marie stirring occasionally with a spoon until runny and smooth. Allow to cool slightly.


Whisk the cream cheese and eggs together in a large bowl until smooth, then add the soured cream and vanilla extract and whisk again until the mixture is completely smooth. Stir in the melted chocolate until combined.


Pour this mixture over the biscuit base in the tin and spread evenly. Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes until firm around the edges and just set in the middle. As you remove it form the oven, run a small palette knife around the edge of the cheese cake, and then leave to cool in the tin. The surface may crack slightly in the middle, but don't worry, this is part of the charm! Once cool, chill.


To serve, release the tin and remove the side, leaving the cheesecake on the base. Dust with cocoa and cut into slices topped with raspberries or strawberries.


This cheesecake was a great success at my Bank Holiday Monday BBQ, everyone loved it and the smallest slither was left which was gone by breakfast time. The cheesecake was creamy and smooth and with a chocolaty base was delicious with strawberries.