Name: Luscious lemon baked cheesecake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Cuts into 10 slices
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g digestive biscuits; 100g butter melted; 250g tub mascarpone; 600g soft cheese; 2 eggs plus 2 yolks; zest 3 lemons juice of 1; 4 tbsp plain flour; 175g caster sugar; ½ a 284ml pot soured cream; 3 tbsp lemon curd; handful raspberries to serve (optional)

225g digestive biscuits
100g butter
melted
250g tub mascarpone
600g soft cheese
2 eggs
plus 2 yolks
zest 3 lemons
juice of 1
4 tbsp plain flour
175g caster sugar

For the topping

½ a 284ml pot soured cream
3 tbsp lemon curd
handful raspberries
to serve (optional)

Method

step 1
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line the bottom of a 23cm springform tin with greaseproof paper. Tip the biscuits and melted butter into a food processor, then blitz to make fine crumbs. Press into the tin and chill.
step 2
Whisk all the other ingredients in a large bowl until completely combined, pour into the tin, then bake for 35-40 mins until the cheesecake has a uniform wobble.
step 3
Turn off the oven and leave the cake inside until cool. When it is completely cooled, remove from the tin and top with soured cream. Swirl lemon curd over the top and decorate with raspberries, if you like.