{"id":19478,"date":"2021-12-09T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=19478"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:29:20","slug":"candy-cane-cheesecake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2021\/12\/09\/candy-cane-cheesecake\/","title":{"rendered":"Candy Cane Cheesecake!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A delicious no-bake candy cane cheesecake with a chocolate biscuit base, peppermint cheesecake filling, ganache, candy canes and more! Heaven! <\/h2>\n

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Christmas treat!<\/h3>\n

When I think of Christmas I think of various flavours\u2026 and you guys know most of what I love! However, probably the main one?! Mint. I don\u2019t know why, considering my obsession with chocolate orange, I am fully into the mint game! <\/span><\/p>\n

This year, I wanted to do a bit of a showstopper cheesecake\u2026 A CANDY CANE CHEESECAKE!! Yesss, that\u2019s right! I just couldn\u2019t resist posting something I utterly love and adore\u2026 a candy cane cheesecake!! <\/span><\/p>\n

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Candy cane cheesecake<\/h3>\n

This beauty of a recipe is a combination of many things such as a chocolate biscuit base, a mint cheesecake filling, a chocolate ganache topping, whipped peppermint cream, and some candy canes! It\u2019s a bit OTT, but utterly worth every gram of ingredients. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was trying to work out whether to do a chocolate cheesecake filling, and you definitely can if you want – feel free to add 200-300g melted and cooled chocolate, by folding into the cheesecake mixture. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t put chocolate into the mix for this one as my After Eight cheesecake<\/a> is a marriage of chocolate cheesecake and mint cheesecake swirled together, so for this one I just stuck with mint. I used a delicious peppermint extract<\/a>, as it\u2019s the easiest way to get a delightful flavour. <\/span><\/p>\n

As an option, you could fold through some candy cane pieces – the issue with this is that they are very solid pieces of sugar, so it would be a little crunchy! However, if you don\u2019t mind the crunch, it would be amazing! You all know how I am obsessed with fitting a theme. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Cheesecake filling<\/h3>\n

When making a cheesecake, it is SO important to use full-fat ingredients. I am not joking in this, I am not saying it because whatever\u2026 I am saying it because it is vitally important! The best start is to use full-fat soft cream cheese, whether that is Philadelphia which is a classic cheesecake flavour, or mascarpone which is naturally sweeter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Using double cream (heavy cream in other countries) is very important as it\u2019s the fattiest liquid cream there is. You can whip the cream into the cheesecake mixture as I do, or you can whip the cream separately and fold it into the cheesecake mixture. It is completely up to you! If you have an electric whisk<\/a>, then you can do either – without, you may want to whip the cream separately to make sure the mixture stays stiff. <\/span><\/p>\n

I sweeten my cheesecake mixture with icing sugar, but you can use caster sugar. I just find that if you use caster sugar, you may be left with a grainy texture – and then also the peppermint extract I used earlier! Four ingredients and you have a delightful cheesecake filling. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ganache<\/h3>\n

I decided to use a ganache topping and decoration for my candy cane cheesecake because I haven\u2019t done this in a while – I\u2019ve done this before with my creme egg cheesecake<\/a>, and my twix cheesecake<\/a> – and it is just so delicious!! <\/span><\/p>\n

I used the same milk and dark chocolate ganache style as on my mini egg drip cake<\/a> because I adore it. You can of course just do a drizzle of chocolate like on most of my other cheesecakes – such as my galaxy cheesecak<\/a>e, lindt chocolate cheesecake<\/a>, or even my terry\u2019s chocolate orange cheesecake<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

Topping the cheesecake with some homemade whipped cream (just double cream and icing sugar whipped together) and piped on with my usual favourite piping tip – you can definitely leave this off if you don\u2019t like whipped cream, but don\u2019t cheat and use canned squirty cream because it deflates really quickly! <\/span><\/p>\n

You can use mini candy canes, or whole candy canes – or even chop up whatever!! You basically need something candy cane themed to make sure this is a candy cane cheesecake, but you do you and use what you like! I hope you love this cheesecake. Enjoy! Jane x<\/span><\/p>\n

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Candy Cane Cheesecake!<\/h2>\n\t\t
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A delicious no-bake candy cane cheesecake with a chocolate biscuit base, peppermint cheesecake filling, ganache, candy canes and more! Heaven!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t
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Category: <\/span>Dessert<\/span><\/div>
Type: <\/span>Cheesecake<\/span><\/div>
Keyword: <\/span>Christmas<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Prep Time: <\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time: <\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Setting & Decorating Time: <\/span>6 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time: <\/span>6 hours<\/span><\/span> hours<\/span> 40 minutes<\/span><\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t
Servings: <\/span>14<\/span> Slices<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t
Author: <\/span>Jane's Patisserie<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t

Ingredients<\/h3>

Biscuit base<\/h4>