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No-bake Cadbury Creme Egg cheesecake
A show-stopping Cadbury Creme Egg cheesecake to make for a delicious Easter dessert
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- Difficulty: Medium
- Serves 8+
- Vegetarian
- Freezable
Preparation
- Total time
- 3 Hrs 30 Mins
- Preparation time
- 3 Hrs 30 Mins
For the base
300g chocolate digestive biscuits
150g unsalted butter
For the cheesecake
600ml double cream
150g icing sugar
560g cream cheese (2x 280g pots)
½ lemon (just the juice)
267g Mini Cadbury Creme Eggs (3x 89g bags - unwrapped and cut into quarters)
To decorate
3 Cadbury Creme Eggs
150g white chocolate
75g milk chocolate
yellow gel food colouring
To make the cheesecake base, first use a rolling pin to finely crush the biscuits
Melt the butter, mix in with the crushed biscuits and press into a cake tin with removable bottom
Add the double cream and icing sugar to a large bowl, and beat the mixture together until it forms soft, floppy peaks
Very gently fold the cream cheese, lemon juice and chopped mini Creme Eggs into the double cream until everything is combined - you can add more lemon juice if you prefer a stronger flavour
Place the mixture on top of the biscuit base, then use the back of a spoon to smooth it out
Leave in the fridge to firm up the cream mixture for at least 3 hours or overnight
Remove from the tin by running a slim, sharp knife around the edge and popping it out
Melt your milk chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, allow to cool for 5 minutes and then drizzle over the top
Melt your white chocolate, allow to cool for 5 minutes and drizzle half over the top
Colour the remaining half of the white chocolate with a little yellow gel colour and drizzle over the top
Unwrap and cut the remaining Creme Eggs in half. Place them on top of the cheesecake on top to decorate
You will need
- Disposable piping bags (for a really neat chocolate drizzle on top) - you can buy a pack of 100 - see more details here at Amazon.
- 7" cake tin with removable bottom - see more details here at Amazon.
- Large mixing bowl
Tips
Wow your friends and family with this stunning Cadbury Creme Egg Cheesecake!
Here are some useful tips when making this Easter cake recipe:
- Can't find mini Creme Eggs to use inside the cake? Just replace them with large Creme Eggs!
- Don't forget the prep time includes a minimum of 3 hours chilling in the fridge.
- The Creme Eggs are easier to cut if you've stored them in the fridge for a couple of hours to firm up.
- Get the kids involved with cooking! Even young kids can help crush the biscuits (just pop them in a sealed freezer bag and let the kids have at them with a rolling pin), while older kids can help weigh and measure the ingredients and even mix them together.
- A suggestions from one of our readers: 'Try adding lemon juice to the chocolate with yellow food colouring, it loosens it up a treat.'
This makes a stunning Easter centrepiece. For more great ideas, check out all our Easter recipes.
Variations
Check out some of these alternative ideas for this yummy Easter cake recipe:
- In a hurry? Make individual mini Creme Egg cheesecakes in ramekins – they'll take much less time to chill and set in the fridge (and they look super cute, too!).
- We think this looks stunning with classic Creme Eggs, but if you're a real chocoholic, you can always add some chopped Mini Eggs or your favourite chocolate, too!
- Try using chocolate digestives for the base for a totally decadent dessert.
- For even more fun, get the kids to decorate with Mini eggs instead – because they're so cute and colourful and add a great crunch. See how effective it could look - Mini Egg Easter cake.
- Swap out the cream cheese for mascarpone instead – it'll take this Easter dessert up to the next level!
For more Easter-themed cakes and bakes, browse the rest of our Easter baking recipes for kids.
Reviews
Kate W(131)404956
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Loved making this recipe for a friend who adores crème eggs… I used a 9” tin and the amount was perfect. The only thing I would say is it was expensive to make but it looks great and tastes amazing.
