TimTam Cheesecake

 

Scrolling through Facebook I came across the recipe for Tim Tam cheesecake. It's getting close to Christmas and I usually make my white tolberone cheesecake but I have been having trouble finding white tolberone this year. Saturday night was the "turning on the Christmas lights" party at my friend’s house so I took this cheesecake for dessert.

 

Tim Tam Cheesecake

Ingredients:

 

2 x 200g packets Tim Tam biscuits
80g butter, melted, cooled
1/4 cup boiling water
3 teaspoons gelatine powder
375g cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup thickened cream
180g block white chocolate, melted, cooled
extra chopped Tim Tam biscuits, to serve

Method:

Step 1
Process 300g biscuits until fine crumbs. Add cooled butter. 

Process until combined (Mixture will come together to form a dough-style mixture, not crumbs) 

Press mixture over base and sides of a 20cm round springform pan. 

Refrigerate while preparing filling.

Step 2
Place boiling water in a small heatproof jug. 

Sprinkle over gelatine. Whisk with a fork until gelatine dissolves. 

Set aside to cool.

Step 3
Roughly chop remaining biscuits. 

Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add cream. Beat until combined. 

Melt white chocolate, if using a microwave melt in short bursts and mix well as it can burn quickly.

 

With motor running, gradually add cooled gelatine mixture and cooled chocolate, beating until combined. 

Fold in chopped biscuits.

Spoon mixture over base.

 Refrigerate overnight or until set.

Top with extra biscuits. Serve.