Cheesecakes Recipes - Classic Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 50g digestive biscuits, crushed

• 900g cream cheese, at room temperature

• 245g sugar

• grated rind of 1 lemon

• 45ml lemon juice

• 5ml vanilla essence

• 4 eggs

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160.C/325'F/Gas 3. Grease a 20cm/8in springform tin. Place on a 30cm/12in circle of foil. Press it up the sides to seal tightly. Press the crushed biscuits into the base of the tin.

2. Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, lemon rind and juice, and vanilla, and beat until blended. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. Pour into the prepared tin. Set the tin in a larger baking tray and place in the oven. Pour enough hot water in the outer tray to come 2.5cm up the side of the tin.

4. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 1'h hours. Cool in the tin.

5. Run a knife around the edge to loosen, then remove the rim of the tin. Chill for at least 4 hours before serving.