I know if I Googled this, I would get about a million answers, but I would rather see if any fellow DS'ers have a 'tried and tested' recipe - so, can anyone help with a good homemade cheesecake recipe?

I am thinking maybe strawberry or mandarin (but am open to other ideas).

Thanks in advance.

Hi..
if you put cheesecake in DS search engine at the top, you get a list and cheesecake come up..Dunno if that helps..lol

Below is the recipe I use and ive never had any complaints. In fact everybody says its the best dessert I make. My boyfriend usually eats it all within 2 days hehe

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4...-4-easy-steps-

I've heard Nigella does a good one, never tried it myself though. :S

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle4654911.ece

I made this one from Gordon at the weekend, first cheesecake i've ever made and it came out pretty good. Damn thing got eaten quick enough anyway

http://http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/re...rry-cheesecake

I can vouch for this one from the bbc good food site as well.

I made this a couple of weeks ago to take to the neighbours for dessert and everyone said it was lovely. I'm not a good self-critic, but it did taste good and it was quite easy to do.

if it's the nigella one i remeber, that's not a proper cheesecake

She does do a few, just tried Googling for it! Anyway, here it is, if anyone cares!
http://www.wischik.com/damon/recipe/cheesecake

Thanks everyone - I'll hopefully get chance to try one of these recipes next week (once the decorating is over); I love cheesecake, but have never made one myself yet.

My favourite cheesecake is basically this recipe, i stir in a couple of tablespoons of sultana's soaked in jamaican rum for a few months, its a big hit

edit: i add gelatine to help it set and then put it in the fridge, no cooking required.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle4654911.ece

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3...rry-cheesecake

Looking at these two recipes in this thread they basically use the same ingredients (though slighty varying in quantities) but the second one adds two tablespoons of plain flour! For the people who know on here what exactly does the flour add, does it change the texture or something?

California Cheesecake:

Crust:
85g plain flour, sifted
40g fine polenta or cornmeal
50g golden caster sugar
85g unsalted butter, melted

Filling:
550g low-fat cream cheese
150ml sour cream
180g golden caster sugar
3 medium eggs
Few drops vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 heaped tsp black treacle
cocoa powder for dusting

Preheat the oven to 170 / 150 fan. Mix the ingredients for the crust together in a bowl and using your fingers, press mixture on to the bottom of a 20cm springform cake tin 9cm deep. Bake for 35minutes until pale golden then allow to cool.

To make the filling, put all ingredients except cocoa in a food processor and blend until really smooth, scraping down the sides to make sure all the treacle is incorporated. Strain mixture in the tin on top of the crust and bake for 50 minutes. The very centre of the filling should quiver when gently shaken - it will set more firmly as it cools. Run a knife round the edge of the tin to prevent the filling cracking and leave to cool completely. Loosely cover with foil and chill overnight. Dust with cocoa before serving. Yummy!!

Cheesecake is easy to make.

You need

digestive biscuits 100g
butter 50g
castor sugar 100g
3 beaten medium eggs
400g Philadelphia
fruit. I use passion fruit and kiwi.
cake tin with one of those bottoms you can seperate
kwiklock bag or sandwich bag.

Firstly put about 12-18 biscuits in the bag. Bash with rollingpin until you get the texture you want.
Preheat oven to 170
Melt butter and then add biscuits and coat them.
Grease cake tin with butter
Add coated bashed biscuits to the tin.
In a bowl add philly,castor sugar,flour,mashed up fruit and 3 beaten eggs. Mix together.
Pour the mixture into the tin on top of bashed biscuits.
Put in oven and bake for 45 minutes.
Leave to cool and then decorate with either sliced strawberries or a little cocoa powder