London Cheesecakes

London Cheesecakes are Individual puff pastry slices filled with a frangipane filling and covered with our Sugar and Crumbs Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar.

What are London Cheesecakes?

A London cheesecake is a puff pastry dessert filled with a frangipane sponge cake and decorated in icing.  It has no cheese in the recipe and its not a cake either!  However it is a british dessert that was popular in the 1950s and 60s in London mainly and got its name from the people that remember it!

Ingredients

• 1 x Sheet of ready to roll puff pastry
• 70g Sugar and Crumbs Raspberry Ripple Natural Flavoured Icing Sugar
• 70g Unsalted Butter ( Room Temperature )
• 70g Plain Flour
• 1 x Medium Egg Plus and 1x Medium Egg for brush pastry with 
• 1 Tsp of Baking Powder
• 30g Ground Almonds
• 200g Raspberry Ripple Icing Sugar
• 50g Desiccated Coconut
• 2 Tbsp of Raspberry Jam or you can use Fresh Raspberries Chopped

Instructions

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 165c Fan, 180C Gas Mark 4.  Line a baking tray with parchment paper.

2. In a mixing bowl cream the butter and icing sugar together until smooth then add in the egg, scraping down the sides as you go.

3.  Next take another bowl and add the flour and baking powder, stir in.  Add to the butter mix and fold in, lastly fold in the almonds until combined.

4. Unroll the sheet of puff pastry and cut into 12 rectangles, use a ruler as a guide to get even pieces.

5. Next make a small dent in the middle of 6 of the rectangles and fill each with 1/2 tsp of the jam, then add approx 1Tbsp of the cake mix to each one.  Take the remaining slices and place on top of the 6 filled and use a fork to press down.

6.  Use a pastry brush to brush each top with milk or egg wash.

7.  Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 mins until risen and golden.  Leave to cool fully once baked.

8.  Mix the 200g Icing sugar with the water until you have a thick but spreadable icing.  Cover each London Cheesecake slice with the icing and sprinkle over the desiccated coconut to cover.

Serve and enjoy!

The London Cheesecakes are best eaten within 3 days.  

Keep in an airtight container.

The London Cheesecakes can be frozen before baking (bake in the oven for 35 minutes) and then check piping hot in the centre with skewer.

If you would like to make the custard check out our Homemade Custard Recipe here