Prune Cheese Cake

Photo: Anncoo

Ingredients

Ingredients:

200 grams Pitted prunes

2 tablespoons Sugar

50 ml Dark rum

inch Put the prunes, sugar and dark rum a bowl and leave for

inch Simmer prunes and dark rum a small pot over low heat for about five minutes unt

This recipe is same as Blueberry Cheese Cake

Base - 8" cake tin, grease tin all over and line

100 grams Marie biscuits, crushed

100 grams Butter - melted

Mix all the above ingredients and press onto the cake tin base.

More tips for Crumb Crust (refer here)

Filling:

250 grams Cream cheese (keep at room temperature before use)

65 grams Whipping cream

60 grams Sugar (half portion to egg yolks and egg whites)

3 Egg yolks

3 Egg whites

1/2 teaspoon Vanilla flavour

1 tablespoon Dark rum or Rum compound

Preparation

Base - 8" cake tin, grease tin all over and line

G Marie biscuits, crushed

G Butter - melted

Mix all the above ingredients and press onto the cake tin base.

Filling:

G Cream cheese (keep at room temperature before use)

G Whipping cream

G Sugar (half portion to egg yolks and egg whites)

Egg yolks

Egg whites

Tsp Vanilla flavour

Tbsp Dark rum or Rum compound

Method:

Cream the cheese and half portion of sugar together and slowly add in the whipping cream together with vanilla flavour and dark rum. Beat the mixture till light and fluffy and smooth at medium speed. Scrape bowl and egg yolks one at a time until all combined and transfer to a larger bowl.

Whisk egg whites and balance sugar till peak form. Use rubber spatula to fold egg whites to cheese mixture. Mixture must be light and not watery.

Pour cheese mixture into prepared cake tin.

Steam bake at 160C for about 1 hour. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serve.