NO BAKE RASPBERRY RIPPLE CHEESECAKE.

Ingredients.......125 gm of butter/ marg, 250 gm of plain sweet biscuits, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 450 gm of cream cheese, 225 gm of castor sugar, 300 gm of fresh raspberries, 60 gm if icing sugar, 400 ml of thickened cream. Place the biscuits in your processor or in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin into crumbs. Melt the butter/ marg in a saucepan. Tip the biscruit crumb into the melted butter/ marg and stir through thoroughly. Line a 20 cm / 8"round cake pan ( with a removeable base), with cling wrap. Spoon in the biscuit mixture, press it flat with a masher and place in your refrigerator to set. Now let's start the raspberry puree by bring the raspberries and icing sugar to the boil, then simmering for 10 minutes. Cool, then press through a seive and set aside. Mix together the cream cheese, castor sugar and vanilla extract. Whip the thickened cream until stiff, then fold into the cream cheese mixture. Spread half the cheese mixture over the biscuit base. Then blob on 3/4 of the puree and swirl it into the cheesecake mix. Gently spread the remaining cheesecake mixture on top. Drizzle in straight lines the rest of the raspberry puree. Pull a skewer accross the lines for a decorative effect. Leave the cheesecake in the refrigerator for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight before removing the sides of the pan and serving.