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    Baked Matcha White Chocolate Cheesecake

    August 21, 2017 By Sara McCleary Updated March 16, 2022 - This post may contain affiliate links

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    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth, creamy, baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    I find that people either love matcha or really don’t think that much of it at all. You may also know matcha as Japanese green tea. Don't mistake matcha with loose leaf or green tea in teabags. It is finely ground powder from specially grown green tea leaves, and is used in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies called chanoyu or sado.

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    Matcha can be fickle to use as an ingredient. Too much will make your dish bitter. Too little and you lose that recognisable green colour.

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    It is a fine balance between taste and looks, but I’ve found the perfect balance. Not too much, but you still have that distinctive matcha colour. Enough for the matcha and white chocolate to harmonise and create something quite delicious.

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    This matcha white chocolate cheesecake is baked. There are quite a few non baked cheesecake recipes on Belly Rumbles, Cheeselova, Strawberry Cheesecake, Lemon Myrtle Cheesecake. We were rather lacking in the baked department. This recipe is for those of you that hate using gelatine but still love a smooth and creamy cheesecake.

    The trick to the smooth and creamy texture of this baked matcha white chocolate cheesecake is baking at a low temperature and then leaving it to cool in the oven.

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    I use salted butter in the crunchy Oreo base, as I wanted to add a slight saltiness to those sweet dark Oreo biscuits. It really rounds out the flavours when you take into consideration the decadent dark chocolate ganache topping.

    The cheesecake is simply decorated with freeze dried strawberry granules. Please do not go running out to buy the granules unless you really really want to.

    I’m sure you have a friend that goes gaga over stationery and tends to purchase bits and pieces all the time. That’s me but with ingredients. I just happened to have some freeze dried strawberries in the cupboard (as you do……). If using freeze dried strawberries, place them on the cheesecake when serving. Otherwise, they will go soggy after some time.

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.
    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    I suggest fresh strawberries as the perfect alternative to top your cheesecake. You could also use grated white chocolate or shards/curls.

    We have some other delicious matcha recipes you will love; Matcha Financier Hearts, Green Tea & Lemon Myrtle Crème Brulee and Beer Battered Mushrooms with Green Tea Salt & Yuzu Mayonnaise.

    I am sure you are going to love my matcha white chocolate cheesecake. Visually a bit of a showstopper, which makes it the perfect cheesecake for those special occasions.

    Sara xxx

    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

    Matcha white chocolate cheesecake, with Oreo base and dark chocolate ganache

    Recipe Author: Sara McCleary
    This is the best matcha white chocolate cheesecake recipe that you will come across. Smooth and creamy baked perfection with an Oreo base. All topped with decadent dark chocolate ganache.
    5 from 8 votes
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 50 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Australian, Belly Rumbles Original
    Servings 10 people
    Calories 903 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 400 grams Oreo biscuits
    • 125 grams butter melted
    • 500 grams cream cheese room temperature
    • 100 grams (½ cup) caster sugar
    • 2 tablespoons matcha
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 tablespoon cornflour
    • 150 ml cream
    • 200 grams white chocolate melted
    • freeze dried strawberry pieces or fresh strawberries to decorate

    Granache

    • 300 ml thickend cream
    • 200 grams dark chocolate

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven 160°C (320°F). Line the base of a 21cm (8 inch) springform cake tin with baking paper.
    • Blitz Oreos (with cream) in a food processor until they have formed a fine crumb.
    • Put Oreo crumbs in a medium size bowl, stir through the melted butter. When crumbs and butter and thoroughly combined place in the lined spring form tin.
    • Press crumb up the sides and along the base of the tin. I find using a flat bottomed thick glass perfect for smoothing out the surface and keeping it uniform in thickness. Once done place in fridge until required.
    • Whisk caster sugar and matcha powder together in a bowl.
    • Using a stand mixer or hand beaters, beat cream cheese, sugar matcha powder mixture and vanilla bean paste together until smooth.
    • Add eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition until mixture is well combined.
    • In a small bowl mix cornflour with 2 tablespoons of cream.
    • Add cornflour slurry, remaining cream and melted white chocolate to the cream cheese mixture. Beat until well combined.
    • Pour cream cheese mixture into prepared Oreo biscuit base.
    • Place springform tin on a lined baking tray and place in oven. The baking tray will catch any butter that leaks from the tin.
    • Bake cheesecake for 50-60 minutes, until it is set in the centre.
    • Once cheesecake is cooked through turn the oven off, and leave the cheesecake in the oven, with the door ajar for a further 2 hours or until cooled.
    • Once cheesecake has completely cooled top with dark chocolate ganache.
    • Place cheesecake in fridge for a few hours to chill before serving.
    • To server remove cheesecake from the springform tin. Decorate with freeze dried or fresh strawberries.

    Granache

    • Place thickened cream and chocolate in a saucepan. Over a low heat stir until chocolate has melted and the mixture has combined completely. Leave to cool for a minute before pouring over the cheesecake.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 903kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 11gFat: 69gSaturated Fat: 38gCholesterol: 197mgSodium: 408mgPotassium: 321mgFiber: 2gSugar: 45gVitamin A: 1880IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 143mgIron: 4mg
    Keyword best baked cheesecake recipe, how to bake a cheesecake, how to stop a baked cheesecake cracking
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Brie

      February 10, 2019 at 8:59 am

      5 stars
      I made this cake today for a birthday. By the time it was done baking, there was no room in the pan for ganache so I made a cardboard collar wrapped in plastic wrap, tucked it into the pan, to contain the ganache. Worked wonderfully! The vanilla bean paste I ordered on Amazon smelled strongly of alcohol but was not detectable in the cake (thankfully). I did not feel the vanilla and matcha flavors were noticeable, but my boyfriend (birthday fella) did. The colors are great, the textures are perfect, and it’s delcious overall. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

      Reply
      • Kelly Stevens

        August 22, 2021 at 11:05 am

        Where’s the recipe?? I subscribed and everything and see no recipe! Wtf??

