Walnut Cheese Cake Recipe

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A slice of walnut cheesecake

Ingredients

CAKE BASE

  • 200 g of walnuts (roughly chopped)
  • 3 tbsps of plain flour
  • 20 g of brown sugar
  • 50 g of corn flakes (blended)
  • 125 g of butter (melted)

    • CAKE

  • 500 g of cream cheese
  • 80 g of brown sugar
  • 60 g of corn flour
  • 1 tsp of butter vanilla
  • 200 ml of maple syrup
  • 150 ml of fresh whipping cream
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 100 g of walnuts (finely chopped)

    • CAKE GLAZING

  • 100 g of white whipping cream (whipped)
  • 250 g of chocolate whipping cream (whipped)
  • Some cocoa powder
  • Some toasted walnuts

    • Utensils

  • 9" loose base pan

    • Methods

    CHEESE CAKE BASE

    1. Melt butter in microwave at High for one minute.
    2. Stir in walnuts, corn flakes and sugar into melted butter.
    3. Press firmly into a 9" loose base tin.
    4. Arrange on a tray.
    5. Wrap outer tin with foil.
    6. Bake in a preheated 160°C oven for 15 minutes or until walnuts are slightly golden in color.
    7. Leave to cool.

    CREAM CHEESE FILLING

    1. Beat cheese until light and creamy.
    2. Add in sugar and butter vanilla and continue beating.
    3. Scrape bowl a few times while beating.
    4. Sift in corn flour and continue beating.
    5. Gradually add in syrup and cream until smooth.
    6. Add in eggs in a few batches at low speed.
    7. Lastly stir in walnuts.
    8. Pour onto cooled base that is prepared from the beginning.
    9. Bake at 160°C preheated oven for one hour or until center is firm to the touch.
    10. Cool cheesecake in oven with door ajar.
    11. Cover cheesecake and refrigerate for 3 hours.

    ASSEMBLING the CAKE

    1. Trim chilled cake's surface to a flat round.
    2. Spread a thin later of whipped whipping cream all round.
    3. Spread a thick layer of whipped chocolate whipping cream all round.
    4. Smoothen with a spatula and use the spatula to spread extra chocolate whipping cream onto the top of cake.
    5. Dust cocoa powder around the edge.
    6. Place chocolate cream semi0ciated walnuts in the center.

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