Easy Lemon Cheesecake (No Bake)

Easy No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake - A delicious lemon cheesecake with a crunchy biscuit base that's absolutely packed full of flavour from the fresh lemon zest and juice. It's unbelievably moreish!

📝 Ingredients

• 100 g digestive biscuits
• 40 g butter
• 250 g cream cheese (I use Philadelphia)
• 280 ml double cream (300g - I prefer to weigh my cream as then I can pour it straight into the bowl I'll be whipping it in)
• 100 g caster sugar
• Zest of 2 1/2 lemons
• 5 tsp lemon juice (This is the juice of just under 2 lemons)
• 75 ml double cream (80g)
• 4 slices of lemon (halved)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Line the base of an 18cm round loose bottomed tin with greaseproof paper or a reusable baking liner.
2. 2Melt the butter (40g).Crush the digestive biscuits (100g). Mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter. Put the biscuit mix into the prepared tin and use the back of a spoon to push it flat. Put the tin into the fridge to chill while you make the topping.
3. 3Finely grate the zest of 2½ lemons. Squeeze out the juice until you have enough for 5 tsp and set aside.
4. 4Whip the double cream (280ml/300g) until it forms a soft peak. Add the cream cheese (250g), caster sugar (100g), lemon zest and lemon juice.Whisk together until combined and thick.
5. 5Remove the tin from the fridge and add the lemon mixture. Add a little at a time and push the mixture down with the back of a spoon, so there are no gaps. Once you've added all of your lemon mixture, smooth the top with a palette knife. Put your cheesecake into the fridge for at least 2 hours to set fully.
6. 6When you're ready to serve, carefully remove the cheesecake from the tin. You may find the edges become a little smudged as you do this. If this happens, simply run a small palette knife around the edge of the cheesecake to smooth it out again.
7. 7--- Decorate your cheesecake ---
8. 8Whip the double cream (75ml/80g) until it forms stiff peaks. Put it into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle (I use a JEM1B) and pipe 8 small swirls of cream around the edge of the cheesecake. Top each swirl with a half slice of lemon.
9. 9Serve.