Recipe for London cheesecake
Creamy London cheesecake from Nigella Lawson’s recipe
Do you like cheesecakes, but they don’t always turn out well for you? What to do to make the cheesecake bake nicely? How to make a light and velvety cheesecake? The answer to these questions is Nigella Lawson’s excellent cheesecake, called London cheesecake. The secret to this cheesecake is egg yolks. Because in addition to whole eggs, we also add egg yolks to the cheesecake mixture. Check out this perfect cheesecake recipe and prepare it for your family.
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Creamy London cheesecake recipe step by step
If you love cheesecakes, you absolutely must make this cheesecake from Nigella Lawson’s recipe – you definitely won’t regret it!
Creamy London cheesecake recipe
Wyposażenie
- Baking pan with a diameter of about 24 cm. A second larger pan for a water bath.
Składniki
ingredients for the cheesecake biscuit base
ingredients for London cheesecake
- 1 kg quark cheese (for cheesecakes – good quality – you can use cream cheese)
- 250 g sugar (- 1 and 1/4 cups)
- 5 eggs (size L)
- 5 egg yolks (from size L eggs)
- 2.5 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2.5 tablespoons vanilla (I used extract, vanilla sugar can also be used)
ingredients for the sour cream topping for cheesecake
- 250 g sour cream (I used sour 18%)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instrukcja
How to make the biscuit base for cheesecake
- Thoroughly blend the biscuits or crush them with a rolling pin.200 g biscuits
- Add the melted butter and mix.100 g butter
- Grease a baking pan with a diameter of about 24 cm with butter and sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs.
- Wrap the bottom and sides of the pan several times with aluminum foil – so that it adheres well to it.
- Pour in the biscuit mixture with butter and thoroughly press it into the bottom of the pan, then refrigerate.
How to make London cheesecake
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius – top/bottom mode.
- Transfer the quark cheese to a mixer bowl and blend on high speed.1 kg quark cheese
- Add eggs and egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla – blend until ingredients are combined.250 g sugar, 5 eggs, 5 egg yolks, 2.5 tablespoons lemon juice, 2.5 tablespoons vanilla
- Pour the cheesecake mixture into the pan with the biscuit base.
- Place a larger pan in the oven (I used a large baking sheet included with the oven) and pour hot water into it.
- Place the springform pan with the cheesecake into this larger pan.
- Bake the cheesecake for 50 minutes.
- Prepare the sour cream topping – mix the sour cream and sugar together.250 g sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar
- After 50 minutes of baking, slightly open the oven door and pour the sour cream topping over the cheesecake.
- Bake the whole thing for another 10 minutes.
- After baking, turn off the oven, slightly open the door, and wait for it to cool.
- Refrigerate the cheesecake for several hours – or preferably overnight.
- Take out half an hour before serving, so the cake can warm up slightly.
Wartości Odżywcze
Nigella’s London Cheesecake – Notes
I recently baked us a creamy London cheesecake from Nigella Lawson’s recipe and I must say it’s heavenly.
Its consistency is smooth, almost silky, and it literally melts in your mouth!
I liked it just as much (if not more) as my last Russian cheesecake.
You absolutely must try this recipe!
How to make London cheesecake – tips
You need good full-fat quark here – I use quark from a tub (I’ve been loyal to Piątnica for years). The quark must be firm and dense – do not use very moist ones. To the dough, we add 5 eggs and an additional 5 egg yolks – so get ready! (From the leftover egg whites, I suggest baking meringues, or egg white cake :D).
Second important thing – How to bake cheesecake? We bake it in a water bath.
How to bake cheesecake in a water bath?
Wrap the cheesecake baking pan tightly with aluminum foil and press it down (you can watch a short video where I show how I prepare the pan for baking cheesecake in a water bath). Pour hot water into a large baking tray from the oven and place the springform pan with the cheesecake into this water-filled tray. Cake baked this way bakes more evenly and then doesn’t sink.
Third thing – towards the end of baking, pour sour cream mixed with sugar over the cheesecake. The cream bakes and forms a kind of topping.
Fourth – chill the creamy London cheesecake in the refrigerator for several hours! The ideal flavor is best enjoyed after a night in the fridge.
I also recommend you try other recipes for delicious cheesecakes!
P.S. I am providing the recipe with my changes.
Recommended Cheesecake Recipes
You must also try my other recipes for delicious homemade cheesecakes – both no-bake and oven-baked. Here I recommend, among others, these three recipes:
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Recipe for London Cheesecake
A recipe for a delicious creamy and velvety cheesecake from Nigella Lawson. This creamy cheesecake is insane! Eating it is a true pleasure. Buy good quality quark for it - preferably full-fat. Also remember about eggs and egg yolks. Thanks to them, the cheesecake is so velvety. London cheesecake is somewhat similar to New York cheesecake. So if you like New York cheesecake, then bake this London cheesecake. You definitely won't regret it.
Nigella Lawson's Creamy Cheesecake
Nigella Lawson is known for the excellence of her recipes, and it's no different with this velvety cheesecake. I loved it from the first bite! You absolutely must try this detailed step-by-step recipe. With it, your cheesecake will always succeed! This cheesecake is baked in a water bath, so read my tips to make sure everything turns out perfectly. London cheesecake will be a decoration for any table; you can bake it for holidays, birthdays, or any family celebration. Highly recommended!
If you like Nigella Lawson's recipes, I also recommend her chocolate cloud cake recipe, chocolate-banana muffins or Persian rose cake.
