Timtam cheesecake :)

Ok, so maybe I forgot about this blog... maybe I'm just lazy... Who knows? Who knows anything these days?! I certainly don't.

But what I DO know, without a doubt in my mind, is the absolute deliciousness of Timtams.

That's right, Timtams. The best biscuit made by man. Disagree? Let me know, we'll fight it out.

Combining my love of Timtams and my hubby's love of cheesecake, I whipped up this amazing, creamy, to-die-for Timtam cheesecake adapted from a recipe in a Taste magazine.

It's un-baked of course, because all the best cheesecakes are. And as if we need one more step between making the cheesecake and eating the cheesecake... Really.

THE RECIPE (kind of)

Ingredients:
1 packet of Timtams (I used double coated, because they're the best, but hey, each to their own)
300 g buttersnap biscuits
80g butter
1/4 cup boiling water
3 tsp gelatine
373g cream cheese
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup thickened cream
180 g white chocolate, melted in the microwave and left to cool


Instructions:

1. Blend your biscuits in a food processor. I don't own one, so I banged them with a meat mallet until they were satisfactorily crushed (read: until I became very bored of crushing biscuits and simply decided they were small enough pieces).

2. Pour delicious melted butter into the biscuits (preferably in a bowl) and mix together. Use this to press into the base of your cake tin or tray if you prefer. You should end up with a nice flat base (unless you give up crushing your bikkies like me. Then you will end up with a lumpy, uneven base. But you know what, sometimes life is lumpy and uneven!). Refrigerate your base, regardless of its looks.

3. While your base is chilling (like a villain), place your boiling water in a little bowl, and sprinkle over your gelatine, whisking gently with a fork until the gelatine has dissolved. If some of it clumps together, don't worry, you probably don't need all that gelatine anyway. Try and get the lumps out, but if that doesn't work, simply scoop the (hopefully) small lumps down the drain. That's what I did and my cheesecake still worked fine. Nigella Lawson I am not. Set your little water gelatine bowl aside to cool. Do not dip fingers in to see if it is cool. It most likely is not.

4. Beat your cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together in a large bowl, until light and fluffy. Add the cream and combine. Slowly add in cooled gelatine and white chocolate. Fold in chopped up Timtams, leaving a bit aside for garnish.

5. Scoop your yummy cheesecake batter into your cooled biscuit base, and chill over night. Don't forget to eat a little of the batter to test for poisoning. Top the cheesecake with extra chopped Timtams.