Cream cheese tart

Cream Cheese Tart is a smooth, rich, lightly sweet dessert with a buttery crust and creamy cheesecake-style filling. It’s easier than a full cheesecake but delivers the same luxurious texture — perfect for tea time, celebrations, or high-traffic dessert posts on your recipe website (great for your UK/USA audience).

⏱ Prep Time

• Prep: 20 minutes

• Bake: 35–40 minutes

• Chill: 2 hours

• Total time: about 3 hours

🍴 Equipment

• 9-inch tart pan (removable bottom preferred)

• Mixing bowls

• Electric mixer or whisk

• Rubber spatula

• Baking tray

🧾 Ingredients

For the Crust

• 1½ cups crushed digestive biscuits or graham crackers

• ½ cup melted butter

• 2 tablespoons sugar

For the Cream Cheese Filling

• 16 oz (450g) cream cheese, softened

• ¾ cup granulated sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• ½ cup heavy cream

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Optional Topping

• Fresh berries

• Fruit glaze

• Powdered sugar

📝 Ingredient Notes

• Soft cream cheese prevents lumps — leave at room temp 30 minutes.

• Digestive biscuits give a classic bakery crust (perfect for UK visitors).

• Cornstarch stabilizes filling and prevents cracking.

• Heavy cream makes texture extra silky.

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Step 1 — Prepare the Crust

1. Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C.

2. Mix crushed biscuits, melted butter, and sugar.

3. Press firmly into tart pan bottom and slightly up the sides.

4. Bake 8–10 minutes. Cool slightly.

Step 2 — Make Cream Cheese Filling

5. Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.

6. Add sugar and mix well.

7. Beat in eggs one at a time.

8. Add vanilla, heavy cream, and cornstarch.

9. Mix until silky (do not overmix).

Step 3 — Bake the Tart

10. Pour filling into crust.

11. Bake 35–40 minutes until center is just slightly jiggly.

12. Turn oven off, crack door slightly, and let tart cool inside 15 minutes.

13. Chill at least 2 hours before slicing.

🥗 Nutrition Facts (Approx per slice)

• Calories: 360

• Carbohydrates: 28g

• Fat: 24g

• Protein: 6g

• Sugar: 18g

⭐ Pro Tips (Bakery Secrets)

✔ Always use room-temperature cream cheese
✔ Do not overbake — center should wobble slightly
✔ Chill fully for clean slices
✔ Run knife around edges before removing pan
✔ For ultra-smooth filling, sift sugar first

🔄 Variations

🍓 Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart

Top with fresh strawberries + glaze.

🍋 Lemon Cream Cheese Tart

Add 2 tbsp lemon juice + zest to filling.

🍫 Chocolate Cream Cheese Tart

Mix in ½ cup melted dark chocolate.

🥭 Mango Cream Cheese Tart

Top with mango puree for viral summer dessert.