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Best Baked Cheesecake Recipe (No Water Bath!)
FAQ
Here is how you can achieve this perfect cheesecake:
- Use high quality, full-fat ingredients. ...
- Bring your ingredients to room temperature. ...
- Pack in the graham cracker crust tightly and pre-bake it. ...
- Thoroughly mix the cream cheese and sugar. ...
- Don't over-whisk the eggs and creams. ...
- Bake in a water-bath at low temperature.
Regular cheesecake relies on heavy cream and sour cream to thin the batter and create a silkier, creamier texture. New York cheesecake is heavy on the cream cheese which is why it's so dense and rich. Extra cream cheese isn't the only thing that makes New York cheesecake so special.
The addition of cream gives a velvety, smooth texture, but too much of it and you begin to mask the cream cheese flavor. Sour cream supports the underlying tang of the cream cheese, but, if overdone, it takes over as the dominant flavor. You need a little of each -- cream for texture and sour cream for flavor.
The fat content helps the cheesecake set and creates its signature creamy texture. If you've ever made cheesecake that was runny, it's very likely that low-fat ingredients are to blame. Full fat sour cream adds extra moisture and a tangy flavor to the cake.
16 Mistakes You're Making With Homemade Cheesecake
- Working with cold ingredients. Hobo_018/Getty Images. ...
- Using whipped cream cheese. ...
- Using low-fat cream cheese. ...
- Undermixing your cheesecake. ...
- Not diversifying your cheeses. ...
- Not being careful with your eggs. ...
- Only making plain cheesecake. ...
- Baking in anything but a springform pan.