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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cheesecake

    Lemon and Berry Swirl Mini Cheesecakes

    Published by Melissa on December 22, 2010 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 45 Comments

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    Lemon and Berry Swirl Mini Cheesecakes

    This year for my family Christmas party I was asked to make dessert – my favorite thing to make for any party! There were about 40 people coming to the party, so I had to make a lot of dessert.

    Berry-Swirl-Cheesecakes

    I love serving mini cheesecakes. Everyone gets their own personal cheesecake, it’s easy to serve, and by baking a fruit swirl into the cheesecake, it’s already decorated and ready to eat.

    Mini-Swirl-Cheesecakes

    Walkers sent me a collection of their delicious, buttery shortbread cookies and I decided they would make a fabulous cheesecake crust. So I made 4 dozen mini cheesecakes; 1 dozen mini lemon cheesecakes with a Walkers Lemon Thins crust, 2 dozen mini raspberry swirl cheesecakes with a Walkers Raspberry Thins crust, and 1 dozen blackberry swirl mini cheesecakes with a graham cracker crust.

    Cookie-Crust

    All the flavors were rich, creamy and fabulous, but the lemon swirl mini cheesecakes were my favorite.

    Berry-Swirl-Cheesecake

    The berry/lemon swirl is easy to do. I just warm some jam/lemon curd in a baggie in the microwave. Trim one corner of the baggie and swirl the jam/curd on top of the cheessecake.

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    Lemon and Berry Swirl Mini Cheesecakes

    Cook Time30 minutes mins
    Total Time30 minutes mins
    Course: Cheesecake
    Keyword: cooking, food, recipe
    Servings: 12 mini cheesecakes
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Walkers Lemon Thins crumbs (1 package)
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • 2 tablespoons melted butter
    • 2 8 oz packages cream cheese softened
    • ½ Cup sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
    • 2 Tablespoons sour cream
    • Pinch of salt

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 300º. In a medium bowl, combined cookie crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and melted butter. Divide crumbs evenly into 12 mini cheesecake or muffin cups. With fingers or round end of a wooden spoon, press crust down evenly.
    • In a stand or electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until well combined. Add in eggs one at a time following with the vanilla, sour cream, pinch of salt. Mix until just combined.
    • Fill each crust almost to the top with cheesecake batter. Pipe about a teaspoon of lemon curd on top of each mini cheesecake and swirl curd into batter with a knife or toothpick to make a pretty design on top.
    • Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cheesecake is set. Remove from oven and let sit in pan at room temperature for 30 minutes before removing. Transfer mini cheesecakes to a cooling rack to cool completely, another 30 minutes or so. Refrigerate until serving.
    • Lemon Curd
    • Combine yolks, lemon zest, lemon juice, and sugar in a small saucepan. Whisk to combine.
    • Set over medium heat, and stir constantly with a wooden spoon, making sure to stir sides and bottom of pan. Cook until mixture is thick enough to coat back of wooden spoon, 5 to 7 minutes.
    • Remove saucepan from heat. Add the butter, one piece at a time, stirring with the wooden spoon until consistency is smooth.
    • Transfer mixture to a medium bowl. Lay a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd to avoid a skin from forming; wrap tightly. Let cool; refrigerate until firm and chilled, at least 1 hour. Store, refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 2 days. (This lemon curd recipe makes more than is necessary for for one batch of mini cheesecakes.)

    Notes

    Berry Swirl Cheesecake: Use Walkers Raspberry Thins instead of Walkers Lemon Thins and substitute approximately ⅓ cup of seedless berry jam for the swirl on top instead of lemon curd.
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    1. ingrid

      January 16, 2011 at 6:46 pm

      They look lovely. I’d have a hard time chosing a favorite.
      ~ingrid

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    2. Joy

      December 29, 2010 at 11:54 am

      Delish!

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    3. Tracy

      December 29, 2010 at 9:40 am

      What gorgeous little treats! I love how easy they are to customize, too!!

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    4. Barbara

      December 28, 2010 at 5:33 am

      I’m with you, Barbara. I love individual desserts. And your cheesecakes look a delight!

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