Baked lemon cheesecake, a creamy, fresh, and light cake to enjoy as a snack or as a delicious dessert. It is a baked cheesecake with a cocoa cookie base that makes it even more delicious. If you like cheesecakes

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Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Cost: Economical
  • Rest time: 10 Minutes
  • Preparation time: 20 Minutes
  • Portions: 10
  • Cooking methods: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

  • 10 oz cocoa cookies
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 17.6 oz mascarpone
  • 17.6 oz ricotta
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 lemon
  • to taste mint (fresh leaves)
  • 10.6 oz lemon marmalade

Tools

  • 2 Bowls
  • 1 Small bowl
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Electric whisk
  • 1 Lemon grater
  • 1 Knife
  • 1 Parchment paper
  • 1 Springform pan

Baked Lemon Cheesecake Preparation

  • Pour the cookies into a food processor and grind them into a powder.

  • Once ground into powder, transfer them into a bowl.

  • Now cut the butter into pieces and melt it in the microwave for 30/40 seconds.

  • When the butter is melted, transfer it to the bowl with the cookie powder and mix well to combine.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • Then take a springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper, you can also leave the whole sheet resting on the bottom and then close with the spring ring.

    Transfer the cookie mixture, level it well, and place it in the fridge.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • Meanwhile, mix the sugar with the eggs using an electric whisk until the eggs are fluffy.

  • Then add the mascarpone, ricotta, and the grated zest of 2 lemons. Mix again with the whisk until you get a smooth and homogeneous cream.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • Now remove the cheesecake base from the fridge and pour the mascarpone and ricotta cream on it.

    Bake in a preheated oven at 356°F for 45 minutes.

    If after about 30 minutes you see that the cake is browning too much, cover it with aluminum foil and finish baking.

    Once baked, turn off the oven and let it cool completely with the oven door ajar.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • When the cheesecake is cold, spread it with lemon marmalade and decorate as desired with lemon slices and fresh mint leaves.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake
  • And voilà… your baked lemon cheesecake is ready to serve to your guests.

    Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Useful Tips

For the base, I used cocoa cookies but you can easily replace them with classic shortbread cookies, plain cookies, or whole grain shortbread cookies.

For the base, I used cocoa cookies but you can easily replace them with classic shortbread cookies, plain cookies, or whole grain shortbread cookies.

For the base, I used cocoa cookies but you can easily replace them with classic shortbread cookies, plain cookies, or whole grain shortbread cookies.

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