Vanilla and Gingerbread Cheesecake

Name: Vanilla and Gingerbread Cheesecake
Ingredients: 50 g (1 cup) ready-made gingerbread, sliced; 450 g (1 lb) cream cheese; 250 g (1 cup) crème fraîche; 475 ml (2 cups) double cream; 2 vanilla pods, seeds scraped out; 200 g (1½ cups) strawberries; 2 tsp sugar; 2 tsp balsamic vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ultimate Cheesecake Cookbook

By Michael Leventhal

Published 2025

About

Use ready-made gingerbread as a base in these individual cheesecakes topped with strawberries infused in balsamic vinegar.

Ingredients

For the cheesecake

50 g (1 cup) ready-made gingerbread, sliced
450 g (

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Lay the gingerbread onto a tray and leave out overnight to dry. When dry and hard, place into a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs are formed. Set to one side.
Place the cream cheese, sugar, crème fraîche, double cream and vanilla seeds into a large bowl. Whisk together until smooth.
Spoon the cream mixture into a plastic piping bag and carefu