Photo: Toa Heftiba
Vanilla and orange cheesecake with almond sponge, orange and cardamom syrup
22 ingredients
30 min + 2 hr
Makes 2 cheesecakes
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The base of this cheesecake uses a homemade almond sponge, but you could use shop-bought good-quality sponge if you’re short on time.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
903
Calories
25g
Protein
24g
Fat
148g
Carbs
Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 150g/5½oz icing sugar
- 150g/5½oz ground almonds
- 3 free-range eggs
- 90g/3¼oz egg yolksegg yolks
- 275g/9¾oz egg whitesegg whites
- 110g/4oz caster sugar
- 120g/4¼oz plain flour
- 200g/7oz caster sugar
- 2 vanilla pods
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- 4 tbsp cornflour
- 845g/1lb 14oz cream cheese
- 3 free-range eggs
- 375ml/12½fl oz double cream
- 10 oranges, juiced (to make about 400ml/14fl oz orange juice
- 400g/14oz caster sugar
- 4 empty vanilla pods
- 8 cardamom
- 1 orange
- ½ pomegranate
- 1-2 tbsp shredded fresh mint
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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