Ribena Marble Cheesecake

I love cheesecake and so does the little ones at home. This is my 4th time doing non baked cheesecake. It is just so easy and simple because there is no baking involve.  Love the Ribena taste as it is just so refreshing and chilling, just nice for today hot weather.

 

Ingredients

crust:

150g digestive biscuits, finely crushed
60g butter, melted

filling:

100ml water
20g (2 tablespoons) gelatin granules/powder
250g cream cheese, soften at room temperature
75g caster sugar
250ml (1 cup) natural plain yogurt
75ml Ribena blackcurrant juice cordial

topping: (I omitted this)

100ml water
2 teaspoons gelatin granules/powder
80ml Ribena blackcurrant juice cordial.

Method:

 

1.   Line the sides of a 18-20cm round pan (with a removable base) with parchment paper or clear plastic sheet (I cut out a strip of plastic sheet from a cookie bag), set aside. To make the crust, combine crushed digestive biscuits and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. With the back of a spoon, press the biscuit crumbs onto the base of the prepared pan. Chill in the freezer compartment for at least 1 hour. (To ensure the crust is even, I used the base of a flat-bottom glass to press down the crumbs.)

2.   Filling: Measure water into a bowl and sprinkle in the gelatin (without stirring with a spoon). Set aside to allow the gelatin grains to swell (10 mins) before setting the bowl over a pot of simmering hot water. Stir with a spoon and once the gelatin melts, remove the bowl from the pot and set aside to cool to room temperature.

3.   With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Add in the gelatin solution and yogurt, beat till the mixture turns smooth.

4.   Divide mixture evenly into two bowls (about 1 cup each). Add 75ml of Ribena into one of the bowls and mix well with a spatula.

5.   Spoon the two mixtures in alternate blobs into the chilled crust. Level top and swirl with a knife through the mixture to create a marble effect. Refrigerate until set (about 2 hours as stated in the recipe, but I left mine to set over night since I omitted the topping).

6.   Topping: Measure water into a bowl and sprinkle in the gelatin. Set aside to allow the gelatin grains to swell (10 mins) before setting the bowl over a pot of simmering hot water. Stir with a spoon and once the gelatin melts, remove bowl from the pot and stir in 80ml of Ribena. Set aside to cool. When completely cooled, pour mixture over the cheesecake and chill for several hours or overnight until set.

Got this beautiful recipe Ribena Marble Cheesecake from HHB, Thanks to her for sharing.

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Wishing a very Happy Mother's day to all the Beautiful Moms!! !!

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I started off with the making of sponge cake with the usual recipe then the mango mousse. All went well until I started layering the sponge with mousse yesterday morning. Somehow the sponge cake was thicker this time round and I didn’t notice it at all (~_~).  By the time I realized, it was too late already.  The mousse has reached the top of the cake ring and there is just no space left for my mango puree topping L so I end up with just topping it with some fruits. :P