Cheesecake with strawberries
A light cheesecake with fresh strawberries and a delicious biscuit base. The cake glaze makes the strawberries shine beautifully and makes the cake the perfect spring recipe.
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE BISCUIT BASE
75 g butter
160 g butter biscuits
a little butter for the mold
FOR THE CHEESECAKE
125 g soft butter
120 g sugar
500 g low-fat quark
3 eggs
200 g cream cheese
1 pack vanilla pudding powder
FOR THE TOPPING
500 g fresh strawberries
1 pack red cake glaze
PREPARATION
Step 1
For the base, melt the butter in a saucepan. Finely grind the butter biscuits with a chopper. Add the biscuits to the butter and mix together. Grease a springform pan (Ø 22cm) and pour the biscuit-butter mixture into the mold. Press down gently with a tablespoon.
Step 2
For the cheesecake, mix the butter with the sugar, quark, eggs and cream cheese. Add the vanilla pudding powder and stir again. Pour the mixture onto the biscuit base and smooth it out. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees (fan oven: 160 degrees). Bake the cheesecake in the preheated oven for approx. 50 minutes. Allow to cool completely, then remove from the tin and place on a cake plate.
Step 3
Wash, clean and quarter the strawberries. Spread the strawberries on the cheesecake. Prepare the cake glaze with 250ml water according to the instructions on the packet and pour over the strawberries and the cheesecake as desired. Allow the glaze to set and serve.
