Cherry Cheesecake



This is a straight forward recipe) no baking/oven required.

Ingredients
• 250g plain choc biscuit
• 125g butter (melted)
• 3tsp gelatin
• 1/2 cup water
• 250g packet cream cheese (softened)
• 3/4 caster sugar
• 1tbs lemon juice
• 300ml carton whipped cream
• 425g can pitted black cherries

Topping
• 1tbs corn flour
• 1tbs caster sugar

Method
1. Combine crumb & butter in bowl, mix well and press over base of spring form tin. Chilled for atleast 15 mins)
2. Sprinkle gelatin over water in cup, stand in small pan of simmering water, stir until dissolved; cool.
3. Beat cream cheese , sugar & juice in small bowl with electric mixer until smooth & creamy; transfer to a large bowl.
4. Whipped cream until soft peaks form (do not over-beat or else you'll get butter instead), fold into cheese mixture; fold in gelatin mixture
5. Drain cherries, reserve 3/4 cup syrup for topping.
6. Spoon 1/3 of mixture into crumb crust, top with 1/2 cherries then continue layering. Refrigerate several hours or until firm.
7. Spread topping over cheese cake, swirl gently over cheese mixture. Refrigerate until set.

Topping

Blend corn flour & sugar with reserved syrup in pan. Stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cools 10 minutes before spreading.
(The picture above is the same recipe (minus the cherries). And I used chocolate paste (easily available) instead of cherry syrup)