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Mini Egg Cheesecake Recipe

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Quick and easy
Prep Time
30m
Serves 8
Serves 8
easy
Easy

About our No Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake

Our mini egg cheesecake recipe is an Easter show-stopper. With a generous dollop of Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Paste, this cheesecake it velvety smooth packing rich vanilla flavour with every slice. Thanks to the flecks of vanilla pods in the paste we use, this Mini Egg Cheesecake recipe has all of the "vanillery" flavour you love from a coffee shop slice. It really is one of bakings best kept secrets!

7 ingredients8 steps
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • For the Cheesecake

    • 200gShortbread biscuits
    • 50gUnsalted butter (melted)
    • 400gCream cheese
    • 80gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
    • 1 tbspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
    • 300mlDouble cream
  • For the Decoration

    • .Mini eggs

Utensils

  • 20cm loose bottomed cake tin
  • Food processor (optional)
  • Rolling pin (optional)

Nutritional information per 126g serving

  • Energy 557cal
  • Fat 46g
  • of which Saturates 29g
  • Carbohydrates 27g
  • of which Sugars 17g
  • Protein 6.5g
  • Salt 0.65g

Method

  1. Step 1

    Prepare your cake tin by lining it with non-stick baking parchment.

  2. Step 2

    Blitz the shortbread biscuits into fine crumbs either using a food processor or by hand. You can bash them with the end of a rolling pin to speed up the process if doing this by hand.

    Ingredients for this step

    • 200gShortbread biscuits
  3. Step 3

    In a bowl mix together the biscuit crumb and butter until all the crumbs have been coated and the mixture begins to stick together. Pour these into the base of your cake tin and using your hand or the back of spoon, spread the mixture evenly across the base ensuring that there are no visible gaps.

    Ingredients for this step

    • 50gUnsalted butter (melted)
  4. Step 4

    Place the tin in the fridge to chill for at least an hour to firm up.

  5. Step 5

    In a separate bowl, beat together the icing sugar, cream cheese (straight from the fridge) and vanilla bean paste until smooth. (If you don't have bean paste you could use a teaspoon of Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract as an substitute) Add the cream afterwards and gently fold this in to the mixture, until it reaches a thick consistency.

    Vanilla being poured into a white ceramic bowl

    Ingredients for this step

    • 400gCream cheese
    • 80gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
    • 1 tbspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
    • 300mlDouble cream
  6. Step 6

    Remove the tin from the fridge and spoon the mixture on top of the biscuit base, spreading out evenly and smoothing with a spatula or the back of a spoon.

  7. Step 7

    Place the cheesecake into the fridge to firm up. For best results leave in the fridge overnight.

  8. Step 8

    Remove the cheesecake from the fridge and carefully release from the tin. 

Top Tips

Variations

Craving more Easter-themed or egg related bake ideas? We also have an Easter mini egg blondie recipe which is gooey, chewy and delicious! Or why not try these adorable mini egg pavlova nests, made using only a handful of ingredients and they make perfect individual desserts!

One of our favourites is an Easter twist on our Mary Berry Cupcake recipe - just add mini eggs on top of the buttercream to make some chocolatey nests.

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