Welcome to my GOURMETBYTE Blog

Bite into inspiration

Raspberry cheesecake recipe

A light summer classic that is rounded off with raspberries and becomes a light summer cake. An american cheesecake has its tricks but is basically very simple and perfect for your next meal prep. You can also simply leave out the raspberries or replace them with mango, strawberries or melon.

Raspberry cheesecake recipe

Stefie

Servings

6-8

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cuisine

Worldwide

Category

Cakes

baking time

60-70 min

Raspberry cheesecake recipe

Ingredients

  • 200 g lotus biscuits
  • 100 g melted butter

For the filling:

  • 600 g cream cheese
  • 200 g sugar
  • 200 ml whipped cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Juice and zest of half a lemon
  • 200 g fresh or frozen raspberries

For the raspberry sauce (optional):

  • 150 g fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 50 g sugar
  • Juice of half a lemon

Directions

  1. Biscuit base: Finely crush the lotus biscuits and mix with melted butter.

  2. Press the mixture into the base of a springform tin lined with baking paper and place in the fridge.

  3. Filling: Mix the cream cheese and sugar with a mixxer until smooth - do not mix for too long

  4. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well.

  5. Mix the whipped cream and vanilla extract with the mixture for a good 5 minutes

  6. Carefully fold in the fresh raspberries and lemon juice.

  7. Pour the filling onto the prepared biscuit base, smooth out and cover with aluminium foil. Bake at 160°C (fan oven) for 60-70 minutes until the top is golden brown.

  8. Turn off the oven after 60 minutes and let the cheesecake cool in the closed oven. Leave the door closed for at least 30-60 minutes to prevent cracks in the cake.

Raspberry sauce:

  1. Boil 2/3 of the raspberries, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan until a thick sauce is formed.

  2. Leave to cool and carefully fold in the rest of the raspberries

Back to Blog

Leave A Comment

Please note, comments need to be approved before they are published.