Baked Passionfruit Cheesecake

A delicious and really easy cheesecake to make.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 250  g  plain sweet biscuits
• 125  g butter, melted
• 1  kg cream cheese
• 1 1⁄4 cups caster sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 800  ml passion fruit pulp (the pulp of 4 passionfruits)
• 3  eggs
• 1⁄4 cup  cream

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 160oC.
2. Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until fine crumbs are formed.
3. Tip into a bowl and mix with the melted butter.
4. Press into the bottom and 2cm up the sides of a 22cm lined and buttered spring form pan.
5. Chill.
6. In a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla essence and passionfruit until smooth.
7. Add the eggs one at a time beating lightly after each addition and stir in the cream.
8. Pour into the prepared pastry shell and bake for 1 hour or until set.
9. Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool.
10. Chill for 4 hours or overnight.