Beary Cute Baked Cheesecake 可爱小熊芝士蛋糕

The original recipe came from this Star Recipe of the week by my friend Imelda. The food design is done by me and be pleased to know that it's an original idea :) Definitely a keeper. And how I wish food design can be copyrighted. I will want to have it registered :P

This recipe makes 6 serving of muffin-sized cheesecakes.

Ingredients:

- 1 block (250g) of cream cheese - cubed and softened (Any brand is ok. I used Philadelphia)

- 65g of castor sugar

- 9 oreo cookies (separate 3 pieces of the cookies and remove the cream, 6 pieces in original form and retaining the cream)

- 1 egg

-1/2 tsp vanilla essence

For decor:

- 9 Ritz Bits biscuits (separate all the biscuits and remove the cheese)

- 18 pieces of chocolate chips

1) Line cupcake cases with 1 (original form) + 1/2 (cream removed) Oreo cookies. Set aside.

2) Beat cream cheese and sugar until combined. Add the egg and vanilla essence and continue to beat until just combined. *Note: Do not over-whisk after beating in the egg. It will incorporate lots of air into the mixture causing the cake to crack easily during baking.

3) Scoop and distribute the mixture evenly into the 6 cases, decorate as shown in pictures above and bake in pre-heated oven at 150deg for 20mins. **Do not worry if the cheesecakes still crack during baking. Any cracks will fuse after cooling in room temperature and a chance that it will disappear completely after chilling. Even if it did not disappear completely, it wouldn't look obvious after chilling.

4) Leave baked cheesecake to cool at room temperature prior to refrigerating. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before consuming (best over-night).

Enjoy!

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