No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake!
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A no-bake biscoff cheesecake recipe with a lotus biscoff biscuit base, creamy biscoff cookie butter cheesecake topping, whipped cream swirl and biscoff drizzle…. With only a 10 minute prep time, and make ahead friendly, you can blitz, press, whisk, chill and slice.
What is Biscoff?
Biscoff (also called speculoos/speculaas) is a spiced caramelised biscuit, and biscoff is the spreadable cookie butter version made from those biscuits. Commonly found in supermarkets (I am based in the UK, but it is available in many other counties) near other spreads and jams, it’s a delicious and very versatile in baking.
If you can’t find Biscoff where you are, look for a speculoos cookie butter, or spiced biscuit spread, as it does come under various other names as well, depending on the brands.
Making a no-bake cheesecake
The full recipe and method can be found in the recipe card below
The lotus biscuit base
The simplicity of mixing the blitzed biscuits and melted butter to make the base, is incredibly simple, but you do still need to make sure that biscuits are blitzed very finely with no lumps, and to make sure to press it down very firmly into the tin so it doesn’t crumble.
I press mine into the base of an 8″ springform cake tin so that the cheesecake is easier to remove from the tin after setting. I do not line the base, but you can add a piece of parchment paper if you are worried.
The no-bake cheesecake filling
When you whisk the mix up, it really doesn’t take too long at all – it takes me about 45 seconds to make the mixture. This is, of course, dependant on a few things – the temperature of the ingredients, brand of ingredients etc.
- Cream cheese – pretty much ANY full-fat soft cheese works. I would drain any liquid you see on top. Mascarpone is naturally sweeter if you want to use that, and others such as Philadelphia are thick and classic cheesecake
- Cream – use double cream (I’m in the UK – elsewhere it can be called ‘heavy cream’). Our double cream is typically 47% fat content so is very high. If yours is less, you may want to whip the cream separately and then fold through to help it set better
- Sugar – I like to use icing sugar
- Biscoff – smooth, or crunchy – it’s up to you.
I switch between using my stand mixer and my electric hand whisk – but both work very well. You can use either, or neither. When you make a cheesecake without an electric mixer you just have to work a lot harder.
Optional toppings for a cheesecake
You don’t have to decorate a cheesecake like this at all, but you can try a variety of toppings. I generally like to stick to a drizzle of biscoff (as it’s the flavour theme), and some sweetened whipped cream drizzled on top.
If you are to whip your own cream, I would suggest a whipping cream/double cream, so that it sets firmly, using a squirty cream can won’t work as the cream deflates quite quickly. I use a 2d closed star piping tip for my whipped cream.
Tin sizes, scaling and options
The best tin to use for any cheesecake is an 8″ springform cake tin, which is at least a couple inches deep (so the deeper ones that you can buy). This is the tin I use for all of my cheesecakes for consistency in developing recipes.
If you wanted to make a smaller cheesecake, you can halve the recipe and use a 6″ tin – this could serve 6-8 people. If you wanted to increase the cheesecake serving, and use a 9″ tin, you can increase the recipe by about third.
I have a recipe in my third book, Jane’s Patisserie Everyday for mini biscoff cheesecakes, which serves 12 individual cheesecakes.
FAQs
The use of low fat ingredients, or under-whipping
You can use any other brand of spiced biscuit spread that you want – or even switch to a different spread such as Nutella.
Yes! See more storage tips below the recipe card.
Double cream is readily available in the UK. If you do not have it, you need to use the fattiest liquid cream you have, commonly called Heavy Cream in other countries.
This means the mixture has split. You can try blending it until smooth, and then adding a setting agent such as gelatine to help it set. This usually occurs from over mixing.
No-Bake Biscoff Cheesecake recipe
Ingredients
Biscuit Base
- 300 g Lotus/Biscoff biscuits
- 125 g unsalted butter (melted)
Cheesecake Filling
- 500 g cream cheese (full fat)
- 100 g icing sugar
- 250 g Biscoff spread (smooth/crunchy)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300 ml double cream
Optional Decorations
- 150 ml double cream
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 75 g Biscoff spread (melted)
- Biscoff biscuits
Instructions
- Blitz the biscuits for the base in a food processor until they're a fine crumb.
- Mix with the melted butter and press down firmly into an 8"/20cm deep springform tin.
- In a new bowl, mix the cream cheese, vanilla, icing sugar and Biscoff spread until smooth.
- Mix in the double cream and whisk until its thick and holds itself completely!
- (Don't whip it too fast, slow and steady wins the race). Alternatively, you can whip the cream separately to stiff peaks and fold through!
- Spread the mixture evenly over the biscuit base and chill in the fridge for at least 5-6 hours, but preferably overnight.
- Remove from the tin and decorate how you like.
