This Strawberry Cheesecake is a cake I made for my husband’s anniversary. It was such a hit that I’ve been making it regularly ever since. I wanted to design a three-colored layered cheesecake, which led to the idea of a strawberry cheesecake with a chocolate crust.
The crust is crafted from a rich chocolate biscuit dough. If you prefer a quicker option, feel free to use your favorite chocolate cookies, such as Oreo cookies, instead of making the dough from scratch.
Topping the cheesecake with fresh strawberries turned out perfectly, adding a burst of flavor and a beautiful finish. You won’t regret trying this cheesecake recipe—it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser, and kids will absolutely love it too.
How to make strawberry cheesecake
Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F).
To prepare the crust, mix all the ingredients in a food processor until crumbs form. Press the crumbs into the bottom of a 10-inch (26 cm) springform pan (with a removable base), ensuring they stick together without losing their crumby texture.
For the cheese filling, beat the cheese, sour cream, cornstarch, vanilla extract, honey, and sugar in a food processor until well blended. Add the eggs one at a time, ensuring each egg is fully absorbed before adding the next. Pour the filling over the prepared crust.
Bake for 40-50 minutes. Run a sharp knife completely around the inside edge of the pan. Let the cheesecake cool completely at room temperature. Refrigerate it overnight.
To serve, remove the sides of the pan. Garnish with strawberry slices, mint leaves, and fresh strawberries. Hope you will try it out and enjoy your delicious homemade cheesecake! If you do, make sure to share the photos with me on Instagram.
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
- 150 g butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 11 tbsp flour
Filling
- 500 g cream cheese or fresh ricotta cheese
- 200 g sour cream
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 5 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 tbsp corn starch (optional)
Garnish
- sliced fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 150C (300 F).
Prepare the crust.
- For the crust mix all ingredients in a food processor until crumbs are formed.
- Press the crumbs into the bottom of a 10-inch (26 cm) springform pan (with a removable base) so that they stick together but not so much that it'll lose its crumby texture.
Prepare the cheese filling.
- For the cheese filling beat cheese, sour cream, cornstarch, vanilla extract, honey and sugar in a food processor until well blended. Start adding the eggs one at a time until each egg is absorbed.
- Pour the filling over the prepared crust.
- Bake for 40-50 minutes until the cheesecake is set. Run a sharp knife completely around the inside edge of the pan. Let it cool completely at room temperature. You can serve or refrigerate overnight.
- To serve, remove sides of the pan. Garnish with strawberry slices,mint leaves and strawberry topping.
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Beautiful photo and the cheesecake looks delicious!!
Strawberry cheesecake is my favorite! There’s just something about the sweet of the strawberry and the creamy cake that makes my heart happy. Look gorgeous!
This cake is GORGEOUS! Almost too pretty to eat! I bet it tastes as marvelous as it looks. Very nice…. : )
This is so gorgeous! I will be making this for my husband soon, cheesecake is his favorite!
Such a gorgeous cheesecake…perfect for the delicious strawberries this spring! My daughter would love this (and me, too!).
This cheesecake looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it!!
I love cheesecake! such a pretty picture too!
OMG! This is gorgeous! Bookmarked to make soon!
New to your blog; happy I found you!
Yum
Simple enough to make often. On the other hand way to delicious to make often, my treadmill would be worn out.
Man this recipe looks AMAZING. Thanks for sharing and posting this!
Strawberries, cheesecake and chocolate all in one! This is a dream come true for us all!
Hi. Do you think yogurt can be substituted for the sour cream. Stores in Nigeria don’t usually carry sour cream
Hi Tolu.
Yes, with fat yogurt. ( fat greek yogurt)
I tried already some of your recipes and all of them came out very delicious and beautiful. This one as well! Thank you, Ella, for the recipe and the inspiration!