Easy No Bake Cheesecake Recipe

Making this no-bake cheesecake is dead easy. We can buy cheesecakes here on the island, but when a friend made this one, it was so good that I had to try it for myself. It’s lighter and creamier than the shop-bought versions, and there’s no baking involved.

Prep
20 mins
Serves
8
Chill Time
2 hrs

Ingredients

  • Biscuits - 125g digestive biscuit crumbs
  • Butter - 50g unsalted butter
  • Soft cheese - 280g Philadelphia Original
  • Condensed milk - 397g condensed milk
  • Lemon juice - 140ml fresh lemon juice
  • Zest - Grated lemon zest (Optional - adds a zingy kick)

Method

  1. Break the biscuits into crumbs in a blender or use a rolling pin and bowl. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
  2. Add the biscuit crumbs to a bowl and pour the butter over the biscuit crumbs and mix together.
  3. Press the biscuit and butter mixture into the base of an 18cm loose-bottom cake tin. Chill in the fridge while preparing the cheesecake mixture.
  4. Whisk together the cream cheese and condensed milk.
  5. Add the lemon juice and optional lemon zest to the cheesecake mix and stir until mixed.
  6. Pour the mixture into the cake tin on top of the prepared biscuit base and place in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours.
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