Saint's cheesecake

Delicious Sinterklaas recipe for a tasty cheesecake for a wonderful evening ! Surprise them at your home with your own baking for Sinterklaas. Who knows, maybe Sinterklaas will knock on your door for a slice! 

Number: 12 slices
Preparation time: 25 minutes

Ingredients and equipment:

100 g unsalted butter
500 g gingerbread cookies
600 g Monchou cream cheese
8 g vanilla sugar
180 g white caster sugar
4 eggs
125 g sour cream
20 g flour
1.5 tbsp cookie & speculaas spices
chocolate kruidnoten
taai taai

STEP 1.

Start with the base, using 250 grams of finely ground kruidnoten. Place a small pan on the stove and melt the butter. When the butter has completely melted, add the kruidnoten crumbs. Stir until the butter is well incorporated into the crumbs. Line the bottom of your springform pan with parchment paper, then turn the pan with the crumbs upside down into your springform pan. Use a spoon to spread the crumbs over the bottom and press down until there is a compact layer everywhere. Place the base in the refrigerator for a while so that it can set and the warm butter can cool down.

STEP 2.

Take a bowl to start making the cheesecake filling. Beat the cream cheese, vanilla sugar, and caster sugar together. Note: do not beat for too long, just until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time while beating. Once the eggs have been incorporated, add the sour cream. Take a spatula and mix in the cookie and speculaas spices and flour. The batter is now ready and can be spread over the crumb base with the spatula. Now place the kruidnoten one by one to cover the top of the cheesecake with kruidnoten. The cheesecake can now be placed in the oven at 150 degrees for one hour. Is the hour up? Turn off the oven, but leave it for a while with the oven door ajar. This will prevent the cake from sinking too quickly and help it retain its volume. Once completely cooled, cover the cake with foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

STEP 3.

You can now decorate the cake with the remaining spice nuts, chocolate spice nuts, and taai taai dolls. You can also stick the taai taai dolls into the cake by cutting into it with a knife and inserting the doll.