Craving for a dessert? Robe Bakery Rosetown will share you a simple and delicious way to create your favorite black forest cheesecake.
Biscuit Base:1 packet tennis biscuits / graham crackers
125g melted butter
Crush biscuits and mix with butter
Press in a greased dish and refrigerate for about 30min
See conversion table here
Cheesecake Filling
1 tub cottage cheese (250g)
500ml whipped cream (heavy cream)
125ml lemon juice
1 tin condensed milk
20ml gelatine powder
60ml water
100g chopped bittersweet chocolate
1 jar morello cherries
cherry topping / cherry preserves
Mix the cottage cheese and condensed milk until smooth
Slowly stir in lemon juice
Fold this mixture into the whipped cream
Hydrate the gelatine in the water and fold it into the cream mixture
Spoon some of this plain mixture into a bowl to use later
Fold in the chocolate and cherries into the remaining mixture
Layer the black forest cheesecake mixture over the biscuit base
Spoon some cherry preserve over this
Add the final layer of plain cheesecake
Top the cheese cake with the cherry topping / preserves
Decorate with fresh cherries (if you like)
Refrigerate for at least 3 hours to set