Lemon chiffon cheesecake - Real Recipes from Mums

This tasty not-too-sweet zesty cheesecake is the perfect way to round off the perfect meal, or just for a special treat.

Ingredients (serves 8)

250g Arnott's granita biscuits (or ginger biscuits)
125g butter, melted
1 can Nestle evaporated milk, chilled overnight in refrigerator
1 packet lemon jelly crystals
2/3 cup hot water
1 packet cream cheese
1 tsp Vanilla essence
2 lemons, juice and rind
1 cup caster sugar

Method

Crush biscuits and add to melted butter and press into a 9 inch spring form cake tin. Bake in oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees celsius.
Dissolve jelly in hot water. Add lemon juice to make up 1 cup of liquid and also add lemon rind. Whip evaporated milk until very thick.
Beat separately the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Fold into beaten milk. Fold in warm jelly and lemon mixture. Pour into case and chill 24 hours.
Decorate with very thin strips of glaced lemon peel.

Notes

This recipe was a favourite in the 1960s. It is best made the day before.

73 Comments

- - mom418449 said
  - 02 Jun 2021
    9:48 am
I love the name of this cake and it looks irresistible! Thanks for sharing.

- - mummabear said
  - 31 May 2021
    9:53 pm
Interesting way to make a cheese cake. I have a lemon cheesecake recipe but fewer ingredients

- - mumof3 said
  - 20 May 2021
    7:19 am
Wow this is my type of cheesecake!! How Devine.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 16 May 2021
    12:53 am
Holy moly this sounds good! I love how it has lemon flavour in it as lemon flavoured stuff is my fave.
Thank you for sharing.

- - mom363826 said
  - 26 Apr 2021
    7:48 pm
What a lovely sounding cheesecake to make

- - Lovesthecuddles said
  - 08 Jan 2021
    9:14 pm
My husband loves cheesecake always nice to find a new recipe to try

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 07 Jan 2021
    7:46 am
Yummy! Can’t wait for morning teas to be back on at work to bring this tasty treat

- - rachelvk said
  - 11 Jan 2017
    8:30 pm
Looks delicious. Will need to make it.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    3:42 pm
Oh this is definitely my idea of dessert!

- - pakeko said
  - 15 Apr 2016
    8:38 pm
We loved this one and it was a hit with even my 8 year old

- - mom107723 said
  - 07 Apr 2016
    6:47 pm
Honestly never made cheesecake before, everytime i wanted to the kids would baulk and say no, yuk, well the last one has moved out im making lemon cheesecake for Saturday dessert.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 21 Jan 2016
    12:39 pm
Where do you buy your lemon jelly crystals from? I can’t say I’ve noticed them at coles or Woolies.

- - taynik46 said
  - 01 Jan 2016
    9:06 am
i have never made a cheese cake in my entire life – one of my new years resolutions is to make one – printed and will add the ingredients to my next shopping list! – wish me luck

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 30 Nov 2015
    7:15 pm
printed, will make tomorrow – yum

- - youngoldlady said
  - 08 Oct 2015
    8:45 pm
Remember mum making this one and it was tasty, licking the beaters was good too.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 07 Oct 2015
    6:48 pm
this looks incredibly lush and delish – thanks for the easy peasy recipe

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    2:57 pm
Oh wow this looks like a winner!

- - Jacqueline said
  - 20 Sep 2015
    9:47 pm
Very versatile cheesecake & also very old-school. You can mix up the Flavors by eg. Using a strawberry pkt of jelly crystals & fresh strawberries will make it “Strawberry Chiffon Cheesecake” etc.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 19 Sep 2015
    1:51 am
Delicious! Really nice! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

- - dixigirl said
  - 11 Sep 2015
    9:47 am
This looks very inviting Thankyou