I had some left over cream cheese in the fridge today and I thought it would be a nice idea to make some cheesecakes for dessert. As I raided out fruit bowl for something to add flavour to the cheesecake mixture I saw and orange. I thought that was perfect to go in my cheesecake but when I cut it in half to juice it I saw that it was actually a Blood Orange. I still used it and the end result was delicious! I would recommend this recipe to anyone - it is one of my best!
Ingredients:
- 225g Cream Cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 blood orange, juiced
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten (room temperature)
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
- tart cases (can be bought at local supermarket)
- Fresh fruit, to decorate (optional)
Preheat your oven to 180C. Beat the cream cheese with the sugar. With the mixer running, slowly add the eggs, blood orange juice and vanilla. Arrange tart cases on a tray. Fill 3/4 (1-2 tblsps) of cases with the mixture. Bake for 15 minutes and leave to cool. When completely cooled (or after refridgeration), decorate with fruit (optional). Serve for afternoon or morning tea or dessert with a bowl of mixed fruit.
Awesome sweet treat..:) yummy..
ReplyDeleteReva
Dear Yasmin, Blood oranges are very delicious. The fact that you added it to your cheesecake only makes it that much better. Blessings, Catherine xo
ReplyDeleteLovely refreshing recipe - looks gorgeous
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