Oreo Cheesecake with Panda

These are super cute right ? I baked this for my boy 10th birthday as a treat. This is super yummy!
My CG group members love them too and I packed for them separately for their kids as well. I will attempt this again.

     Line 8 x 8 x 1 1/2 inch baking pan with parchment paper.

     Cake Base - lined and greased baking pan
     160g Oreo cookies, remove the cream and crush it or grind coarsely
     80g Melted butter or add a little more if needed

Method :

Mix crushed Oreo cookies with butter and press them firmly on the base of the prepared pan and chill in the refrigerator for later use. 

     Cream Cheese filling:

     250g Cream cheese (room temperature)
     70g Sugar
     3 Eggs
     1 tsp Vanilla extract
     1 tbsp Fresh milk
     100ml Sour cream/natural yoghurt
     3 tbsp Plain flour - sifted
     70g Oreo cookies, remove cream and break into quarters, alternatively you can           break the whole Oreo together with the cream if got a sweet tooth

     Method:

Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy.

Add sour cream, milk and vanilla extract, mix well.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each just until blended and add 3 tbsp sifted flour into it and mix well.

Lastly add in Oreo cookies and fold in with a rubber spatula and pour into prepared baking pan.

Bake at pre-heated oven at 150 degrees C for about 30 minutes.

Leave cheesecake to cool completely. Spread chocolate ganache cream on it and decorate as desire or just dust some icing sugar on top.

Chill cheesecake for few hours before serve.

Note: For perfect slices, dip your knife in hot water and quickly dry it off before each cut

Ganache cream
     200g dark chocolate compound
     20g Butter, cubes
     100g Whipping cream

Double boiled the dark chocolate till melted. Add in whipping cream and butter. Stir till chocolate mixture is shiny.

Thanks to Anncoo for sharing this wonderful recipe.