Spring has sprung in the Southern Hemisphere! The sun is getting warmer and the mid day temperature has risen to a hot 32C˚ (89F˚) and September is when we get most of our rain. To celebrate spring, I am taking advantage of the lovely fresh red strawberries that are now available at the market. I have been spoiling my family and friends with little individual cheese cake treats.
The apron in the pictures I bought on one of my trips to the Waterfront in Cape Town at Far-Flung. Here is the recipe –
Individual Cheese Cakes
Makes 24
Base
1 packet (250G) Ginger biscuits, I use the Woolworths brand, crushed
80ml / 80g butter, melted
24 paper cups
Line 24 muffin tin hollows with paper cups. Add butter to biscuits and mix well. Divide the biscuit mixture into each paper cup, using the bottom of the cream container to press the biscuit mixture down. Place in the refrigerator to cool.
Filling
1 tub (250g) smooth cottage cheese
1 tin (397g) condensed milk
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
Juice of 1½ lemons
5g (7,5ml) gelatin
30ml water
250ml fresh cream
24 fresh strawberries
Mix the smooth cottage cheese, condensed milk, lemon rind and lemon juice together till smooth. Soak the gelatin in the water and microwave for 30 seconds on high, check every 10 seconds, until clear. Beat the cream until stiff. Beat the gelatin quickly into the cottage cheese mixture, and fold in the cream. Using an ice cream scoop, one with a little cutting blade, scoop a portion into each base. Chill until set in the refrigerator. Decorate each cheese cake with a fresh strawberry.
If you live in the southern hemisphere side of the world, may you be filled with the joys of spring! For the people in the north! Sorry!
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NikkiM
Buzy Day 
Great recipe! I will be saving this for the next few months and cannot wait to try it when I return home.
Thanks Nikki. Although, we can’t really complain in England as we had a brilliant Summer! However, we are told by weather forecasters that tomorrow will be torrential rain and 60mph gusts! It is The Great North Run ( half marathon) too! Glad I am not fit enough to run in that ! Haha
Enjoy those strawberry cheesecakes!
Hi Nikki, I am experiencing the south spring too, even if here it’s not as warm as where you live. Btw do you live nearby Cape Town, cause I do 🙂
Hi
I live in Pietermaritzburg, the last week I have been traveling around South Africa on my way back, Sadly!
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Hi Nikki, thank you for the recipe; pretty and deliciuos. How funny you are happy with spring and strawberries whilst here in Ohio we are happy with fall, cool weater and pumpkins ;0) Enjoy! Johanna
Thanks Johanna
Yum! And I love the graphic print of the fabric background.
Hiya Nikki, I can’t think of a better way of celebrating the arrival of spring than enjoying your delicious looking individual cheesecakes. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us.
Oh lovely! We are just heading into Autumn here in the Northern hemisphere, so local strawberries are a distant memory!
It’s amazing that we can be so far, yet so near!
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Looks yummy.
It is! Thanks.
These mini cheesecakes look delicious and I have to admit I am envious of your springtime proclamation as we are moving swiftly into Autumn here in the UK.
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Nikki
I too am heading into Autumnand couldn’t be more excited about it! Thank you for the recipe! I think I’ll try adapting it a bit for the cold season (add some spiced pumpkin maybe?) and try your beautiful version come the Spring 🙂
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Nikki
I shall dream of spring.. x
Thanks for stopping by my blog! These look delicious! Jane
Thanks Jane.
I am going to give these a try……sound delicious:-)
Thanks Yvonne
Sounds great! I will have to try these.
Thanks Sarah.
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Oh lucky, lucky you who have the best to come. Here it’s the opposite, autumn has started (even though sunny and nice today) and from that all goes downhill. Lucky me who have something that will brighten up my November darkness 😀
That such a nice thing to say! Thank you!
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Nikki
Looks delicious Nikki! Hope it tasted delicious as well!
They do! I made a batch today they really good!
Individual cheese cakes in muffin cases, what a good idea! We’ve still got local delicious strawberries and raspberries in Devon, SW UK. But I bet the idea would work with chocolate cheesecake too, that could cheer up a dreary winters evening nicely (when they come).
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Those look delicious! And so healthy, too! I bookmarked this page so I can use your recipe sometime, hopefully soon!
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Nikki
It’s kind of cool to think about how it’s Spring in the Southern Hemisphere because, right now on the Easter coast of the U.S., I’m ramping up for fall foliage, pumpkin picking, and apples. How wonderfully strange is our planet Earth!
I had the privilege of been in the States of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan last year October to November. Fall is amazing! We don’t really have season in South Africa!
Thanks for your lovely comment.
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Nikki
P.S Loved halloween!
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try 🙂
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Nikki
YUM 🙂
Enjoy! Thank you for mentioning my “Spring has Sprung” post, very kind of you.
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Nikki
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