Frozen Mini Cheesecakes

Frozen Mini Cheesecakes: Cool down this summer. Image: Irene Muller

Frozen mini cheesecakes – Ice cold and decadent for a hot day

These frozen mini cheesecakes give you the best combination of all your favourite desserts.

Frozen Mini Cheesecakes

Frozen Mini Cheesecakes: Cool down this summer. Image: Irene Muller

Trying to cool down in the blazing heat? Prepare these frozen mini cheesecakes and enjoy these ice-cold treats on a warm summer’s day. These frozen mini cheesecakes are simply divine.

Preparing these cold bites involved quite a process so make sure you have enough time on hands. But the result is worth every minute spent in the kitchen. These dainty desserts need to be frozen overnight, so make sure you monitor the weather forecast so you can prepare them in time for a hot summer’s day.

Who does not love cheesecake? This dessert gives you the best combination of all your favourite desserts. It is a blend of creamy cheesecake and strawberry jelly frozen to a cold delicacy.

Serve these frozen mini cheesecakes on their own, or with ice cream, or as a beautiful topping on any dessert.  They are quite addictive, so make sure you prepare enough! Let us know in the comments of this recipe if you have prepared these delicious bites to cool down.

Frozen Mini Cheesecakes

5 from 2 votes
Recipe by Irene Muller Course: DessertCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

20

minutes
Overnight freezing

8

hours 
Total time

8

hours 

20

minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 packet 1 jelly

  • 225 ml 225 hot water

  • 3 sleeves 3 gelatine

  • 1 tin 1 unsweetened ideal milk (chilled)

  • 1 packet 1 Philadelphia cheese

  • 6 6 large strawberries, chopped

  • 125 ml 125 icing sugar

Method

  • CHEESECAKE
  • Puree the strawberries with a blender.
  • Place 2 gelatine sheets in a cup and fill half with water. place in the microwave for 1 minute. If it needs more melting, add another sheet and microwave for another 30 seconds. Set aside.
  • Combine the strawberries, chilled ideal milk and the Philadelphia cheese with the icing sugar in a mixing bowl and mix well with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. 
  • Add the gelatine and mix well.
  • Take a silicone mini ring mould (with 6 moulds) and spray with cooking spray. 
  • Spoon carefully the mix into the moulds and place in the freezer overnight. 
  • JELLY
  • Add a packet of strawberry jelly in 225 ml boiling water together with 1 sleeve gelatine and heat in the microwave until dissolved. 
  • Let it cool down. 
  • Remove the frozen cheesecakes from freezer, place them on a plate and set aside. 
  • Pour the jelly ⅓ into each mould.
  • Return the frozen cheesecakes into the moulds in the jelly so that they float. 
  • Place back into the freezer for at least 2 hours.
  • Remove just before serving. 

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