This is a purist’s cheesecake: velvety, sweet and speckled with vanilla, and with a cream cheese tang. And the BEST buttery biscuit base. You can use it as a blank canvas for other flavours, but to me, the simplicity is what makes it.
Top tips for baking the PERFECT, no-cracks, velvety smooth cheesecake. As far as I’m concerned, any baker should know how to make a decent cheesecake - they aren’t tricky to bake, but need a completely different treatment from sponge cakes or cookies. Here are my top tips, learnt over decades of trial and error.