8.24.2009

The Mixing Bowl: Easy Vanilla Cheesecake by Sally Elford

Today's Mixing Bowl recipe comes for Vanilla Cheesecake comes from illustrator and print maker Sally Elford. Based in the UK, Sally is influenced by mid-century artists like Jan Balet, Miroslav Sasek, and, my longtime favorite, Charley Harper! In the past, she has worked with clients such as Oxford University Press, BBC Worldwide, and Readers Digest, to name a few, and recently started creating and selling limited edition prints on her Etsy site where you can find a nice selection of her great designs. Personally, I really love the Peaceful Park print, but check out her shop to find your favorite!

The last few Mixing Bowl posts have been fruit-filled desserts, so I was excited when Sally sent over this vanilla cheesecake recipe! Not that I have anything against fruit, in fact I love it, but this is great recipe to lead us into fall Quick, easy, and a great way to impress your guests. What's could be better?

Click here to check out the illustrations on Sally’s Etsy site and here to check out more images on her Web site. Thanks, Sally!


Recipe and more images after the jump.



Easy Vanilla Cheesecake
(adapted from Cooking for Engineers)


1. Beat together in a bowl:

455g cream cheese or mascarpone cheese
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
50g granulated sugar (make it 100g if using cream cheese)


2. Place 8-10 ginger biscuits in either cupcake cases or ramekin dishes.

3. Dollop mixture evenly over biscuits in cases/dishes

4. Add a sprinkle of nutmeg over each cheesecake

5. On a baking tray pop in oven at 350 F or 175 C
for 15 minutes.

6. Take off tray and cool on wire rack

7. Refrigerate before serving.

Can be topped with soft fruit once cooled – raspberries particularly nice!

If you need help converting the measurements, click here for a nifty conversion calculator.

8 comments:

Paige Appel said...

Yummy and I love the images.

veggievixen said...

super cute! i need to try making cheesecake with mascarpone...sounds divine.

veggievixen said...

about the feta--it tastes something like it, i mean it's salty and vinegar-y. delicious regardless of whether it tastes anything like real feta cheese though :)

Anonymous said...

Erin - THANK YOU for highlighting such amazing artists on dessert girl! I am so happy to know about Sally Elford and Ingela Arrhenius. I rarely bake a damn thing, but I love your style (and daydreaming about an alternate life as a dessert girl...). ~ Merritt

Tres Jolie Studios said...

I love these, they are so pretty! You always find the best things!

dessert girl said...

Merritt: Awww, thanks! That's so sweet!

veggievixen: Interesting! I'll have to try it!

Megan: Thanks!!

Susie said...

this recipe sounds awesome, ginger and vanilla will be delicious! I'll have to try it. Dessert girl you have an amazing website! So many beautiful images and awesome recipes, so stoked I found your site!

dessert girl said...

Thanks, Susie! I love your site, too!!

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