White Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake

I've made this a few times now, and it never fails to impress. I've had many people ask me for this recipe. As a bonus, it's also very easy. The photo quality here isn't great, I took this photo a long time ago, and also the berries were a bit crushed here...but delicious nonetheless!


WHITE CHOCOLATE AND RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE

1 1/4 cups sweet biscuits, crushed

75g butter, melted

500g cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 tsp grated lemon rind

2 tsp gelatine dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water, cooled

200g white chocolate, melted

1 cup cream, lightly whipped

1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
icing sugar, to dust

1. Combine the biscuits and butter, and press into the base of a greased spring form tin.

2. Beat the cheese, sugar and lemon rind together. Stir in the gelatine mixture.

3. Fold in the melted chocolate and cream.

4. Pour the mixture into the cake tin over the base. Refrigerate for three hours or more, until set.

5. Top with berries and dust with icing sugar.

Welcome

Here we are, my first post. I'll have to put a few recipes up today, or this place is going to look very bare!

While I've said in my 'about me' that I focus on being healthy these days, this doesn't mean my recipes are all going to be 'healthy'. And where's the fun in life if you cut out all those deliciously sugary, fatty foods completely? I still like to cook for family, friends and colleagues, which means plenty of special occasion type foods. There's nothing I like more than making a good cheesecake!

Mainly, I enjoy cooking a lot of stir-fries and Italian food. Stir-fries are quick, healthy and easy, and there are millions of combinations. As for Italian food, I'm not Italian, but learnt to cook good Italian food from a former housemate.

I'm also a little bit obsessed with having a kitchen all to myself and having it organised perfectly and just the way I like it. I might throw in a few posts here and there about my kitchen...just for those of you who like lists as much as me!