Description
These delightful V-Day Mini Heart-Shaped Strawberry Cheesecakes are a perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day, combining the rich flavor of cream cheese with fresh strawberries, all in a charming heart shape.
Ingredients
Scale
50 g Biscoff cookies
20 g melted butter
90 g cream cheese
15 g sugar
3 drops vanilla essence
1 tsp lemon juice
70 ml whipped cream
80 g fresh strawberries
30 g sugar
liquid red food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a mini heart-shaped baking pan with parchment paper.
- Crush the Biscoff cookies into fine crumbs and mix them with melted butter until combined.
- Press the cookie mixture firmly into the bottom of the prepared mini heart-shaped pan.
- In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla essence, and lemon juice until smooth.
- Fold in the whipped cream gently into the cream cheese mixture until well incorporated.
- Spoon the cheesecake filling over the cookie base in the mini heart-shaped pan, smoothing the tops with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until set, then let cool at room temperature.
- Meanwhile, prepare the strawberry topping by cooking fresh strawberries with sugar over medium heat until they soften. Add a few drops of red food coloring to enhance the color.
- Once cooled, remove the cheesecakes from the pan and top each heart with the strawberry mixture before serving.
Notes
For a sweeter topping, adjust the sugar in the strawberry mixture to taste. You can also substitute the strawberries with other berries if desired.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cheesecake
- Calories: 210 kcal
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
Keywords: V-Day Mini Heart-Shaped Strawberry Cheesecakes, Valentine's Day, dessert, cheesecake, strawberries