I almost loathe to give away just how simple these are as they really do look as though you’ve toiled away n the kitchen when truth be told you can wow your guests with around 15 mins work! This recipe makes twelve.
Ingredients:
- 250g softened cream cheese
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1-2 tbs lemon juice (I like the extra zing of 2)
- 5 tbs thickened cream (cream with at least 35% fat)
- 150-200g biscuits (cookies). I often use Arnotts Nice, but use your favourite. Try Ginger Nuts for something different
- 70-100g melted butter (use the larger amounts of butter & biscuits if you prefer a thicker base)
Method:
Preheat oven to 160 degrees
- Crush biscuits to fine crumb in processor or do it old school – pop in a freezer bag and crush with rolling pin/tin of tomatoes or whatever heavy object you have handy.
- Stir in melted butter until well combined. Use salted butter – goes beautifully with the sweet biscuits.
- Line a muffin tin with paper cup cake cases.
- Press biscuit mix into cupcake cases. Push it in firmly and level as will be on display when served. Set aside.
- Combine cream cheese & sugar until smooth and creamy. I use my food processor but any mixer / hand held etc will do.
- Add egg and beat until all combined.
- Add lemon juice and cream and beat again. You want it combined but not over beaten as excessive beating will cause cheese cake to crack and split.
- Spoon into cupcake cases – fill to about half a cm below top of paper case – they wont rise much.
- Bake at 160 for 20 mins.
Allow to cool before decorating – I pop them in the fridge to firm up a bit before I remove the cupcake cases.
Decorate as your heart desires – lovely with fresh berries.
For the ones pictured, I put down a dollop of thickened cream and toped with diced strawberries I’d soaked in a bit of liqueur. Add a drizzle of choc if you like.
I like to serve with a homemade berry coulis drizzled all pretty on the plate and a nice dusting of icing sugar.
ENJOY / EET LEKKER
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