{"id":300,"date":"2013-08-31T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T02:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/?p=300"},"modified":"2015-07-17T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T02:04:12","slug":"cherry-ripe-cheesecake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/2013\/08\/31\/cherry-ripe-cheesecake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Ripe Cheesecake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m having trouble getting good photos of my desserts… they keep being eaten! Here’s another hard-to-photograph success; Cherry Ripe Cheesecake!<\/p>\n

Cherry Ripe Cheesecake<\/h1>\n

Makes a 25cm dia cheesecake<\/em><\/p>\n

Base<\/h2>\n

A: 375g good-quality chocolate biscuits
\nB: 125g butter, melted
\nC: 3tbsp cocoa (for chocoholics)<\/p>\n

Process biscuits in a food processor until very fine. Mix in cocoa.
\nAdd melted butter and stir together.
\nLine a spring-form tin with paper and press the mixture into the base and sides of the tin.
\nTIP: Pour about 2\/3rds of the mixture in, and make the sides first! Then pour the rest in and flatten out a base.<\/em>
\nPlace in the fridge to set.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Filling<\/h2>\n

A: 200g dark chocolate
\nB: 4 large cherry ripe bars
\nC: 1 tin black cherries, drained
\nD: 750g cream cheese, at room temperature
\nE: 100g caster sugar
\nF: 3 eggs<\/p>\n

Chop up chocolate and cherry ripe bars, place in a double boiler to melt.
\nBeat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
\nOnce chocolate has melted take it off the heat, and ensure it’s not too hot.
\nBeat in the chocolate mixture and cherries.
\nPour the filling into the springform tin, and smooth out the top.
\nBake at 180\u00b0C for 50 minutes.
\nSwitch off the heat and prop the door very slightly ajar, let cool for 45 minutes.
\nRefrigerate for at least 3 hours.<\/p>\n

Topping<\/h2>\n

A: 300g cherry jam
\nB: Cherry ripe bars, to decorate<\/p>\n

Microwave jam in a heatproof bowl until liquid.
\nPour evenly over cheesecake.
\nChop or slice cherry ripe bars as desired, decorate top.
\nPlace back in fridge for at least 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n

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Almost ready to eat!<\/p><\/div>\n

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And almost gone!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m having trouble getting good photos of my desserts… they keep being eaten! Here’s another hard-to-photograph success; Cherry Ripe Cheesecake! Cherry Ripe Cheesecake Makes a 25cm dia cheesecake Base A: 375g good-quality chocolate biscuits B: 125g butter, melted C: 3tbsp … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[52,50,51,41,42,43],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-cheesecake","tag-cherry","tag-cherry-ripe","tag-dessert","tag-food-2","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbleach.com\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}