Baked cheese cake

Finally got a bigger oven! Yeah! **Happy** I could bake more and more cakes and cookies. This means that there will be more recipes to be posted. I baked this cheese cake in order to celebrate Mother's day as my mom loves cheese cake. Though she loves Secret Recipe High Fibre Cheese Cake, I thought that making one myself will be more meaningful. :)

You need:

For crust :

160g Mc Vites Biscuits or Marie biscuits

1/2 cup rolled oats (optional)

50g melted butter

3 tbsps fresh milk

For mixture :

500 g cream cheese, leave in room temperature for 1 hour

160g castor sugar

3 eggs

100ml whipping cream

30g yoghurt

1tsp vanilla essence

1 orange & lemon zest (optional)

1) I use Mcvites Digestive biscuits instead of marie biscuits to create the high fibre texture for the crust.

2) Crush the biscuits by using a bag with a wooden roller.

3) In a mixing bowl, mixed crushed biscuits, rolled oats and butter. I've reduced the amount of butter to make it less greasy. Instead, I substituted it with fresh milk or chocolate milk. Another low calorie secret. Hehe... Add in milk till you feel that the biscuits are just enough to stick together.

4) Then, line and grease a round baking tin. Line baking tin evenly with the biscuits mixture. Press firmly. Put in fridge till set.

5) In a new mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Then add in eggs one at a time.

6) Next, add in whipping cream, yoghurt, vanilla essence and zests. Beat mixture till smooth.

7)Pour batter over refrigerated crust. Slightly hit the baking tin to force out the air that was trapped in the batter.

8)Bake in a preheated 180 degree celcius oven for 1 hour.

9) After an hour, take out the cake and leave it cool under room temperature. The cake might crack on the surface. This is normal. No worries, but doesn't look good though.

10) After cake cool, refrigerate it in chiller overnight for best results. There you have your baked cheese cake. You could make it as marble cheese cake by just dividing the cake mixture into 2 portion. Pour one portion over crust. Mixed another portion with 30g melted chocolate. Pour second mixture on top of the first. Using a toothpick, swirl mixture for marble effect.

Happy Mother's Day!!! Cheers! :)