Name: Love Heart Valentine's Day Cheesecake (No Bake)
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 285 min
Ingredients: 300 g Pink wafer biscuits; 100 g Butter of baking spread (melted); 750 g Full fat cream cheese (I used Philadelphia); 125 g Icing sugar; 1 tsp Vanilla extract (or any flavour of your choice!); 300 ml Double cream; 50 g White chocolate; Pink food colouring; 300 ml Double cream; 1 tbsp Icing sugar; 1 tsp Vanilla extract; Heart sprinkles; Love Heart sweets

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Until I started planning the recipe for this Love Heart Valentine’s Day Cheesecake, I didn’t know that the sweets we know as love hearts in the UK, are known as conversation hearts in the USA. If you’ve not heard of either before, they are little pastel coloured sweets or candies with love related phrases on them such as ‘kiss me’ or ‘it’s love’. They were the inspiration for this cheesecake, which is perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat! The base is made from pink vanilla wafer biscuits, the filling is a creamy no bake vanilla cheesecake, then I coloured some white chocolate with pink food colouring to drizzle over it, and finally added whipped cream, heart sprinkles and love heart sweets of course!

How to make Love Heart Valentine’s Day Cheesecake…

To make the base I crushed the pink wafers and mixed them with melted butter. Then I pressed them into the tin. For the filling I whisked cream cheese, vanilla extract and icing sugar together until smooth. Then I added double cream and whisked it until it was thick.

I poured the filling into the tin and smoothed the top. It chilled in the fridge for several hours. To decorate I melted white chocolate and mixed in pink food colouring. I drizzled it over the cheesecake then added heart sprinkles, whipped cream and Love Heart sweets.

The Love Heart Valentine’s Day Cheesecake is a delicious sweet treat that your loved one, family and friends are sure to enjoy this Valentine’s Day!

How do I make sure the cheesecake sets?

When you’re mixing the filling, you want it to get to a stage where you can scoop some up with your spatula or spoon and you have to give it a tap on the side of the bowl or slight flick of the wrist to get the mixture off the spoon. If it’s sloppy and slides right off the spoon without any encouragement needed, then you need to mix it more. Always use an electric mixer for best results. It’s also very important to use full fat cream cheese and double cream (heavy cream), as any low fat versions will affect the setting of the cheesecake. I always set my cheesecake overnight in the fridge, I’d suggest a minimum of 4 hours.

How do you remove a no bake cheesecake from the tin?

To see step by step photos and a video showing you how to remove a no bake cheesecake from the tin, as well as the answers to lots of other common no bake cheesecake questions, check out my How to make a No Bake Cheesecake guide!

Tips for making the Love Heart Valentine’s Day Cheesecake:

You can use digestive biscuits if you prefer for the biscuit base, just up the melted butter quantity to 125g.
If you can’t get hold of Love Hearts sweets, or Conversation Hearts, you can decorate with any red or Valentine themed sweet you prefer.
To colour the white chocolate I recommend using gel food colouring (I use a brand called Pro Gel) or powder food colouring is also great for colouring chocolate.
The Love Heart sweets do change colour after a while because of the moisture from the double cream, so I’d suggest adding them right before serving so the cheesecake looks its best.

Recommended Equipment and Ingredients*

23cm Springform tin	Electric hand mixer	Pink food colouring
Love Heart sweets	Heart sprinkles	Piping bags
Jem 1E Piping nozzle	Food processor	Pink wafers

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