The Recipe That Changed My Life: Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake

by | Sep 23, 2025 | Breakfast | 0 comments

Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake A La Arwen

Has a recipe ever changed your life? 

I was first introduced to the Basque Cheesecake by Dani Valent in 2018 after she came back from San Sebastián, Basque Country in Spain. I made so many of Basque Cheesecakes using Dani’s recipe and earned the title of Basque Cheesecake Queen by my friends and family.

In June 2021 when I won the competition to be the B&P VIP, I was first introduced to this amazing EPIC recipe by Darren Purchese with his online cheesecake class and ebook The addition of a surprise lemon curd disc in the centre and the inclusion of mascarpone in the cheesecake mixture have taken this Basque Cheesecake recipe to the next level – absolute heaven on earth. Since then, I have made well over 100 Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecakes  and it is my accepted mission to serve Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake to the world!!!

(I have added a couple of my own rustic tweaks to the recipe) 

These cheesecakes have brought so much joy to so many people, converting people who don’t even like baked cheesecakes to team Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake often declaring it to be the best cheesecake of their life!! It even got the nick name of BTS Cheesecake (see if you can guess what the BTS stands for lol!).

I prefer to serve mine at room temperature still a bit wobbly & oozy/gooey

Have you been “Basqued”? I love to surprise my favourite people, restaurants & cafes with “Random Acts of Basque Cheesecake” FYI I still have a long list of people & places to get to…. Who will be next to be Basqued??? There are still so many LCBC virgins out there

Yes, I know this recipe off by heart and could probably make it in my sleep or with my eyes closed  

FYI It always pays to be prepared with frozen lemon curd discs – in case of LCBC emergencies

I have a Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake Hotline you can call anytime 0400145 977  Saving the world one Lemon Curd Basque Cheesecake at a time….

Thanks for the donations of homegrown lemons to support my deliciousness mission!!!

HAPPY THERMOMIXING!!!

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 Arwen