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Easy and delicious dessert for Valentines… a buttery biscuit base, vanilla cheesecake, fresh fruit and more… cheesecake for two!<\/h2>\n

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Valentines day<\/h3>\n

It’s nearly that day of the year… Valentines. It’s the day designed to be full of love for your partner, or even friends and family… but yeah. Valentines.  It may sound slightly anti-valentines – but I generally have always thought that Valentines was a bit of a con. It sounds like I’m bitter, but I really just like nothing better than spending the night at home.<\/p>\n

I find that if you go out on valentines, most restaurants have an extremely reduced and pre-set menu, that’s quite pricey. I understand why they do it – because having loads of couples to serve in a short space of time is difficult – but I just think why not have a lovely meal at home?! You can have takeout, you can have fake-out (make your own takeout), you can make an indulgent meal, or you can just have a regularly normal day and crack on with your day. <\/p>\n

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Small Batch Bakes<\/h3>\n

So, in 2025 when I am updating this post, I have started a series called Small Batch Bakes, and I am just obsessed with it. I realised that there was a missing market in my brand for smaller bakes, to suit the people who just want to make fewer portions of recipes. Now, before you go “you can freeze it”, which is true, some people do not have freezer space, some people just don’t want to use as many ingredients, and some people only want to serve 2-6 portions of bakes, and I am here for it. <\/p>\n

The price of ingredients has gone up SO MUCH and it’s painful. I used to buy 30kg of chocolate for \u00a3150, and it’s not \u00a3500+ at the time of writing. So, spreading the ingredients to get more out of it? I’m here for it. My small batch nyc cookies<\/a> and my small batch brownies<\/a> are super popular so far, and these cheesecakes are also glorious. <\/p>\n

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Cheesecake for two<\/h3>\n

So as it’s Valentines, I know there are some of you out there like me, that just basically want a nice dessert that day. I thought I would make a recipe that I think will be popular… cheesecake for two! The perfect portion of cheesecake needed for two slightly-indulgent desserts, perfect for Valentines day!<\/p>\n

I decided for this to go pretty basic, as it’s easy to flavour it yourself depending on what you are after. A basic biscuit base that I always use, and then a creamy and sweet vanilla cheesecake filling. But let’s be honest now, cheesecake is one of the best desserts on the planet. <\/p>\n

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The recipe <\/h3>\n

The biscuit base is the same proportions as my usual biscuit bases – of 2:1 digestive to butter. I use normal and regular digestives, crush them in a bowl with the end of a small rolling pin, and mix in the melted butter. Lightly press into your chosen glass\/dish and crack on. The wonderful thing about this sort of small batch cheesecake is that you just don’t have to press the biscuit down as much as they are served in a contained portion. <\/p>\n

For the cheesecake I followed the same pattern and just reduced the quantities down to have a healthy, but not massive, but not to small a portion of cheesecake. If you choose Philadelphia, it will be more of a tart flavour, if you use mascarpone, it will be sweeter – they both work the same though. It’s easy to whisk this recipe by hand compared to an electric mixer as there are so few ingredients. <\/p>\n

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Flavours <\/h3>\n

If you wanted to flavour this fruity, you could easily add in some lemon juice for example.. maybe 1-2tbsp of lemon juice, or 1\/2tsp of lemon extract. You could fold through some fruit coulis, or chopped berries and so on. These will naturally loosen the filling slightly, but again, as they are served in glasses it’s okay. <\/p>\n

If you wanted to make these chocolatey, you could melt down 35-50g of chocolate<\/a>, and fold it through the mixture, or add in 15-20g of cocoa powder and mix that through. It would work well with any chocolate you fancy, but as the quantities of this cheesecake are so small – you wouldn’t need much. <\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

I thought it was best to stick to the basics, and add some fresh berries on top, some freeze dried raspberries, and some chocolate curls. My friend and I found these the perfect size of cheesecake. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not tiny… but they’re ideal. If you wanted something bigger, take a look at my Valentines cheesecake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am a massive cheesecake fan – so I hope you love these as much as I do. If you wanted four, double them up! If you wanted six.. and so on. I used smaller glasses as I like being able to see in the cheesecake, but you can use any dish they will fit in! ENJOY! AND HAPPY VALENTINES. x<\/p>\n

Tips & Tricks<\/h3>\n
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  • These are best served on the day, but can last 3+ days in the fridge<\/li>\n
  • You could freeze them if you wanted for 3+ months<\/li>\n
  • I just use regular glasses, but you can use ramekins, or anything else you want<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Easy and delicious dessert for Valentines... a buttery biscuit base, vanilla cheesecake, fresh fruit and more... cheesecake for two!<\/span><\/div>\n