Gingerbread Cheesecake - Real Recipes from Mums

This gingerbread cheesecake is a really decadent dessert and perfect for Christmas Day or for any of those Christmas gatherings that always happen around the festive season.
Also perfect for any time of the year really!

Ingredients (serves 12 | makes 1 large cheesecake)

1 packet Ginger Snaps or Gingerbread Biscuits
2 tins Nestle Top n Fill Caramel
500g Cream Cheese
2 - 4 tablespoons Ground Ginger
2 - 4 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
8 - 10 White Chocolate Melts
6 teaspoons Gelatine Powder
1/2 cup Thickened Cream

Method

Place full packet of biscuits into food processor and blitz until the mixture resembles find breadcrumbs.
Melt the butter and add to the biscuit crumbs and blitz for another 10 seconds.
Press the biscuit mixture into the base of a 20 - 25cm springform pan, flan dish or small individual springform pans. Place into the fridge to chill.
Place the caramel, cream cheese, cream, ginger (increase or decrease the amount depending on how gingery you want your flavour to be), cinnamon and gelatine powder. Blitz on high for 3 - 5 minutes until you have a lovely smooth consistency and all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
Pour the mixture on top of the biscuit base and refrigerate for a minimum of 8 hours - preferably overnight.
Melt the white chocolate and pipe gingerbread inspired designs onto the top of your cheesecake. Place back into the fridge until ready to serve.
Remove from fridge, run a warm cloth around the outside of the springform tin and then remove. Sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.

Notes

This recipe is super easy and really, really quick to make. The only long part is the waiting for it to set! If you're expecting super hot weather, add a couple more teaspoons of gelatine ... or consider popping this in the freezer for a few hours before you serve to make it a Semi Freddo instead of cheesecake!

87 Comments

- - tessie said
  - 18 Dec 2022
    1:35 pm
I can’t believe I finally found this recipe again. I want to make this again this year because it’s the best and tastiest one I’ve ever made.

- - mom169205 said
  - 15 Jan 2022
    4:23 pm
This recipe looks very different nice and festive I’ll put it on next years Christmas bake list I’m interested to see how the flavour combo tastes

- - Lovesthecuddles said
  - 11 Dec 2021
    8:42 pm
Yum my mum loves ginger

- - mom111059 said
  - 02 Dec 2021
    11:32 am
I love the look of the gingerbread cheesecake. Very festive and fun for Christmas.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 01 Dec 2021
    6:13 am
This looks so delicious perfect for Christmas lunch

- - mom466425 said
  - 30 Nov 2021
    9:49 pm
This is something my mum would love for me to make for her

- - Ellen said
  - 25 Nov 2021
    8:26 am
Sounds very filling to me !

- - meedee said
  - 22 Nov 2021
    1:06 pm
OMG these sound so scrummy

- - Ellen said
  - 20 Dec 2020
    8:50 am
I quite like a good cheese cake, but ginger cheese cake doesn’t appeal to me.

- - shanika said
  - 14 Dec 2020
    11:58 am
So beautiful. Perfect treat for Christmas.

- - mummabear said
  - 12 Dec 2020
    9:56 am
Yummm I love gingerbread and cake!! Two in one!

- - mom460689 said
  - 11 Dec 2020
    5:09 pm
These are so cute and would taste amazing. I love caramel top and fill. Mmmmm

- - tessie said
  - 11 Dec 2020
    3:16 pm
I made two of these last year. The first one was a bit strong (my son told me 2 – 4 tablespoons of cinnamon) but it was very spicy. I looked at the recipe myself and saw the mistake and with the next one I wore my glasses (yes I need them) and made it with the right measurements and everyone loved it. I’m definitely making it again this year.

- - mom261683 said
  - 11 Dec 2020
    5:19 am
Keep these festive recipes coming. Can’t wait to try this.

- - Kimeeja said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    3:46 pm
cute idea but I’m not a fan of Top’n’fill caramel…….might have to try with my own caramel sauce

- - mom467510 said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    3:24 pm
I love a festive recipe and this looks positively delicious

- - Ness904 said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    10:07 am
Yum! These are a cute idea !

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    8:53 am
Yes! This looks super cute! Definitely have to try!

- - mom103778 said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    8:50 am
Must give this Gingerbread Cheesecake recipe ago for Christmas, it looks really good and reasonable easy to make.

- - rovermum said
  - 10 Dec 2020
    8:22 am
This looks and sounds amazing and something I’d love to try. And you can pile it high with fruit or decorate it in any way you wish.