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Lemon Cheesecake with Cinnamon

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A mouthwatering recipe perfect for when guests come over.

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Monday, 15 July 2013

Recipe #1: LEMON CHEESECAKE WITH CINNAMON

HOW TO MAKE
LEMON CHEESECAKE WITH CINNAMON
( makes 12 mini cheesecake )


Ingredients for base
1. 1 cup of crushed digestive biscuits
2. 1 tbsp. cinnamon powder
3. 1 tbsp.butter ( melted )

Ingredients for filling
1. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2. 200g of cream cheese
3. 100ml of sour cream
4. 4 tbsp of lime juice or 1 large freshly squeezed lime
5. 1 egg
6. 1tbsp.vanilla essence
7. Pinch of salt 1/2 tsp
8. 2 tbsp. all purpose flour

Ingredients for topping
1. 200 ml of whipping cream ( I use Al Marai whipping cream for this recipe )
2. 2 tbsp of sugar
3. Lime zest of one lime ( you can use the zest from the lime you used previously)
4. 6 almond shredding
Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. 2. First crush the biscuits in a grinder until fine. 3. Mix in the cinnamon powder. 4. Then mix in the butter. 5. Place mixture in the mini cheesecake pan and press down firmly (try to make it as even as possible). 6. Bake the base for 10 minutes. 7. While baking place cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl and mix (till you get a creamy texture). 8. Then add sour cream, lime juice and vanilla essence. 9. Then add the egg. 10. Finally mix in the salt and flour. 11. Pour the mixture on the base evenly (fill the each mini cheesecake till 3/4 of the tin to avoid unevenness, also is you pour till the top it will overflow). 12. Then bake for 25 minutes. 13. While the mini cheesecake bake you can make the filling. 14. In a small mixing bowl add whipping cream and whisk, gradually add sugar. 15. The cream should make stiff peaks. (place in fridge for 10 minutes). 16. Then take the mini cheesecakes out of the pan and leave to cool on a rack (the pan will be hot so leave to cool before you take the mini cheesecakes out). 17. To finish pipe out the cream on top of the mini cheese cake sprinkle the lime zest and almond to finish.
Nutritions

Calories
190

Sodium
305mg
12% DV

Fat
13g
20% DV

Protein
4g
8% DV

Carbs
37g
12% DV

Fiber
4g
18% DV