Go

Follow Us

FOOD TALK

Not baking your cake and eating it

Poor Bourbon Queen Mary has been much maligned for advising those clamouring for bread to eat cake but who would rather not eat cake if one really could? The trouble is that baking is a demanding art an exact science and turning out a perfect cake isn’t easy.

Pushpesh Pant

Poor Bourbon Queen Mary has been much maligned for advising those clamouring for bread to eat cake but who would rather not eat cake if one really could? The trouble is that baking is a demanding art an exact science and turning out a perfect cake isn’t easy. However, there are cakes that don’t need to be baked. Cheesecakes are those delightful concoctions that can be mastered relatively easily and can give immense satisfaction to family and friends. The topping may be changed as per taste, season and availability of ingredients. In our experience the impact is never less than stunning. Mildly sweet, light and refreshing, cheesecakes have an aura of healthy foods. Kill joys may insist that this is a figment of our imagination but we are more than happy to have our cheesecake and eat it too!

Strawberry cheesecake

Ingredients

Marie/Digestive biscuits 250g

Butter (unsalted, melted) 100g

Cream cheese 600g

Icing sugar 100g

Double cream 300g

Topping

Strawberries (washed and halved) 250g

Icing sugar 25g

Method

Preparing the base: Butter and line a 23cm loose-bottomed tin with baking parchment. Put crushed biscuits in a bowl then pour melted butter. Mix thoroughly until the crumbs are well coated. Transfer to the baking tin and press firmly down to create an even layer. Chill in the fridge for about one-hour to set firmly.

The filling: Place cheese and icing sugar in a bowl, then beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Tip in double cream and continue beating until the mixture is well blended. Now spoon the cream mixture onto the biscuit base, working from the edges inwards ensuring that there are no air bubbles. Smooth the top of the cheesecake down with the back of a spatula. Arrange the strawberries on top. Leave to set in fridge overnight.

Show comments

Show comments

Top News

Public at large thinks criminal trials are ‘neither free nor fair’, laments Supreme Court

Blue-corner notice issued against Prajwal Revanna, says Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara

Nijjar killing: Residents of accused Kamalpreet’s native village in Jalandhar say he migrated to Canada on student visa

Chhattisgarh Congress leader Radhika Khera resigns from party, cites opposition to Ram temple visit

CISCE to announce Classes 10, 12 results on Monday; know where to check your result

Don’t Miss

View All

Former bureaucrat Ashok Kundra believes in giving

Gurbani rings out at UK Parliament complex for Baisakhi

The event is organised by the British Indian think-tank 1928 Institute and diaspora membership organisations City Sikhs and the British Punjabi Welfare Association

‘Like Switzerland’: Saina Nehwal on visit to Lahaul, Manali

Father elated at Arshdeep Singh’s selection in Team India

Harappan habitat found near Rakhigarhi burial site in Hisar district

Tibetan dolls born out of a German mother’s need

Plucking of Kangra tea leaves in full swing

Diaspora celebrates Himachali culture at California event

View all stories in this section

Most Read In 24 Hours

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10