If you’ve lived in South Africa long enough you would about all the amazing biscuits, I have fond memories eating them since childhood.
Strawberry Whirls Cheesecake
I absolutely loved marie biscuits especially, I dunked it in a whole lot of cold milk and ate it with a spoon. A little soft and a little crunchy, yum! I don’t eat as much biscuits as I used to but my kids have certainly taken over. Of course, my hubby loves anything sweet so another favorite of his is Royal Creams. Only I try to bake them myself every once in a while.
Ingredients for the Cheesecake
For this Strawberry Whirls Cheesecake I used Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Double Cream Strawberry Cheesecake yogurt, the Danone brand, Sugar, Freeze Dried Strawberries, Tennis Biscuits, Strawberry Whirls biscuit and Agar Agar. Of course, I decorated them with strawberry whirls biscuits and used half a packet of tennis biscuits for the base. The freeze dried strawberries gives the cheesecake that added strawberry flavor without the addition of any artificial colourants. I didn’t add too much Agar Agar as I find often, when I do I add too much. I hate it when my stuff turns out all rubber like. With the amount I added for this cheesecake it had a mousse like texture which we loved. Feel free to add a little more Agar Agar or you can use gelatin if you want a firm cheesecake. I also limited the amount of sugar so this cheesecake has quite a tart flavor. I hate overly sweet stuff so the amount of sugar was perfect. Here again you can increase it if you wish.
How to make the Cheesecake
It’s all mixed in one bowl. Not the biscuits. I added the Agar Agar straight into the wet ingredients and it worked perfectly well. It is a small cheesecake so I used a 20cm springform pan. It does feed at least 8 people, so not exactly that small. Unless you want to serve huge portions this comfortably serves about 8. You can double the recipe if you wish. I had mine in the fridge for 4 hours. You can leave it in the fridge overnight. We were quite impatient to try it so I doubt we would have survived the overnight wait. It is absolutely delicious, every mouthful is just heavenly. It makes the perfect summer dessert.
Hope you love it as much as we do. If you do try this recipe please drop me a comment and a star rating, it is always appreciated. More Dessert Recipes to try: Mini Baked Lemon Cheesecake Eggless Strawberry Mousse Lemon Cheesecake Trifle Refrigeration Time: 240m If you loved this, please share!
