A quick, elegant dessert that takes less than 30 minutes to put together, my Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake makes entertaining a breeze.
Your guests will never guess just how easy this elegant Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake is to make – unless you decide to share the delicious secret with them. The work of less than thirty minutes, I’ve been serving my no bake lime cheesecake to guests for over ten years – ever since I was inspired by a recipe on a television advertisement.
The main ingredient in my Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake is mascarpone cheese. Mascarpone is a thick, soft creamed cow’s milk cheese which originated in Italy. It’s used in the classic Italian dessert Tiramisu as well as in savoury sauces. Slightly thicker than traditional cream cheese and beautifully spreadable, mascarpone has a seriously high fat content but its great taste and texture make it worth every single calorie.
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Very Versatile Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake
I love this recipe for so many reasons, not least of all because it is so very adaptable. Use graham crackers or digestive biscuits for the cookie crust instead of ginger cookies. Swap out the Cointreau for another liqueur. Limoncello works well here as does Grand Mariner or Triple Sec. Vary the decorations – strawberries and raspberries are a beautiful contrast to the beautiful pale green of this dessert – or grate some good dark chocolate over top as an homage to the classic British candy, chocolate limes. Or for a change, try my Easy No Bake Orange Cheesecake.
Easy, versatile and oh so delicious – be sure to add my Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake to your repetoire of quick, elegant and indulgent desserts.
Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake – Printable Recipe
Easy No Bake Lime Cheesecake
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter, melted
- 1- 8 oz 200 gram package of ginger cookies, crushed (about 20 cookies)
- 2 cups mascarpone cheese
- ⅓ cup icing sugar icing sugar is also known as confectioner's sugar
- 2 limes
- 2 tablespoons Cointreau
Instructions
- Mix the melted butter with the crushed cookies and press into the base of a 7 inch (18 cm) loose bottomed cake tin. Put in the fridge for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, zest the limes with a fine grater and squeeze the juice from them.
- In an electric mixer, beat together the mascarpone cheese, confectioner's sugar, lime juice, zest and Cointreau.
- Spread the mixture evenly over the cookie base.
- Chill for at least an hour or for up to 12 hours.
- Run a knife around the edge of the cake tin and carefully remove the sides.
- Decorate the cheesecake with fruit or chocolate if desired.
- Slice and serve.
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Comments & Reviews
Fabulous – I love limes – and it would be great with Limoncello. Cheers
Thank you, Carole! It really is delicious 🙂
This sounds absolutely delicious! I’ve always loved key lime pie. I’m sure I could make this gluten-free with GF cookies from the store.
Thank you, Barb 🙂 I’m sure GF cookies would work for the crust.
I love your tips for changing up the crust, flavoring, and decorations–a different pie every time! And so many possibilities. Thank you for sharing, April!
Thank you, Michelle 🙂
Looks great! My dad loves Key Lime pie, so I bet he would love this!
Thank you, Lauren. It really is delicious. If you try it, please let me know how you – and your Dad – like it 🙂
Oh April, you’re killing me…this looks and sounds divine. I’ll have to make this as a special treat – then spend the rest of the week on the elliptical, making up for it. Tee hee.
That’s the only problem with this cheesecake, Linda, it’s pretty deadly when it comes to calories 😉
April, this is perfect for the current too-hot-to-bake weather! And my husband loves lime everything! Just have to pick up some mascarpone.
It really is great for the hot weather, Jean! Hope you and your husband enjoy it as much as we do 🙂
I love a dessert like this for the hot summer days. Your Lime Cheesecake looks delicious I know we will enjoy it. Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us here at Full Plate Thursday. We hope to see you again real soon.
Miz Helen
Thank you so much, Miz Helen! I hope your weekend is wonderful too 🙂
sounds like a perfect dessert for a hot summer day. My mother in law often made a lime cheese cake type of dessert – this brings back memories. thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you, Linda! I love food that brings back memories and family recipes too! I’m really glad you like the recipe 🙂
Deliciousness!! YUMMMMMM!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thank you, Jess! And I will 🙂
I love how easy and adaptable this cheesecake is, and it sounds so delicious!Pinning to try later!
Thank you so much, Hadia – and thank you for pinning too!
Love the use of the mascarpone cheese in this recipe!
It really does make the recipe so very easy, Beth! I love the flavour and texture of mascarpone too.
April this looks so good, I love mascarpone cream, now I have to hunt it down!! Thank you for sharing last week on Friday Features which gives me the opportunity to feature your blog and to share the recipe on Pinterest!
Hope you will stop by again to share another post!
Have a lovely weekend!
Thank you, Karren, and thank you so much for featuring my recipe! I hope you had a lovely weekend too.
This sounds really delicious, April! It made my mouth water just looking at the photo! 🙂
Thank you so much, Donna! 🙂