🇿🇦 South African Cuisine

Amarula Cheesecake

Amarula Cream Liqueur Cheesecake

Prep Time 30 min + chilling

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 420 kcal

A velvety no-bake cheesecake infused with Amarula cream liqueur, set on a crunchy biscuit base, crowned with a shimmering caramel drizzle.

Ingredients

250g Tennis biscuits or digestives, crushed
100g butter, melted
500g cream cheese, softened
200ml cream, whipped
100g icing sugar
80ml Amarula cream liqueur
10g gelatin powder, bloomed in 3 tbsp water
Caramel sauce for drizzling

Instructions

1 Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter. Press firmly into the base of a lined springform pan. Chill.
2 Beat cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped cream and Amarula liqueur.
3 Melt bloomed gelatin gently, cool slightly, and fold into the cheesecake mixture.
4 Pour filling over the biscuit base. Smooth the top with an offset spatula.
5 Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight until firmly set.
6 Unmold and drizzle with caramel sauce before serving.

Did You Know?

Amarula liqueur is made from the fruit of the marula tree, which elephants are famously (though disputedly) said to get drunk on when the fruit ferments naturally on the ground.