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Cotton Candy Cheesecake

Pink-and-blue swirled, fairground-sweet and cloud-soft — the prettiest no-bake slice.

Ingredients

  • 200g digestive biscuits, crushed
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 500g cream cheese, room temp
  • 100g powdered sugar
  • 300ml heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cotton candy flavouring
  • Pink gel food colouring
  • Blue gel food colouring
  • Pink cotton candy, to decorate (add just before serving)

How to make it

  1. Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter, press into a 20cm springform pan and chill 30 min.
  2. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and cotton candy flavouring until smooth.
  3. Whip the heavy cream to soft peaks and fold into the filling.
  4. Divide the filling in two, tint one half pink and the other blue, then spoon both into the pan and swirl with a knife.
  5. Chill 6 hours or overnight until set.
  6. Top with a cloud of pink cotton candy just before serving, slice and serve.