Reviewed on 19/05/22
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I've just made this for Easter Day,. It tastes delicious but there was enough filling mixture for three different size cheesecakes...the seven inch one is deep too !
Reviewed on 31/03/18
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Just made this for a family Easter dinner. I used a 9" Springform tin and the filling filled it. I also used plain digestives instead of chocolate. I used 100g of each chocolate and didn't bother with the yellow colouring purely because I didn't have any. I'm really pleased with it and after licking the bowl it tasted delicous. Not cheap to make but a real showstopper to bring to the table. Happy Easter.
Reviewed on 27/03/16
Saralara
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made this back in March for my sons surprise baptism party and it came out a real treat! Everybody loved it and pictures were posted of it on Instagram and Facebook-needless to say guests loved it! One thing I did find tricky was the gel-as I used the wrong stuff but it still came out great! Fantastic recipe and really really yummy!!!
Reviewed on 08/07/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Bit late to the party but might help people for next year, try adding lemon juice to the chocolate with yellow food colouring it loosens it up a treat.
Reviewed on 31/05/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Delicious cheesecake! Expensive to make though but worth it. I had to split mine into 2 tins as there was so much, would definitely half the amount of ingredients next time and it will still easily serve 8. The yellow gel food colouring turned the chocolate into a fondant consistency so had to leave that off.
Reviewed on 07/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made it for my mums bday / Easter was so yummy and pretty straight forward too considering I've not done a cheesecake like that before! Kids loved it
Reviewed on 06/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Very easy to make. I used a 9" tin and kept all the ingredients the same. I couldn't find mini crime eggs so just chopped up standard creme eggs and it worked fine. I would agree that you don't need as much chocolate on top and I opted for mini eggs to decorate but very pleased with the end result!
Reviewed on 05/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I combined all reviews: 8in tin, full base mixture, half topping mixture (but I used the full amount of lemon juice and beat the cream cheese before folding it in), two-thirds chocolate topping (didn't bother with the yellow), split 5 mini creme eggs on top to make 10 portions (get them ready before you drizzle on the white choc so you can add them immediately so they stick). Delicious and so easy!
Reviewed on 05/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.I've never made an easter cake before but when I saw this recipe, I thought 'oh yeah'!! I'm pleased with how it looks, haven't tried it yet though. As I added the yellow food gel, my chocolate hardened up and it was so difficult to make it runny again!
Reviewed on 05/04/15
Guest
★★★☆☆ Rated 3 out of 5 stars.Oh no just come to decorate my cheese cake and it hasn't harden up over night any suggestions? It's for a party today
Reviewed on 05/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.OMG this is amazing...mine didn't look as pretty as this but tasted delicious
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Laura, you will need lemon juice in because this is what makes the mixture thicken in the fridge. There's no reason why you can't half the recipe otherwise. I've just made it for the first time - it's delicious! You do need to make sure you have a high sided cake tin though otherwise you will have mixture left over
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Hi, is it possible to adapt the recipe, halving any of the ingredients etc? I really wanted to make this tonight but i only have 280ml of the cream and no lemon.... and am a crap cook anyway so any advise, tips etc would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.I've just made this prior to the chocolate decoration stage. There is no way it will fit in a 7" tin so beware! It fits perfectly into a high sided 8" tin though. Also it looks more like it would happily feed 12 people. If you bring the cream cheese to room temperature for an hour you should have no problems adding it to the whipped cream. I used plain digestives as I thought the extra chocolate in them might be overkill and I also added nearly a whole lemon to take the edge off the sweetness. It has a lovely tartness to it now as I think all the chocolate decoration will need it. Overall easy to make and as far as I've got, it tastes lovely.
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Sandra B(361)
★★★☆☆ Rated 3 out of 5 stars.Just made this cheesecake for my daughter. Very runny in the fridge at this point - been in an hour! Can someone tell me if it will firm up?
