Cheesecake (serves 6-8)
A cheesecake, generally made with soft cream cheeses and biscuits, is just the thing for a special occasion. Follow this quick and easy recipe to make a simple but delicious cheesecake – without even having to bake!
Ingredients – cake:
1 packet Tennis biscuits
1 tbsp butter
1 tin condensed milk
1 tub fat-free cottage cheese
½ cup lemon juice
Ingredients – topping:
1 tub fresh strawberries and 1 tbsp icing sugar OR a tin of fruit jam (such as raspberry) OR a tin of passionfruit /granadilla pulp
Method:
- Crush the biscuits and mix with the butter to use as a base. Press into a shallow dish.
- Mix the condensed milk, cottage cheese and lemon juice together, and pour over the biscuit base.
- Pick your favourite topping; heat up a tin of jam over a stove until it’s runny and glaze it over your cake, or decorate it with fresh fruit and a sprinkle of icing sugar. Alternatively, glaze a tin of passion fruit / granadilla pulp over your cake.
- Let stand in fridge for at least two hours before serving, and keep any leftovers in the fridge as well.



Hi there
I’m new to cooking and baking so please bear with my silly question – I really want to make this cheesecake but can’t understand how using cottage cheese will give it the smooth texture?
Thanks you
Hi Loren.
I remember doing something similar to this when I was at school and we pushed the cottage cheese through a sieve to make it smooth.
Hope that helps!
Hi Loren I was just browsing and it doesnt look like you received a reply – you must use smooth cottage cheese for this. I usually make it with 250ml fresh cream, stiffly whipped and 3 tsp gelatine dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water. It is really delicious.
Hi, sorry but don’t you get SMOOTH cottage cheese there. I just thought it was available everywhere! Otherwise you can of course use cream cheese.