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Hot cross bun cheesecakes
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Ingredients


150g ginger biscuits

25g sultanas

25g mixed peel

50g butter

½ tsp cinnamon

For the cheesecake filling

280g pack cream cheese

25g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ tsp cinnamon

100g mascarpone

2 eggs


150g icing sugar

½ orange


Prep: 15 MINS
Cook: 35 MINS - 40 MINS

Method

1)Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter 6 x 150ml capacity ramekins.

Place the ginger biscuits in a food processor and blitz until chopped into very small pieces then add the sultanas and mixed peel and blitz again just once or twice to combine.

2)Melt the butter in a pan, then mix in the cinnamon followed by the biscuit mixture.

Divide equally between the ramekins, so the base of each is covered with a layer about 1cm thick. Press down a little with the back of a teaspoon then bake them on a tray in the oven for 10 mins until crisp and golden.

Leave to cool, then turn oven down to 150C/130C fan /gas 2.

3)Whisk together all the cheesecake filling ingredients until smooth.

Place the ramekins on a baking tray and pour some mixture into each one, filling to about 1cm below the rim.

Carefully slide them into the oven and cook for 25-30 mins until just set.

The mixture should still be ever so slightly wobbly when gently tapped.

Don’t worry if it dips a little or cracks.

Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely before covering with cling film and putting in the fridge.

You can make to this point up to 2 days ahead.

4)To make the decoration, place the icing sugar into a large bowl and add enough orange juice to make a stiff paste.

Transfer to a disposable piping bag and snip off the end.

Run a small knife around the edge of the cheesecakes and turn them out onto a board so that the biscuit layer is facing upwards.

Use the orange icing mixture to pipe a cross on the top of each one then use a cake slice or palette knife to place onto plates then sprinkle with the orange zest before serving.

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