Reviewed on 04/04/15
Guest
★★☆☆☆ Rated 2 out of 5 stars.I am sure that this recipe is good. I am an avid baker, however I never make cheesecake. So when I attempted this recipe I did exactly as it said, and tried to "gently fold in the cream cheese", which is impossible. You'd need to beat the cream cheese separately first so it's not lumpy. So mine was ruined. I'd suggest rewording the instructions.
Reviewed on 03/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made it for the girls in work and they loved it!!!! Was a huge hit ,easy to make and a bit messy but hey ho looks amazing I think!!!
Reviewed on 01/04/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.wow! this looks AMAZING! Definitely worth breaking my diet for!
Reviewed on 01/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Very easy to make although agree with comments re quantities. I had a 9" low height tin. I increased the biscuit base by 10%, but made the same for the topping and it was too much. The hardest part was trying to make the yellow chocolate for the drizzling - every time I added yellow colouring it made the chocolate go all stiff and look more like scrambled egg. Yuk! Maybe I added too much but needed to in order to get the depth of colour (perhaps orange would have been better). So I've had to leave that off the top unfortunately.
Reviewed on 01/04/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Have to agree with a number of other comments, this is a great cheesecake but the only things that let it down are inaccuracies in the recipe. I used an 8" really deep tin and foolishly didn't read other people's comments until after making this. There was probably about a third too much cheesecake even for my whopping tin, and as for the chocolate decoration on top, I omitted the white chocolate (as nice as it looks, 150g of it would have been really sickly and created a thick layer of chocolate on top) and only used about a third to half of the 60g milk chocolate I melted. It also seemed odd only to decorate with 3 Creme Eggs on top for a cheesecake to serve 8, so I used 4, but it makes 8 enormous portions, even by my standards. Having said all that, it was easy to make and delicious but next time I'll use the same amount of biscuit base, two thirds of the cheesecake and only about 30g chocolate on top.
Reviewed on 29/03/15
Guest
★★★☆☆ Rated 3 out of 5 stars.I would half all the ingredients. The finished cheesecake was way too deep and I used an 8inch tin instead of the 7inch stated. The base was way too thick and the filling very sweet and cloying. Half the ingredients then the portion size will be fine. I also found a sticky liquid leeched from the base of the cheesecake. Most of it ended up in the bin and it's very expensive to make.
Reviewed on 23/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Hello i have made this cheesecake for a dinner party tonight that has just been cancelled. Can i freeze it until Thursday when we have rescheduled for? How long will it keep? Thank you so much for your help.
Reviewed on 20/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Yummy yummy yummy!
Reviewed on 16/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I have made this! A lot of effort but totally worth it hard not to eat the Creme eggs before putting them on the cake!!
Reviewed on 14/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Absolutely delicious, Kathy I used tesco value soft cream cheese only 49p a tub
Reviewed on 08/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Really looking forward to making this !!!!! Which cream cheese did you all use ?
Reviewed on 08/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.This was amazing!! So much fun to make and the kids faces when I brought it through to the front room was priceless! I have already had two people ask for this recipe. This tastes like cheesecake and creme eggs without too much of a sweet taste.
Reviewed on 06/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.mmmmmm! Just the best cheese cake ever
Reviewed on 04/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made this awesome cheesecake last month and it was a big hit with the creme eggs! I recently made creme eggs brownies too which was another good one!
Reviewed on 04/03/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Really tasty and really easy to make. Personally id half the recipe for the cream cheese part as it is so sweet
Reviewed on 28/02/15
Guest
★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.Simply divine! Such a nice Easter treat that's not just for the little ones!
Reviewed on 26/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Yummy!!!!!!
Reviewed on 26/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Perfect!
Reviewed on 23/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.taste great and so easy to do :)
Reviewed on 21/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.Really delicious :-)
Reviewed on 20/02/15
Guest
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.I made this last weekend as a birthday cake for a friend who loves creme eggs - it was absolutely eggs-cellent! 5 stars Netmums. Will definitely make it again soon.
Reviewed on 29/01/15
