Saint cheesecake

Delicious Sinterklaas recipe for a tasty cheesecake for a delicious evening! Surprise them at your house with their own baking for Sinterklaas. Who knows, maybe St. Nicholas will still knock on your door for a slice! 

Quantity: 12 pie slices
Preparation time: 25 minutes

Ingredients and supplies:

100 gr unsalted butter
500 gr ginger nuts
600 gr monchou cream cheese
8 gr vanilla sugar
180 gr white soft sugar
4 eggs
125 gr sour cream
20 gr flour
1,5 tbsp baking spice
chocolate wedges
sprinkles

STEP 1.

You start with the base, for which you use 250 grams of finely ground spiced nuts. Put a pan on the fire and melt the butter. When the butter is completely melted, you can add the clove crumbs. Stir just until the butter is well absorbed into the crumbs. Line the bottom of your springform pan with baking paper, invert your pan with the crumbs into your springform pan. Using a spoon, spread the crumbs over the bottom and press flat until there is a compact layer everywhere. Put the bottom in the refrigerator for a while to allow it to firm up and the warm butter to cool.

STEP 2.

Grab a bowl to begin the cheesecake filling. Beat together the monchou, vanilla sugar and caster sugar. Be careful not to beat too long, only creamy through. While beating, add the eggs one at a time. When the eggs are incorporated, add the sour cream. Take a spatula and mix in the baking powder and flour. The batter is now ready and may be spread on the crumb base with the spatula. Now place one at a time to seed the top of the cheesecake with cloves. The cheesecake may now go into the oven for an hour at 150 degrees. Is the hour over? Then turn the oven off, but leave it on for a while with the oven door ajar. That way the cake will not collapse as quickly and will retain its volume. Once completely cooled, you may cover the cake with foil and refrigerate it for at least 4 hours.

STEP 3.

You can now decorate the cake with remaining spiced nuts, chocolate spiced nuts and cake pops. You can also insert the gingerbread dolls slightly into the cake by cutting into it with a knife, and inserting the doll.