Lemon & Macadamia Cheesecake Log
Recipe: #31360
January 31, 2019
Categories: Desserts, Cheese, Macadamia Nut, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Baby Shower, Birthday, Christmas, Cream Cheese, Heavy Cream, more
"From our weekday newspaper The West Australian. Times are estimated. Please note that refrigerator times have not been included."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (103.6 g)
- Calories 320.8
- Total Fat - 25.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.6 g
- Cholesterol - 42.3 mg
- Sodium - 186.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.4 g
- Sugars - 20.9 g
- Protein - 3.6 g
- Calcium - 70 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
To make filling, pour 1/4 cup of the cream into a small bowl of an electric mixer and reserve remaining cream and refrigerate.
Step 2
Add cream cheese and lemon curd to cream in bowl and beat until soft peaks form and then refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes.
Step 3
To assemble, spread 2 tablespoons of filling onto a serving plate into a 3cm x 30cm rectangle.
Step 4
Sandwich two biscuits together with 1 tablespoon filling and stand upright on its edge in the filling at one end of the plate.
Step 5
Working with one biscuit at a time, spoon 1 tablespoon of filling over one side and then sandwich against biscuit on plate. Repeat with remaining biscuits and filling to form a log-shape.
Step 6
Beat remaining cream in same clean bowl of electric mixer until soft peaks form and then spread over top and sides of log to cover completely.
Step 7
Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Step 8
Just before serving, sprinkle macadamias over log and cut diagonally into 3cm-thick slices.
Step 9
TIP - you can use your favourite plain sweet biscuits to make this treat and for a change try decorating with sliced strawberries.
Tips
No special items needed.