I have been making no bake cheesecake for ages now, in fact it was the first thing i ever made and started my baking obsession. I have been thinking about making a baked cheesecake for a while now but i=until doing some research on it yesterday never realized just how easy it actually is!

Digestive (the UK's version of graham crackers) base , baked vanilla cheesecake, after it has been cooled and chilles i added chocolate ganache (i used the after eight pieces again), a dusting of cocoa powder and a sprinkling of broken after eight pieces. Despite using the after eight pieces this is not mint flavoured, the after eight pieces do not contain the mint cream center.

I found a few tips whilst researching for this cheesecake that you may find useful, i know i sure did. Firstly sinking is a common problem i have been reading but a good way and from my photo a way that works to stop this is, after baking don't take the cheesecake out straight away. At this point mine had risen a little from the egg so i was worried it would sink in the middle. Instead turn off the heat, keep the door shut and let it stay in the oven to cool for a while. After 20 minutes i took it out and it was perfectly flat, yay.
Secondly the cream cheese can be a bit lumpy when you mix it with the egg so let the cream cheese come to room temperature then gently beat it before adding the egg, this helps reduce the number of lumps in the mixture.

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