Two weeks ago we published Ben Brown's Athlete Roast, which was delicious and nutritious! Then we came across this Tim Tam Cheesecake recipe from London Olympian Jo Brigden- Jones. This is probably a good one for athletes that eat the house down and never gain weight anyway. But hey, who can resist the world famous and super yummy Tim Tam's!? So give it a go with this recipe from Jo:

Jo Brigden Jones | Sydney - I was given a packet of Tim Tams recently and found myself snacking on them 1...2…5 they started to disappear…oops! I am not one to buy a packet of Tim Tams so I thought, why am I eating these!? I have to do something. It was either chuck them out or create something with them. I felt like baking so decided to make a cheesecake with them! I did a bit of research on recipes and decided to modify some of them and create my own recipe. So below is my version of an epic Tim Tam cheesecake. When I tasted the cheesecake, I realise it was pretty stupid of me to create this as now I will find it hard to resist more of this cheesecake. Looks like my grand idea to stop me eating Tim Tams has back fired!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:
180g chocolate Tiny Teddies
80g butter, melted
375g cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1/3 cup of caster sugar
1 Cup thickened cream
100g white chocolate
3 teaspoons of powered gelatine, dissolved in ¼ cup boiling water
250g Original Tim Tams, roughly chopped

Method:

1. Place the Tiny Teddies in a food processor and blend into a fine crumb. Stir in the melted butter then press the mixture into a sprint-form tin and refrigerate.
2. Using an electric mixer beat the cream cheese, vanilla essence and caster sugar until smooth. Then beat in the thickened cream.
3. Melt the white chocolate over low heat. Dissolve the gelatine in boiling water. Stir both the white chocolate and gelatine into the cream cheese mixture.
4. Mix the Tim Tams into the cream cheese mixture then pour over the Tiny Teddy base.
5. Refrigerate for 3 hours, or until set.

Website Jo Brigden-Jones: www.jobrigdenjones.com