Oreo Cheesecake

I got this recipe from a friend (charissa) when she brought the cake to school one day and actually attempted to make it for jo on valentine's this year, with alot of his help too, haha.


Oreo Cheesecake!
serves ~10

okay, the end product is definitely no where near the picture's. i actually got this picture off back to the cutting boards and the difference between her cheesecake and mine is 1) the cake from my recipe is much bigger in circumference and height. 2) the cheese itself was filled with oreo crumbs but of course the amount of oreo is really subjected to personal preference =)

Cheesecake filling:
- 5 packets of cream cheese softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup sour cream ( i actually used plain yoghurt as substitute cause i couldnt find the cream in the supermarkets)
- 3/4 milk or 1 cup irish cream
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tube oreo broken into quarters
- 1 tube oreo grounded coarsely
- optional: 2 tsp gelatin

Oreo Crust:
- 5 tubes of oreos finely grounded (this is really subjective. my friend and i actually like oreo alot so we put more tubes)
- 3/4 cup melted butter

For the crust:

1) Blend oreos into crust. (Alternatively you could pound it manually)
2) Add just enough melted butter to oreos for sticky mixture
3) Press sticky oreo crumbs onto bottom and sides of 10 inch pan
4) Harden crust until required ( Im not very sure about this but i actually put it overnight in the freezer and it was really so hard to cut)

For the filling:

1) Mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth
2) Mix in sour cream (or yoghurt, in my case!)
3) Blend in milk/ irish cream
4) Mix in eggs, one at a time, mixing until enough to incorporate
5) Add in vanilla essence and mix
6) Blend in coarsely grounded oreo and oreo quarters
7) Pour batter into prepared oreo crust

Put into freezer and leave overnight.

this was an awesome cake but really fattening, haha. pretty expensive because of the cheese too(cheese alone easily amounted to about $25)! And the minus point is before you slice the cake, you actually have to take it out from the freezer for it to soften a lil first, but you must also be careful and not leave it out for more than 15 minutes or the top layer of cheese would start to melt. otherwise, definite must try for oreo and cheese lovers =]