Let me tell you about this amazing blackberry and mandarin baked cheesecake recipe! It's a perfect combination of tangy blackberries and sweet mandarins mixed with a rich, creamy cheesecake filling. The crust is made from crushed biscuits and melted butter, which gives it a nice crunchy texture. The filling is made from cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract, which all blend together perfectly. But the real magic happens when you add a layer of blackberry and mandarin puree on top of the filling, giving it a burst of fruity flavor. Once it's baked to a golden brown, it's the perfect dessert to serve at any occasion. Trust me, you won't regret trying this recipe!
Course Dessert Recipes
Prep Time 35 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour40 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 5servings
Calories 680kcal
Ingredients
100g butter, chilled and cubed
1 1/3 cups plain flour
1/3 cup milk
500g cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup cream
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 mandarin, zest and juice
2 Tbsp plain flour
3 eggs
200g frozen blackberries, thawed
Icing sugar and freeze-dried berries (optional)
Instructions
Grease and line the base of a 22cm springform cake tin with baking paper.
In a mixing bowl, rub butter and the first measure of flour together until crumbed. Gradually add the milk and mix until combined. Refrigerate for 30 mins.
Preheat oven to 200C. Roll the pastry out on a floured surface and line the base and sides of the prepared cake tin. Refrigerate for 20 mins then blind bake for 20 mins. Remove from oven.
Turn the oven down to 160C.
Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and mandarin zest until smooth. Beat in the (second measure of) flour and mandarin juice.
Beat the eggs in one at a time, followed by the cream.
Fill the cake shell with the filling. Scatter the blackberries and lightly push to submerge into the filling. Bake for 60-70 mins or until the center has set. Turn off the oven, leaving the cake in to cool with the door open. Refrigerate overnight.
Dust with icing sugar and freeze-dried berries before serving.