July 2019 Entries

Thank you, Nigella, for being such an inspiration. I have made several versions of this white chocolate cheesecake for the cooking process is relaxingly easy and the eating part wonderfully enjoyable. This one in the picture is the one I made for my father's birthday. I used dark chocolate digestives instead of gingernut biscuits for the base, lined the springform tin with sweet strawberry slices (of various thickness), buried juicy chunks of apricots in the filling, topped the cake with appetising apricot slices, which I treated as pedals and a centrepiece put together with yet another small batch of succulent strawberry slices. To make this celebratory feast even more fabulous for my father and indeed the whole family, I added extra texture and taste to the cheesecake. I did it by making a scant but sweet white wine jelly layer which didn't overwhelm but partnered perfectly with the indulgently intense white chocolate flavour. Finally, I bejewelled the fabulously floral cake with some beady blueberries for I like the fragrantly fruity bursts they give on each bite. We enjoyed the cake very much and made such a lovely memory. Thank you, Nigella.