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Plum cheesecake swirls
( SERVES 6 )

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NZ Herald 26/4/2006

25 g	Butter, melted
½ cup	Wine biscuits, finely crushed, this is roughly 6-7 biscuits
3 Tbsp	Plum jam, sieved
1 Tbsp	Lemon juice
½ cup	Caster sugar
250 g	Cream cheese, at room temperature
1 tsp	Vanilla extract
2	Eggs

Preheat oven to 170C. Line 6-hole muffin pan with paper cases.
Combine biscuit crumbs with butter and divide among cases. Press down well then bake for 5 minutes.
Remove to cool. Combine sieved jam and lemon juice.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour mixture over biscuit bases.
Place ½ teaspoonful of plum jam mixture in droplets on top of each cake and use a skewer to create swirls through the cheese mixture.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until just set.
Remove to cool and serve with fresh or poached plums.