Baking · Finnish
Glögijuustokakku (Mulled Wine Cheesecake)
Glowing red mulled wine cheesecake looks and tastes like Christmas. The cake is spectacular as is, but you can decorate it if you like, for example with melted white chocolate and whole mulled wine spices.
Smarrig KitchenMachine-translated, original language: Suomi.
Method
- 1
Crush the gingerbread cookies and melt the butter. Combine. Press the mixture onto the bottom of a Ø 22 - 23 cm springform pan lined with parchment paper.
- 2
Place the gelatin sheets for the filling in cold water to soften. Whip the cream and season with cinnamon.
- 3
Bring the mulled wine to a boil in a small saucepan. Melt the gelatin sheets into it. Pour the mixture into the quark and stir. Sweeten with sugar.
- 4
Finally, gently fold the whipped cream into the quark mixture. Pour the filling over the gingerbread base. Smooth the surface.
- 5
Cover with plastic wrap. Let set in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- 6
Prepare the glaze: Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water to soften. Bring 1/2 dl of the mulled wine to a boil. Melt the gelatin sheets into it. Add the remaining cold mulled wine, and carefully pour or spoon it onto the surface of the set cake. Let set in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
- 7
Decorate the cake: Pipe rings along the edge of the cake with melted white chocolate. Create a decorative arrangement using whole mulled wine spices.