Speculaas Cheesecake
Speculaas Cheesecake is the best dessert to serve at Thanksgiving or Christmas. A rich cream cheese filling pairs with Dutch spiced cookies.
Servings: 12
Calories: 485kcal
Equipment
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- springform pan
- whisk
- mixing bowl
- spatula
Ingredients
Speculaas Base
- 80 g Butter
- 150 g Ground Speculaas Cookies
Filling
- 250 g Ricotta
- 250 g Cream Cheese
- 300 g White Sugar
- 5 Eggs
- 60 g White Chocolate
- 60 g Ground Speculaas Cookies
Topping
- 200 g Sour Cream
- 2 tbsp White Sugar
- 3 tbsp Strong Coffee
- 100 g Speculaas Cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a springform pan baking tin and cover the bottom with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter and mix with ground Speculoos cookies. Distribute over the bottom of the springform pan and press down with your hands until smooth and level. Place in the fridge to cool.
- Whisk the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs one by one, beating well each time.
- Melt the chocolate and add to the cheese mixture. Add the ground Speculaas cookies. Pour the mixture into the springform pan and bake for 1 hour.
- Mix the sour cream with the sugar and coffee. Spread the topping over the cheesecake while still warm and bake another 5 minutes at 325 F.
- With a knife, loosen the cheesecake from the sides of the springform, but don't remove the tin yet.
- Leave to cool for at least 2 hours in the fridge.
- Before serving top the cheesecake with Speculaas Cookie pieces.
Nutrition
Calories: 485kcal | Carbohydrates: 46.6g | Protein: 11.1g | Fat: 29.6g | Saturated Fat: 16.5g | Cholesterol: 217mg | Sodium: 298mg | Potassium: 159mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35.4g | Calcium: 147mg | Iron: 1mg
