Cheesecake Recipes For You

Delicious cheesecake recipes for unusual wedding cakes, bridal shower cakes and pastry tables.

My Best Cheesecake Recipe

Some Tips and Tidbits

• It helps to have a mixer although you can use a whisk and a mixing bowl.
• Make sure your cheese is at room temperature before mixing or you can warm it in the oven at 250 for five minutes.
• A blender or food processor comes in handy for chopping nuts and graham cracker or cookie crumbs.
• A spring form pan is useful but you can use a regular cake pan if you have to. I talk about how to release them from the pans on this page.
• The cheese most commonly used for cheesecakes are cream cheese, neufchatel cheese, cottage cheese, and ricotta.
• Sometimes cream is added for lightness and added flavor, such as heavy cream or sour cream.
• Cornstarch and sometimes flour is used to help thicken and stabilize the moisture content.

Chocolate Cheesecake

Juniors Cheesecake

You will love these Flirty Aprons!

Pumpkin Cheesecake

How To Prevent Cracking

Cheesecakes give off a lot of moisture when baking. If it gives off too much or too quickly the cake will crack.

To prevent this you can place your cake pan in a water bath. if using a spring form pan make sure you wrap it well in aluminum foil before putting it into the water bath.

Deep cracks indicate a problem with the structure of your eggs and could mean a soggy cheesecake.

Crevices across the center are minor and can be covered with a topping. These can be caused by drafts during the cooling process, so try to keep your cake in the oven as it cools. (turn your oven off with door slightly ajar.)

Another tip to prevent cracking as your cake cools down is to run a spatula around the outer edge of the cake. As the cake cools it shrinks and will pull away from the sides sometimes causing cracks.

Never open the door of the oven as your cheesecake is cooking.

Key Lime

From Cheesecake Recipes to Wedding Cakes For You Home