Oreo Cheesecake

Hello, sexy. (photo by Clare)

I made a giant 11″ version of this over the bank holiday weekend. As per usual it went down an absolute storm so I thought it was about time I shared my original recipe with the Peach Trees crowd!

It was originally inspired by a trip to The Cheesecake Factory in San Francisco where I sampled their delicious (ginormous) version. My take is rather more modest but definitely gives the Americans a run for their money!

Ingredients

for the base

  • 115g digestives
  • 1 tblsp cocoa powder
  • 85g unsalted butter, melted

for the filling

  • 600g full-fat cream cheese
  • 125g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • about 3/4 of a pack of Oreo cookies, broken into large pieces

Method

  1. Grease the base of a 6″ springform tin and preheat the oven to 150°C.
  2. Start by making the biscuit base. Blitz the digestives and the cocoa powder together to a fine crumb.
  3. Stir in the melted butter until evenly blended and press into the base of the springform tin.
  4. Chill in the fridge whilst you prepare the filling.
  5. Gently beat together the cream cheese, caster sugar and vanilla extract.
  6. Add the eggs one by one and beat until smooth.
  7. Stir in the oreo chunks before pouring the mixture into the springform tin on top of the biscuit base.
  8. Place the tin in a deep tray and fill the tray with water so that it comes half way up the tin.
  9. Place the tray in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the cheesecake has firmed around the edges and it has taken on a very slight colour. It will still seem really really wobbly in the middle but don’t fret! It will set up beautifully after a night in the fridge!
  10. Remove the springform tin from the water and leave to cool on a cooling rack before placing in the fridge overnight.
  11. When ready to serve, run a palette knife around the edge of the tin before releasing the spring.

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6 Responses

  1. @KitchenBitching @peachtreesbbees @littlebearcakes Oh my gosh!!! The looks devilishly delicious!! Might have to attempt that!

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