Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp softened butter
- 3 tbsp crumbs (from Chocolate Wafers, graham crackers, or ginger snaps) or 24 ladyfingers
- 3 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup sour cream
- Heavy-duty foil (for sealing pan)
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F and prepare a 9-inch springform pan by brushing it with butter and coating it with crumbs or lining it with ladyfingers.
- Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add sugar and eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Stir in vanilla, heavy cream, and sour cream.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan. Set the pan in a roasting pan and add boiling water to the roasting pan to come halfway up the springform pan.
- Bake for around 40 minutes until set around the edges but slightly jiggly in the center.
- Allow the cheesecake to cool in the oven, then refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.
Tiramisu Cheesecake
Following the Master Recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake, brush one package of soft ladyfingers weighing three ounces (or twenty in a package) with a mixture comprising six tablespoons of strong coffee and two tablespoon of rum. Lay ladyfingers around the pan’s edges and cut them to suit. Stir three tablespoons of espresso powder with the batter.
Shave a four-ounce bar of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate using a vegetable peeler onto the cheesecake’s surface when you are ready to serve it.
Snickers Cheesecake with Peanut Topping
For the Master Recipe—Rich and Creamy Cheesecake—follow the directions. For the crust, graham cracker crumbs or ground Famous Chocolate Wafers. Fold nine fun-size Snickers bars, each cut into eight pieces, into the total cheesecake batter. < When you are ready to present the cheesecake, sprinkle the edges with a quarter cup of unsalted, coarsely chopped roasted peanuts.
Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
The Master Recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake is how you should make this cheesecake using ground Famous Chocolate Wafers as the crust and including four teaspoons of finely grated orange zest and half a cup of orange marmalade into the cheesecake batter. Slipped under the cooling rack, a piece of foil or wax paper should catch any drips that might develop while the cheesecake cools on the rack.
Arrange four ounces of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate and half a cup of heavy cream in a safe for the microwave bowl. Cook the mixture for about one minute, or until the cream is hot enough to melt the chocolate. To produce a glaze with smoothness, whisk Pour the mixture over the warm cheesecake per directions; then, keep cooling the cake.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
In a skillet ten inches in diameter, simmer one 29-ounce can of 100% pure pumpkin together with two teaspoons of ground ginger, one teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one-fourth of a teaspoon of each ground nutmeg and all-spice. Stirring the mixture often will help the puree start to stick to the pan’s bottom—which should take roughly eight minutes.
The batter should be changed with one more big egg; dark brown sugar should be replaced for granulated sugar and the crust should be created with gingersnaps. For rich and creamy cheese cake, follow the Master Recipe. Steady and slow mix the warm pumpkin into the batter. The baking time should be extended five to ten minutes.
Reese’s Cheesecake
Use the Master Recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake’s directions to create a rich, creamy cheesecake. Use ground Famous Chocolate Wafers for the crust; then, fold eight regular-size Reese’s peanut butter cups cut into half into the ready pan of batter. Arrange three peanut butter cups cut in half around the cake’s edge when you’re ready to present it.
Lemon Cheesecake
Please follow the directions for the Master Recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake. Use ladyfingers for the crust and stir into the cake batter four teaspoons of finely grated lemon zest. Over the top of the cake that has been cooked and let to cool, evenly layer a half cup of a premium lemon curd—found in jars near the jams and jellies.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
Ground Famous Chocolate Wafers should be the basis of your rich and creamy cheesecake; follow the Master Recipe to make it. Set aside one-third of the filling after paning it. After refrigerated portions of the chocolate chip cookie dough should be cut into eight equal pieces, the dough should then be broken up into smaller bits and evenly scattered over the batter. Over the remaining batter, sprinkle.
Apple Spice Cheesecake
For a rich and creamy cheesecake, use the Master Recipe’s directions. Stir two teaspoons of ground cinnamon into the cheesecake batter; for the crust, use graham cracker or ladyfingers. Top a cheesecake that has been let to cool a twenty-ounce can of apple pie filling seasoned with one teaspoon of ground cinnamon and one tablespoon of brown sugar.
Conversely, seek for apple pie filling created by Comstock: The apples are tender, sweet, and already cinnamon-spiced; hence, you will not need the suggested additions in spice and sugar.
Rocky Road Cheesecake
The Master Recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake is the best cheesecake recipe when using ground Famous Chocolate Wafers and adding one cup of chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate into the batter together with three-quarters of a cup of mini marshmallows. After the cake has cooled, top it with a half cup of toasted walnuts and a four-ounce bar of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate shaved with a vegetable peeler.
Black Forest Cheesecake
Although you should use half a cup of hot fudge sauce and drop it into the ready pan of batter in half tablespoon increments instead of ground Famous Chocolate Wafers for the crust, you should follow the recipe for Rich and Creamy Cheesecake. On top once the cheesecake has cooled, arrange one twenty-ounce cherry pie filling can.