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A delicious no-bake Battenberg Cheesecake with a Battenberg shell, biscuit base, almond and jam flavoured cheesecake filling and more. <\/h2>\n

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One of the most highly requested and viral bakes that there have ever been… the Battenberg Cheesecake. Marrying all your favourite Battenberg bits into cheesecake form – what could be better?!<\/p>\n

Battenberg <\/h3>\n

Battenberg is one of those cakes that is an absolute cult classic, and everyone will recognise the iconic square shaped colourful sponges. It’s a cake that I adore, but it’s not one I often make as the steps take far long than others (but don’t worry, a recipe is on it’s way!). <\/p>\n

The cake is typically a light sponge with an almond flavour, coloured pink and yellow, sandwiched with jam and covered in marzipan. This cheesecake recipe is designed to replicate that, in as many ways as possible, whilst still being a cheesecake. <\/p>\n

I was always told that the chequered markings on emergency service vehicles are called battenberg markings after the cake, which is quite cool. And I have made a fair few Battenberg cakes in my time but I have swapped up the colours and flavours to suit themes – even a police cake with blue and yellow! <\/p>\n

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Biscuit Base<\/h3>\n

Because I went with the idea of putting Battenberg cake around the sides of the cake tin, I filled the middle with a biscuit base instead. Sort of like my kitkat cheesecake<\/a>, I just wanted to fill the middle somewhat so there is still a chunk of biscuit base involved. <\/p>\n

I found it best to sandwich the pieces of battenberg around the edge, type in the finely blitzed biscuits mixed with the melted butter, and then press down. I used digestives as they are the most classic biscuit to use in my opinion, but you can use whatever you want, really. If you used a chocolate covered biscuit, or a filled biscuit, make sure to use about 2\/3 of the butter. <\/p>\n

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Cheesecake Filling<\/h3>\n

The cheesecake filling is part of the fun when it comes to this battenberg cheesecake because it’s meant to represent the colours of the battenberg sponge, but also look pretty and taste amazing. I made the yellow part taste like almond, and the pink part taste like a strawberry jam. <\/p>\n

The almond is stronger in flavour compared to the jam, but you can add more jam if you prefer or use a raspberry\/strawberry flavouring in place of the jam. The yellow and pink colouring is purely designed to make it look more like the sponge, as the jam won’t colour the cheesecake mix enough itself. <\/p>\n

I always use strong colours such as this yellow food colouring<\/a> and this pink food colouring<\/a> so that you have to use a minute amount in the recipe. <\/p>\n

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Decoration<\/h3>\n

As the cheesecake is super easy to get in and out of the tin with the cake shell, it makes the decoration really quick and easy as well. I went for a simple decoration of sweetened whipped cream with slices of mini Battenberg cakes because it looked damn cute. <\/p>\n

As always, decoration is entirely up to you – I just do something simple to finish off how the bake and recipe look, but you don’t have to worry too much. You can use sprinkles, melted chocolate, an extra swirl of jam into the top of the cheesecake etc – it’s up to you. <\/p>\n

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Tips & Tricks <\/h3>\n