Wednesday 25 June 2014

Salted Caramel Cheesecake

Chocolate and caramel are a match made in heaven, and the hint of salt in the caramel balances perfectly with the sweetness of the chocolate cookie base.



I'm sure you'll also be pleased to discover that salted caramel is one of the easiest things to whip up - as long as you're patient and careful.


I use the simple salted caramel recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction (linked in the ingredients list). If you follow this recipe you'll end up with a stunningly perfect salted caramel.


 But be sure to follow these tips carefully: Heat the sugar VERY slowly. Keep the heat low and never let anything happen too quickly, you'll end up with toffee. Secondly, add the cream VERY slowly. Adding cold cream to a super hot sugar mixture will go very badly for you if you just chuck it all in. It will bubble a lot. Just be patient. 



*Photos updated May 2015*


Salted Caramel Cheesecake


Serves 8-12

350 g (12 oz) chocolate cookies
100 g (3.5 oz) butter, melted
500 g (18 oz) cream cheese
1/4 Cup sugar
1 Cup salted caramel
1 Cup cream, whipped

1. Grease the base and sides of a 23 cm springform cake tin.

2. Process the cookies to a crumb in a food processor. Add the melted butter and process until well combined. Press into the base and up the sides of the prepared tin. Chill in the refrigerator while making the filling.

3. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and caramel together until there are no lumps of cream cheese remaining. Fold in the whipped cream.

4. Spread the filling into the prepared base and return to the refrigerator to chill until set (give it a couple of hours) before serving.


16 comments:

  1. This cheesecake looks amazing and the recipe is definitely so easy. Now I'll have to make this for the weekend. Thanks so much for sharing. I've pinned and shared.

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    1. Thank you very much Joanne :) I hope you will enjoy the recipe! I'd love to hear what you think of it.

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  2. oh my goodness. Your cheesecakes make me drool all over my keyboard. lol

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    1. HAHA! Oh no Renee!! Well I hope it wasn't too much of a spill! Thanks for your comment :)

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  3. This looks so good! Would love a big slice right now for dessert!

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    1. Thanks Brandi :) Cheesecakes are just the best!

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  4. This cheesecake is gorgeous and so easy to make I know I will want to make it very soon!

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  5. Oh my heavens, look at that beauty and so little ingredients, love it!!

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  6. Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! I love cheesecake...pinning this right now and stumbling too. I would love it if you would link it up with us at Foodie Fridays!

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  7. Man does this look good. I love no bake cheesecakes in the summer!

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  8. Thanks for coming and linking up at #The Weekend Social. Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST on Kitchen Dreaming.com ! I hope to see you there!
    Dina@KitchenDreaming.com

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  9. I love the contradiction between sweet and savory in this sweet!

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  10. Found you via Treasure Box Tuesday :-)

    You can keep gong with those cheesecake recipes if you want...YUM!!!!!

    Would love you to also share with us at Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning :-)

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  11. Thanks for joining us at The Wednesday Roundup! You've been featured this week! Come on by and grab a button to display on your page. Also, having been featured I've pinned this to our link party board! Have a great day!

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  12. This cheesecake looks Amazing and looks yummy...

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