Plum Cheesecake Swirls
( SERVES 6 )

Plum Cheesecake Swirls

NZ Herald 26/4/2006

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Ingredients

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½ cup Wine biscuits, finely crushed (this is roughly 6-7 biscuits)
25 g Butter, melted
3 tbsp Plum jam, sieved
1 Lemon, for 1 tbsp of juice
250 g Cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup Caster sugar
1 tsp Vanilla essence/extract
2 Eggs

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 170 degC. Line 6-hole muffin pan with paper cases.
  2. Combine biscuit crumbs with butter and divide among cases. Press down well then bake for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove to cool. Combine sieved jam and lemon juice. 
  4. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  5. Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour mixture over biscuit bases. 
  6. Place 1/2 teaspoonful of plum jam mixture in droplets on top of each cake and use a skewer to create swirls through the cheese mixture.
  7. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just set. 
  8. Remove to cool and serve with fresh or poached plums.

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