You only need six basic ingredients to make a simple vanilla no bake cheesecake: biscuits/cookies, butter, cream cheese, double cream, icing sugar and vanilla extract. Of course, if you want to experiment with more daring flavours, or decorate the cheesecake more extravagently, the ingredient list will grow. Sometimes, a little lemon juice is also added. This does not make the cheesecake taste of lemon, it just adds a nice tang to the flavour.
WHAT BISCUITS/COOKIES ARE BEST FOR THE BASE?
The traditional and most commonly used option are Digestive Biscuits, or if you’re in the US then the alternative would be Graham Crackers. However there are lots of options for your cheesecake base! You can use Oreos of any flavour, Biscoff biscuits, custard creams, bourbon biscuits, and many more. If you use any cream filled biscuits, you will need to reduce the amount of melted butter to 100g. You can also have a cookie base or a brownie base to your cheesecake! Check out all of the Cheesecake recipes on my blog for all of the options.
MASCARPONE OR CREAM CHEESE?
You can use mascarpone instead of cream cheese, it behaves the same and will set well. However I personally much prefer cream cheese. I find mascarpone overly creamy and rich, it’s too overwhelming to eat a lot of. Cream cheese has that nice ‘tang’ to it, however if you can only find mascarpone, you can use lemon juice to cut into the creamyness.
WHAT IS THE BEST CREAM CHEESE TO USE?
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