- I whipped together the double cream and icing sugar and piped it on, adding a biscoff biscuit per slice and drizzled over some melted biscoff!
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Notes
- For this recipe you can use either mascarpone or soft cheese, both work perfectly. However, either MUST be full fat
- You might find it easier to melt the spread for 10 seconds before you try and decorate with it
- This cheesecake will last for 3 days in the fridge, once set.
- This cheesecake can be frozen for 3+ months
Recipe updated May 2017
I’ve updated this recipe quite few times, due to ingredient changes and to improve the overall recipe. The original recipe was:
- 150g of digestives
- 150g of Lotus biscuit
- 150g unsalted butter
- And 2x 280g of the Philadelphia cream cheese
The method for the recipe remained the same otherwise.
Storage and freezing
This cheesecake is a fresh product, so must be stored in the fridge. If the fresh ingredients used had a good date, the cheesecake will last for 3+ days.
You can freeze this cheesecake for 3+ months – I would suggest freezing in the tin first, then removing, and storing. SaveSave
Related recipes
Biscoff is genuinely one of my favourite things. My Biscoff cake, Biscoff cookie butter cupcakes and Biscoff cookie butter fudge are just some of the other recipes on my blog using it already and it is delicious – make sure to check out the recipes.
That is the best spoon lick I’ve ever had! Can’t wait to eat it…….
Haha thanks!!
Seen this recipe and looked great!? But when I was making the filling it didn’t quite thicken and started to look curdled. Just went with it and put it in the freezer to see if it will eventually set. Was I meant to whisk the double cream first before adding it in with all the other ingredients?? Xx
How I do it, is how its written in the recipe.. so no, in my method you don’t have to whip the cream up before. However, some people do! Were you using a stand mixer or a hand whisk? x
I used an electric hand whisk? X
Okay as the surface area that you’re whisking is smaller in comparison to a stand mixer it’s easier to curdle if you go to fast 🙂 so if you ever try again, try not to go too fast and move the mixer about a bit more to prevent it x
Looks so tasty! I’d love to make this, but double cream isn’t available in my country.. Any suggestions to replace it? In previous cheesecake recipes I used 1/3 whipped cream and 2/3 mascarpone instead of double cream. Thank you 🙂
Umm I would say try what worked for you before as it really depends on fat content of the whipping cream if that makes sense? But if your method worked then go for that!! 🙂
Sorry have you whisked the cream or have you not whisked the cream? I don’t understand x
OMG I made this for my hubby’s birthday dinner last night it was so delicious and I had many many compliments from the guests. Hubby is a chef and rarely comments on his food but did say how amazing it tasted and how it looked so professional so thank you Jane I will be back in the future for more recipes to impress xx
Oh yaaayyy! I’m so glad it was such a success! Thank you! 🙂 xxx
Hello! Can i substitute the double cream with Philadelphia cream cheese?
No you need the cream as you already have cream cheese in it..
Hello. Just finished making this and hoping I whisked it long enough for it to set, had a cheeky taste of the cream cheese itself once I’d poured it into its tin, that in itself tastes lovely. Can’t wait to decorate it, even put some of mixture in a mini ramekin for myself as my tin is half an inch less in diameter than the one you recommended. Least then I can leave the big one intact til my picnic on Monday. 🙂 Massive thanks
Hiya!
Oh well I’m sure you did – and I’m glad it tastes delicious! I hope everyone at the picnic loves the cheesecake too! x
Hi Jane. Your no bake cheesecake was a total hit with my in laws tonight!! Was so easy to make and turned out absolutely delicious
Thank you so much!!
Ahh that’s amazing! I’m so glad! 🙂
After a weekend of Referendum related anxiety, to take my mind off things I did what I do best, bake! This recipe was the perfect treat for the job, such an amazing, easy and delicious recipe, thank you! ?
Hahaha this is amazing, I’m so glad to have helped during such a time ❤️
Fantastic recipe, everyone loved it. So easy to make, love those biscuits and was something different and new . Big thumbs up.
Aah I am so glad that you all loved it so much! Amazing! Thank you!
Made this yesterday and had it today with some friends! Was super yummy and so easy to make as well 🙂 It had the perfect amount of sugar too, I find that a lot of recipes online have way too much sugar but this was just right 🙂 thank you! xx
Ahh amazing! Thank you so much for letting me know! I do love that about this cheesecake – its not too sweet! 🙂 xx
Your cheesecake looks amazing but could you please suggest a substitute for the speculoos as I haven’t seen anything like that in our local supermarkets here in the UK.
I’m in the uk, and as it says it’s Lotus Biscoff spread as well. Found at all supermarkets next to the Nutella.
That’s brilliant, thank you Jane. I know it’s sad to say but nobody in our family likes Nutella hence probably why I haven’t seen it??