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Mary Berry’s cherry cheesecake is a baked vanilla cheesecake topped with black cherries glazed in kirsch. It bakes at 180°C (350°F) for 25–30 minutes on a biscuit crumb base in a 23cm (9 in) springform tin. It serves 8. Berry publishes this in Baking with Mary Berry (2015) with a simple five-ingredient filling. The cherry …

Mary Berry’s white chocolate cheesecake is baked with 300g of white chocolate folded through cream cheese and soured cream. It bakes at 160°C (fan 140°C) for 45 minutes on a chocolate digestive base. It serves 8–10. Berry publishes this in her Christmas Collection (2013) with a brief headnote. She pairs it with raspberries and cocoa …

Mary Berry’s American chocolate ripple cheesecake is a baked marbled cheesecake on a chocolate digestive base. Dark chocolate swirls through a vanilla cream cheese filling, baked at 160°C (fan 140°C/325°F/Gas 3) for 1 hour in a 20cm (8 in) springform tin. It serves 8–10. Berry warns in Baking Bible (2010) to “serve this cheesecake in …

Mary Berry’s chocolate and amaretti bars are no-bake treats with dark chocolate, toasted almonds, pine nuts and dried apricots bound with crumbled soft amaretti. They chill for at least three hours, then get a poured chocolate topping. The recipe makes 18 bars. Berry published these in Cooks the Perfect (2014), calling them “lovely to have …

Mary Berry’s chocolate biscuit cake is a no-bake fridge cake made with melted plain chocolate, butter and golden syrup. Crushed digestives and rich tea biscuits go in with chopped walnuts and sultanas. It takes under 15 minutes to assemble, then chills until firm. Berry calls her version Chocolate Nut Tiffin Squares in the Ultimate Cake …

Mary Berry’s chocolate orange cheesecake is a no-bake, gelatine-set dessert on a ginger biscuit base. Dark chocolate, fresh orange zest and juice run through a filling of cream cheese and soured cream. It sets in a 20cm tin, serves 8, and never goes near the oven. Berry never published a cheesecake under this exact name, …

Mary Berry’s lemon and lime cheesecake is a no-bake dessert made with double cream, condensed milk and cream cheese, sharpened with 2 lemons and 1½ limes. It sets on a digestive base in a 20cm (8 in) tart tin and serves 4-6. Berry published this in her Cookery Course (2015), her most detailed teaching book. …

Mary Berry’s heavenly lemon cheesecake on a ginger crust is a five-ingredient, no-bake dessert made with mascarpone, lemon curd and a ginger biscuit base. It chills in a 20cm (8 in) loose-bottomed tin for 4-24 hours and serves 8. Berry first published this in Cook Up a Feast (2010) with Lucy Young. The headnote says …

Mary Berry’s sharp lemon cheesecake is a no-bake dessert set with lemon jelly, made with soft cheese, caster sugar and whipped cream on a Hob Nob base. It chills in a 20cm (8 in) tin and serves 8. Berry calls this “a very smooth, fresh cheesecake” and “the second easiest to make” in the Ultimate …

Mary Berry’s easy lemon cheesecake is a no-bake dessert made with condensed milk, soft cheese and 3 large lemons on a digestive biscuit base. It chills for 3-4 hours or overnight and serves 8. Berry calls this “an excellent quick cheesecake, always popular with the family” in the Ultimate Cake Book (2003). There’s no gelatine …