This easy no-bake gingerbread cheesecake is creamy, spiced, and full of festive flavour. It features a crunchy ginger nut base and a cute chocolate gingerbread biscuit topping, perfect for Christmas.
This easy no-bake gingerbread cheesecake is the ultimate Christmas dessert! It's rich, creamy, spiced, and packed with all the warm flavours you would expect a classic gingerbread to have!
Made with a crunchy ginger nut biscuit base, a velvety spiced cheesecake filling, and topped with cute chocolate gingerbread men, it’s a truly irresistible festive treat.
It's perfect for Christmas Day or just any time you fancy a delicious, sweet slice of heaven!
One of the best parts of this dessert is that there’s no oven required. This no bake gingerbread cheesecake sets perfectly in the fridge, allowing you to get on with other things.
That makes it an easy, make-ahead dessert that helps take the stress out of Christmas cooking.
You could prepare it the day before and you’ll have a show-stopping dessert ready to serve straight from the fridge. Giving you time back to enjoy the celebrations!
The filling of this Christmas no bake gingerbread cheesecake combines cream cheese, double cream, vanilla extract, icing sugar, and a blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to capture that unmistakable gingerbread aroma and warmth.
After sufficient time chilling in the fridge, the cheesecake sets into a perfectly creamy and easily sliceable texture.
To finish, simply top with some chocolate gingerbread biscuits for a festive touch or alternative easy toppings suggested in the FAQ's.
While this festive no bake gingerbread cheesecake is designed with Christmas in mind, it’s also a dessert that can be enjoyed all year round.
The aromatic blend of spices makes it ideal for autumn or winter gatherings, dinner parties, or even just as a sweet treat to impress your dinner guests.
Once you've made this once, you may just decide it's the best gingerbread cheesecake you've ever tasted and it might just become your new Christmas holiday go-to recipe!
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💭 Why You’ll Love This No Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake
- Delicious festive flavours: all the flavours you would expect from gingerbread - cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.
- No-Bake: No need to switch on the oven here. The fridge does all the hard work!
- Time-Saving: Reduce your stress this Christmas by making this ahead.
- Impress Your Guests: Not only is this cheesecake tasty but it fits the bill as a show stopping centrepiece on your Christmas dinner table.
🥘 Ingredients
- Gingernut Biscuits
- Unsalted Butter
- Cream Cheese
- Icing Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Ground Ginger
- Ground Cinnamon
- Ground Nutmeg
- Ground Cloves
- Double Cream / Heavy Cream
- Chocolate Gingerbread Biscuits
See recipe card for quantities.
🔪 How To Make No Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake
Detailed instructions are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make this easy no-bake gingerbread cheesecake:
Cheesecake Base
Step 1
- Grease and line cheesecake cake tin.
Step 2
- In a medium saucepan melt butter and stir in biscuit crumbs.
Steps 3 & 4
- Spoon buttery biscuit crumbs into prepared cake tin. Press down firmly all over.
- Place cake tin into fridge to chill.
Cheesecake Filling
Step 1
- Whisk together cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract and spices. You can do this in the bowl of an electric mixer or large bowl.
Step 2
- Add double cream and whisk together until stiffened.
Step 3 & 4
- Spoon cream cheese mixture and cream mixture onto set biscuit base.
- Chill the cheesecake in the fridge for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight.
Cheesecake Topping
Step 1 & 2
- Remove cheesecake from fridge. Allow to stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Remove cheesecake from the cake tin and decorate with gingerbread men or alternative toppings (see FAQ's).
🍽 Equipment
For This Gingerbread Cheesecake You May Need....
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This is the KitchenAid Stand Mixer I use. This KitchenAid heavy duty mixer is reliable, durable and efficient.
If you buy a KitchenAid stand mixer it's likely it will last you for life. Mine has so far!
This is the deep round cake tin with loose base that I use in the making of this cheesecake and many of my other cheesecakes too.
It's easy to push the base up slowly keeping the shape of the cheesecake with this cake tin. When you're removing it prior to serving.
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💭 FAQ's
How Many Calories Are In No-Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake?
There are 475 calories per slice of cheesecake in this recipe.
Can I Use Low Fat / Lighter Ingredients In This Gingerbread Cheesecake?
Yes you can. Many of my other cheesecake recipes often use low fat ingredients. But the cheesecake takes longer to set. So for ease and to save time I'm using full fat ingredients here.
What Can I Use Instead Of Ginger Nut Biscuits?
You can substitute with digestive biscuits and add an extra teaspoon of ground ginger to the filling for extra flavour.
What Alternative Toppings Are There For Gingerbread cheesecake?
If you can't get chocolate gingerbread men then you could make it simple by crumbling 2-3 ginger nut biscuits over the top then adding a sprinkling of ground cinnamon
What's The Best Way To Store This Cheesecake?
Store your cheesecake in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Can I Freeze This Cheesecake?
Yes. I find it’s best to cut the cheesecake up into individual slices and freeze them in individual airtight containers.
Do I Need A Stand Mixer To Make This Cheesecake?
No. A stand mixer would take the effort out of making this cheesecake but you can make it in a large mixing bowl with a whisk.
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Equipment
Ingredients
Cheesecake Base
- 250 g gingernut biscuits blitzed / crushed into crumbs
- 100 g Unsalted Butter
Cheesecake Filling
- 500 g Full Fat Cream Cheese
- 100 g Icing Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 300 ml Double Cream
Cheesecake Topping
- Chocolate gingerbread biscuits
Instructions
Cheesecake Base
- Grease the sides of a 20cm loose base cake tin and line the bottom with greaseproof paper.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir in the gingernut biscuit crumbs until fully coated in the butter.
- Spoon the warm butter coated biscuit crumbs into the cake tin. Use a metal spoon to press down firmly and evenly all over.
- Chill in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes until set. Meanwhile make the cheesecake filling.
Cheesecake Filling
- In a large mixing bowl or in a stand mixer, whisk the cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract and spices together until well mixed.
- Pour in the double cream and whisk until the mixture has stiffened.
- Spoon the cream cheese and cream mixture over the set cheesecake base.
- Chill the cheesecake in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight until set.
Cheesecake Topping
- When ready to serve remove the set cheesecake from the fridge and allow to sit for 10 minutes.
- Remove from cake tin and decorate with gingerbread men or alternative toppings (see FAQ's).
Nutrition
🧾 Nutrition Label
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angiesrecipes
What a pretty and festive cake! Those gingerbread men are so lovely.
Neil
Thanks so much, Angie! 😊 I’m so glad you like it! Those cute little gingerbread men really do make it feel extra festive, don’t they?
Mimi Rippee
This is so pretty! I love your decoration! The recipe sounds wonderful.
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Charlie DeSando
I'd probably start with the chocolate gingerbread men on top!
sherry
i reckon if you're going to eat a dessert like this, go full throttle and use full-fat everything :=) I can't imagine low-fat would give the same delight ... I like the spices you have used here Neil.
cheers
sherry