Daim Cheesecake
I can only apologise for what you are about to see. When I first made this daim cheesecake I was an unemployed chef back in 2020 who did what she needed to do to make her recipe videos stand out and increase her following…
And what did I do to really make this video POP, you ask? I recorded myself singing my own rendition of ‘Careless Whisper’ by George Michael. This parody was not the hit I was hoping for, instead it has remained hidden within the depths of my TikTok page, undisturbed. Until now. I’m owning it. I’m a mega George Michael and Wham! fan and I’m not ashamed. Love you George, love you Andrew. I also think I lost followers after this tbh.
I couldn’t hide this cheesecake away because it’s a thing of pure beauty. We start with a crunchy Daim and biscuit base, followed by a smooth caramel layer then it’s topped off with a creamy and sweet mascarpone layer that features even more crunched up Daim bars. There’s no baking involved so it’s a great dessert to prep in advance and ideally you want to leave this to set overnight.
If you’re looking for something a lil fruitier, give my cherry bakewell cheesecake a go. This is probs my fave ever cheesecake and is more technical and requires a bit baking, but it’s so worth the extra effort.
My single Careless Whispers of a Daim Cheesecake will be in stores and streamable never x
Ingredients
For the Base
- 220g biscuits
- 4 Daim bars
- 75g butter, melted
For the Middle
- 100g caramel
For the Topping
- 5 Daim bars, crushed
- 340g cream cheese
- 500g mascarpone
- 300ml double cream
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- We're going to start with the base. With your 4 Daim bars, with a knife carefully scrape off the chocolate. Set aside the chocolate for later on.
- Using the bars you've been scraping, crush these into a mixing bowl alongside the biscuits and melted butter. Crush them as much as you want!
- Grab a cake tin or whatever you want to use and add the biscuit base. Make sure you compact it down so it covers the bottom with no gaps.
- Leave this to firm up. Once set, add your caramel layer. Make sure you have an even covering.
- Next, you're going to make the topping. In a large mixing bowl add your mascarpone, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, then mix until all combined and smooth.
- Whip in the double cream and your 5 crushed Daim bars. Again, stir til all combined.
- Add this creamy mixture on top of your caramel layer and then place in the fridge to set overnight.
- Sprinkle over the chocolate scrapings that you saved earlier on as decoration.
- Slice into generous portions and dig in! I like to drizzle over warm chocolate sauce if I'm feeling extra fancy.