Happy Birthday to CY

Happy Birthday to Daddy. (back dated for 7 Jan)

January is a very busy month for me. CY and Aden's birthday just 2 days apart. While busy practising on Aden's fondant cake, of course cannot forget to bake for CY. His favourite is cheesecake so found a simple recipe on AY's blog.

Chilled Cream-O Cheesecake

Biscuit Base:

Mix them together and press into an 8" springform tin. Chill it.

150 gm. Digestive Biscuits - Blended

80 gm. melted butter

Cream Cheese filling:

260 gm. Cream cheese

50 gm. Icing sugar

1 Tbsp. Maple Syrup

60 ml. milk

1/4 tsp. vanilla essence

10 cream-o cookies - chopped coarsely

260 ml. whipped cream - whipped till medium peak

1 Tbsp. gelatine powder + 70 gm. water (mix together)- microwave

Some extra chopped Cream-O biscuits for sprinkling on top

Method:

(1) Beat cream cheese with icing sugar till well combined.

(2) Add in fresh milk and mix till well combined. Add in gelatine mixture and mix well.

(3) Fold in whipped cream and divide mixture into 2 portions.

(4) Fold in chopped cheam-o cookies into 1 portion and maple syrup and vanilla essence into the other portion.

(5) Pour in the white portion into the chilled biscuit base. Level the cream cheese filling and put it into the fridge to let it set.

(6) Pour the cream-o cream cheese filling onto the set white cream cheese. Level it and then sprinkle some chopped cream-o biscuits on top.

(7) Put into the fridge to let it set.

(8) Slice and serve chilled.