Baked Passionfruit Cheesecake

ingredients
250g plain sweet biscuits
125g butter, melted
1 kg cream cheese
1¼ cups caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
80mls passionfruit pulp (the pulp of 4 passionfruit)
3 eggs
¼ cup cream


method
Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Place the biscuits in a food processor and process until fine crumbs are formed. Tip into a bowl and mix with the melted butter.

Press into the bottom and 2 cm up the sides of a 22cm lined and buttered spring form pan. Chill.

In a medium bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla essence and passionfruit until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time beating lightly after each addition and stir in the cream.

Pour into the prepared pastry shell and bake for 1 hour or until set.

Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool. Chill for 4 hours or overnight.