A simple and delicious Thermomix Baked Lemon Cheesecake.. the perfect dessert for any occasion!
When it comes to delicious desserts, it's hard to be our Thermomix Baked Lemon Cheesecake. This is certainly a family favourite in our house.
This recipe is a variation on my Classic New York Baked Cheesecake (which is equally as delicious, but has more of a creamy vanilla flavour rather than lemony like this one!).
The trick to getting this cheesecake absolutely perfect is to turn off the oven once it's cooked and leave it in there for 2 hours before transferring to the bench to cool completely. Allowing the cheesecake to cool slowly this way will stop it from sinking or cracking.
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Thermomix Baked Lemon Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 350 g plain sweet biscuits (like Arnott's Nice)
- 250 g butter
- 750 g cream cheese, room temp
- 215 g caster sugar
- finely grated lemon rind from 3 lemons
- 65 g lemon juice
- 2 tbs plain flour
- 4 eggs, room temp
- 300 g sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (140 degrees if using fan-forced).
- Grease and then line the base and of a 23cm springform pan with non-stick baking paper.
- Place the butter (chopped) into the Thermomix bowl and melt on Speed 2, 80 degrees, 3 minutes (or until melted). Add the biscuits and mix on Speed 8, 10 seconds or until completely combined.
- Spoon half of the biscuit crumbs onto the base of the prepared tin. Use a glass to press the mixture town evenly (you will also need to use a spoon to press the edges down firmly).Press the remaining half of the mixture firmly up the sides of the pan (leaving a small 1cm gap near the top). Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- In a clean and dry Thermomix bowl, set the Thermomix to 37 degrees, 25 minutes, Speed 3. Note: it will NOT take 25 minutes, but by setting it for this long will keep it at the right temperature while you add in the other ingredients).
- With the blades turning, place the cream cheese into the TM bowl and mix until well combined. Slowly add in the caster sugar, followed by the flour and eggs and mix until just combined.
- Place the butterfly attachment into the bowl (with the cream cheese mixture in it). Turn onto Speed 3 and slowly add in the grated lemon rind, lemon juice and sour cream. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until completely smooth (don't over mix).
- Gently pour the cream cheese mixture into the base of the tin.
- Place the the tin onto a baking tray and bake for 1 ¼ hours. Do not open the oven during the cooking time or the cheesecake will crack and sink.
- Turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven, with the door slightly ajar, for 2 hours. Place the cheesecake onto the bench until completely cooled before placing into the fridge (still in the baking tin).
- After a minimum of 4 hours in the fridge (preferably overnight), carefully remove the cheesecake from the baking tin and take off the baking paper.
- Serve with icing sugar, whipped cream or fresh berries.
Carly says
Would I need to change anything if I added passion fruit to this?
Lucy says
You could absolutely swirl some passionfruit through!
Anna says
I used digestives in this recipe and the bases just simply didn’t work. I prefer the flavor of the digestive base but would halve the butter to get the right consistency.
Cherise Wood says
I added more lemon and its great
Lucy says
Fantastic!
Crystella says
AMAZING! I can’t fault this recipe one bit. I did everything in the instructions and cooked it at 140 degrees for fan forced for the whole time and cooked for 2 hours and no cracks on my cheesecake. My husband LOVED this and definitely a winner in my household. I topped it with more freshly made lemon curd and then mascarpone whipped cream, strawberries and berries. Thank you so much for this lovely recipe, definitely will be using this again.
Lucy Mathieson says
Yipppeeee!!!! Thank you SO much!!!! xx
Cecilia Brooke says
I made this cheesecake for Christmas and added raspberries. It was delicious but next time I will not need 1 hour and 15 minutes. When I turned the oven off and left the door open it kept cooking and went brown around the edges and it did crack a little even though I had a bowl of water in the bottom of the oven. Even so it went down very well so thank you for the recipe. Cecilia
Halina says
This was so good everyone loved it. Mine did crack, however I put cream on top.
However 250 grams butter seemed excessive
I will use a lot less next time.
Thanks for great recipe