Mary Berry's lemon and lime cheesecake recipe

Mary Berry’s lemon and lime cheesecake is one of her easiest and tastiest recipes. It’s perfect for dinner parties because it can be made ahead. 

Cheesecakes make a fantastic dessert or alternative to birthday cake because they are easy to make but deliver lots of flavour. Of course, this recipe from Mary Berry is no exception and the baking legend says it's one of the simplest desserts to make from her book Mary Berry’s Cookery Course which was first published in 2013. This recipe certainly gives Mary Berry's lemon drizzle cake a run for its money with plenty of zest and zing from the lemon.

Ingredients

• 10 digestive biscuits, crushed
• 50g (13⁄4oz) butter, melted
• 25g (scant 1oz) demerara sugar
• 150ml (5fl oz) double cream
• 397g can full-fat condensed milk
• 175g (6oz) full-fat cream cheese (room temperature)
• grated zest and juice of 2 large lemons
• grated zest and juice of 11⁄2 limes

For the topping:

• 150ml (5fl oz) double or whipping cream, to decorate
• 1⁄2 lime, thinly sliced, to decorate

Method

1. To make the crust: put the crushed biscuits in a medium bowl with the butter and sugar. Stir until evenly coated. Turn the crust mixture out into a 20cm (8in) loose-bottomed tart tin and press firmly and evenly over the bottom and up the sides using the back of a metal spoon. Chill for 30 minutes until set.
2. To make the filling: put the double cream, condensed milk, and cream cheese in a bowl with the lemon and lime zests. Mix thoroughly. Using a balloon whisk, gradually whisk in the lemon and lime juices and continue whisking until the mixture thickens.
3. Pour the lemon and lime filling into the crumb crust and spread it evenly. Cover and chill overnight.
4. Up to 6 hours before serving, whip the cream until it just holds its shape. Decorate the top of the cheesecake with swirls of whipped cream and slices of lime, then return to the fridge until ready to slice and serve.

If you like this recipe try our lime and ginger cheesecake for a slightly different flavour variation. You might also like our lemon and ginger cheesecake which has a gingernut biscuit base and a crunchy topping. Those looking for another classic Mary Berry recipe should make her foolproof flapjacks recipe.

Top tips for making lemon and lime cheesecake

Mary Berry has decades of baking experience and she has some clever tips that will help make this recipe even easier to follow. 

Mary Berry Cookery Course: A step-by-step masterclass in home cooking by Mary Berry - View at Amazon 

For more easy-to-follow recipes from the queen of cooking, this is a great book to add to your collection. With tips and tricks on the best equipment and recipes for mid-week meals to dinner party showstoppers, Mary has plenty of inspiring dishes to choose from. 

Not what you fancy making after all? Never fear, we have plenty of mouthwatering cheesecake recipes to inspire including our popular no-bake Bailey's cheesecake, deliciously sweet Maltesers cheesecake by Lorraine Pascale - we've even got a Custard Cream cheesecake, yes you read that right.