3 Mouthwatering Cheesecake Recipes You Can Totally Make at Home (2024)

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What are the three types of cheesecake? ›

New York style cheesecake, classic cheesecake, and no bake cheesecake are the most popular types of cheesecakes, but the best cheesecake flavor is the one that you find irresistible — and that may be different for everyone.

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. With our ingredients settled, we focused in on how to keep the cheesecake from baking up grainy and cracked.

Cheesecakes are very temperature sensitive. Cheesecakes are a form of custard and it's so easy to over bake one. Water baths will go some distance to prevent over baking, which can be very handy as they'll prevent the batter from getting so hot it might curdle.

However, it's widely regarded that the best cheesecake in America can be found in Chicago, where it's more firm on the outside and softer, creamier, and fluffier on the inside; and in New York, where it's more dense and rich throughout.

The top 10 flavors always include the original, the turtle, a few fruity flavors, and a few chocolate flavors. In the fall, pumpkin flavor is also very popular. What are our current top 10 cheesecake flavors? Other popular fruit flavors include cherry, black forest, and pineapple.

Over 4,000 years ago in the fifth century BC, the ancient Greeks on the island of Samos created the earliest known cheesecake. This rudimentary cheesecake was made with patties of fresh cheese that were then pounded smooth with flour and honey.

The best type of cheese to use for making homemade cheesecakes is cream cheese. Cream cheese is smooth, creamy, and has a rich, tangy flavor that pairs well with a variety of crusts and toppings. It is also very easy to work with and can be easily mixed into a smooth, hom*ogenous batter.

Eggs: Three whole eggs hold the cheesecake together. I also add an extra yolk, which enhances the cake's velvety texture. (Whites tend to lighten the cake, which is actually fine — if you don't feel like separating that fourth egg and don't mind some extra airiness in the texture, just add in the whole egg.)

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.

Step 10: Corn Starch Added

It did result in a more cake like texture as well. If you want to add something to thicken your cheesecake then I would definitely recommend this over flour to thicken it.

What is it called when you cook a cheesecake in a water bath? ›

Also called a bain-marie, a water bath helps more delicate bakes—particularly cheesecakes—bake more evenly. Our prep kitchen manager and cheesecake baker extraordinaire, Catherine Ward, explains that to make a water bath, all you need is a large pan and hot water.

But it's less possible to bake an excellent cheesecake without one. Big, showstopper cheesecakes baked without a water bath are more likely to overbake, which will give them a curdled texture, cracks in the surface, and lopsided tops.

You need 1 inch of hot water in your roasting pan for the water bath, so make sure you boil enough. Add the Filling: Pour/spread your cheesecake batter into the crust as directed in your recipe. Place the entire roasting pan with the cheesecake inside it onto the middle or lower-middle oven rack.

Boccione also makes softer sweets, including morning pastries filled with fruit and cream, and its justly famous ricotta crostata, some with a cherry center, others with chocolate. It might be the world's best cheesecake. A cheesecake with history: crostata ricotta from Pasticceria Boccione in Rome.

The most expensive cheesecake sold for $4,592.42 (£3,496.44; 3,955.57€) and was made by chef Raffaele Ronca (USA) at Ristorante Rafele in New York, NY, USA on October 30, 2017.

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