        Reply
        • Sara McCleary

          August 22, 2021 at 8:41 pm

          Hi Kelly
          You never have to sign up to our newsletter to see the recipes on Belly Rumbles, they are available to everyone.
          Unfortunately for some reason the recipe "fell" off this post. Sometimes glitches happen. The recipe card has been reinstalled, and you can print it out. It is at the end of the post
          If you do end up making it, I hope you enjoy.
          Cheers, Sara

          Reply
    2. B

      May 23, 2018 at 1:06 am

      Could you be more specific with which cream you're using where. You list cream and thickened cream in the ingredients, but then just say "cream" in the recipe.

      Reply
      • Sara

        May 23, 2018 at 10:16 am

        Hi B, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have added the word thickened with the granache instructions as well as giving it its own instructions header to avoid confusion.

        Reply
    3. Anna @ shenANNAgans

      September 01, 2017 at 3:19 pm

      Oh MY but this looks so delicious, inviting, rich and I think very hard to say 'no' to.

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 1:01 pm

        It is a hard one to say no to a slice.

        Reply
    4. Andreya

      August 23, 2017 at 10:50 pm

      5 stars
      wow!!! It's so beautiful and looks very delicious. Perfect dessert for special occasions. I loved it.

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 1:00 pm

        It really is a special occasion dessert.

        Reply
    5. Kaitie

      August 23, 2017 at 10:45 pm

      This looks delicious! What a wonderful dessert to serve after a light lunch or dinner... and in the spring!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 1:00 pm

        Thank you Katie, it is a nice one to serve up to guests.

        Reply
    6. Calleigh - TheForkBite

      August 23, 2017 at 10:41 pm

      Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts, but when I'm thinking of making one, the first thing that comes to mind is, "Should I bake or should I not?". I like it baked to get that dense and velvety taste.

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 1:00 pm

        What I love about this baked cheesecake is that it isn't too dense at all, but it really is velvety.

        Reply
    7. Patty

      August 23, 2017 at 10:15 pm

      5 stars
      Not only this cheesecake looks delicious, it is also beautiful, will certainly try your recipe! 🙂

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:59 pm

        Thanks Patty, she did turn out to be a lovely looking cake.

        Reply
    8. sue | theviewfromgreatisland

      August 23, 2017 at 10:06 pm

      This is just stunning, almost too pretty to eat!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:58 pm

        Awe thanks so much Sue, it is totally worth eating though.

        Reply
    9. Kristen Chidsey

      August 23, 2017 at 9:53 pm

      I am actually NOT a huge matcha fan. BUT what I love to do is natrually "dye" my foods for hoidays. Can we say Christmas or St. Patrick's Day here? FUN~

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:58 pm

        You totally could say Christmas of St Patrick's Day! The freeze dried strawberries add that extra bit of red Christmas fun to the green.

        Reply
    10. Tania|my Kitchen Stories

      August 23, 2017 at 6:56 pm

      Wow just look at that beauty

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:57 pm

        Thanks so much Tania, she did end up being quite a beauty.

        Reply
    11. Elaine @ Flavour and Savour

      August 22, 2017 at 1:41 am

      5 stars
      What a beautiful cake--perfect for any special occasion! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:56 pm

        Thanks Elaine, it really is a special occasion cake.

        Reply
    12. The Food Hunter

      August 22, 2017 at 1:23 am

      What a stunning cake. I would love to try it

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:56 pm

        Thanks so much, it really is a statement cake.

        Reply
    13. Jagruti

      August 21, 2017 at 9:39 pm

      Your cake looks amazing, and mouthwatering thanks

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:56 pm

        Awe thanks so much.

        Reply
    14. Pam Greer

      August 21, 2017 at 8:58 pm

      I love finding ways to use matcha, especially when it's as gorgeous as this cake!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:55 pm

        Thanks so much Pam, I love finding new ways too.

        Reply
    15. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      August 21, 2017 at 8:49 pm

      5 stars
      Wow, what a beautiful cheesecake! I bet those flavors would be wonderful!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:55 pm

        Thanks so much Rebecca, the flavours worked a real treat together.

        Reply
    16. Jane

      August 21, 2017 at 7:03 pm

      Oh my god, that looks insanely good!!! Actually made my tummy growl 😀

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:54 pm

        Hehe, that's what we are here to do, make your belly rumble!

        Reply
    17. Amy | The Cook Report

      August 21, 2017 at 6:32 pm

      5 stars
      This cake is absolutely stunning! Sounds completely irresistible

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:54 pm

        Thanks so much Amy, it really is a great cake.

        Reply
    18. Sandi

      August 21, 2017 at 2:28 pm

      5 stars
      This has such a fun color. You got the matcha blend right.

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:52 pm

        Thanks so much Sandi, matcha can be a fickle thing to cook with at times.

        Reply
    19. Christine

      August 21, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      5 stars
      Love matcha in desserts. This cake looks so gorgeous and impressive!

      Reply
      • Sara

        September 02, 2017 at 12:52 pm

        Thank you so much Christine, it's definitely one for an occasion.

        Reply

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