I made this for my son's birthday. This is the baked version.It's just a simple birthday cake with lots of peaches inside and outside the cake.
Crust:
130g marie biscuits,crushed into crumbs
70g melted butter
Cheese Filling:
500g Cream cheese,at room temperature
60g castor sugar
3 eggs,separated
75g whipping cream
30g plain flour,sifted
1 tsp vanilla essence
pinch of salt
Method:
Grease well 22 cm spring form cake pan.Mix biscuits crumbs with melted butter and spread on base of cake pan,pressing mixture down with the back of a glass/wooden spoon.Refrigerate
while you prepare the filling.
Put cream cheese,half the sugar,egg yolks,cream,flour and vanilla essence into an electric blender or mixer or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.
In a clean bowl,whisk egg whites with salt for 2 minutes until fluffy,then add remaining sugar
gradually and beat just until stiff.
Carefully mix cream cheese mixture with beaten egg whites and pour onto chilled crust.
Bake in pre-heated 160°C oven for 50 minutes or until cake mixture is quite firm.Turn off
oven and leave cheesecake to cool inside the oven with door ajar.
Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight.
