CHEESECAKE! Calling all Chefs!?

Question

I want to make a cheesecake for my Moms Bday. Does anyone have a really good recipe?

Answer 1

How serious do you want to get? You have several options from the recipe on the Philadelphia Cream Cheese package made with a store bought crust, to the ultimate Chicago Style Cheese Cake with a rich creamy filling and a homemade crust.

Chicago Style Cheesecake

Eli Schulman put cheesecake on the map. You can get a taste of his creation just about anywhere, and if you can’t find it, you can order from Eli’s Cheesecake online and they’ll ship you one … or two … or … Chicago Style Cheesecake is typified by a firm crust and a very creamy interior.

Ingredients

For the crust
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter–melted

For the filling
2 pounds cream cheese at room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
scant pinch of salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon Boyajian lemon oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest–finely minced
5 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup heavy cream or sour cream

For a sour cream topping, optional
2 cups sour cream
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sugar

For a cherry topping, optional
1 19 ounce can sour cherries [not cherry pie filling]
scant 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons corn starch

Method
Heat oven to 450°

For the crust:
Mix ingredients together and press into the bottom of a 10 inch springform pan.

For the filling:
Cream the cheese with the sugar. Add flour, salt, vanilla, lemon zest, lemon oil, eggs, egg yolks, cream or sour cream. Blend on low speed until smooth, scraping sides and bottom often to ensure mixture is homogenous.

Spoon into prepared pan; place baking pan in a roasting pan, which has an inch or two of water on bottom. This is optional, but it makes for a very creamy cake. Make sure your spring-form exterior is nicely covered with aluminum foil if you choose to use the water bath.

Bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 300° and bake another 35–40 minutes. Cake should not jiggle too much at this point and it should barely be browned.

If you want a sour cream topping:
Stir sour cream topping ingredients together. Increase heat to 350°; spoon sour cream topping over cake and bake another 8 minutes. Turn off oven. Let cake sit in oven for about 30 minutes. Remove to refrigerator covered lightly with foil. Chill overnight or several hours.

If you want a cherry topping:
Reserve 1/2 cup of liquid from fruit, make a slurry with a couple of tablespoons of liquid and corn starch, drain the rest. Heat 1/2 of liquid, almond extract and lemon juice in a saucepan until it begins to bubble. Stir in corn starch slurry and heat until mixture thickens. Remove from stove. Cool well. Refrigerate. Spread on baked cake.

Answer 2

* Exported from MasterCook

Key Lime Cheesecake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cheesecakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----Crust-----
1 1/2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs -- (fine)
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1/2 Stick Unsalted Butter -- melted and cooled
-----Filling-----
1 1/4 Pounds Cream Cheese -- softened
3/4 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Sour Cream
3 Tablespoons Flour
3 Eggs
3/4 Cup Key Lime Juice
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

Preheat oven to 375.

For the crust: Stir together the crumbs and sugar. Add the butter, and
pat on the bottom and up sides of buttered 9-inch springform pan. Bake
crust for 8 minutes.

For the filling: Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the
sour cream, flour, eggs, 1 at a time, the lime juice, and the vanilla.
Pour filling over the crust and bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Reduce the
temperature to 250 and bake for 50-55 minutes more or until the center is
barely set.

Answer 3

1 tablespoon softened butter
1/4 cup bread crumbs
15 ounces ricotta cheese, at room temperature
1 pound cream cheese, softened at room temperature
6 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter a 9-inch springform pan with the butter and coat it with the bread crumbs, shaking out any excess.

Press the ricotta through a fine sieve and combine it with the cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium speed until very smooth, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until well incorporated. Add 1 1/4 cups of the sugar, 1/2 cup of the sour cream, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the vanilla, and the lemon zest and beat until very smooth and light, 2 to 3 minutes.

Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan. Bake for 45 minutes and then reduce the heat to 300 degrees F and continue cooking until the cake is set in the center, about 30 minutes longer. Remove the cake from the oven and reduce the heat to 250 degrees F.

Answer 4

Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle
http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/taste-of-home/114738/strawberry-cheesecake-trifle;_ylt=Aiaeaad_UQ3o8iTNQJdYxYJIY.Y5
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Pear and Ginger Cheesecake
http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/eatingwell/634/pear-and-ginger-cheesecake;_ylt=ArxsrMZVKd4DTANPgvBFkK9IY.Y5
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Blue Cheese Cake
http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/allrecipes/20525/blue-cheese-cake;_ylt=AhvbPZNAl78t5ktceRCypJVIY.Y5
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PHILADELPHIA(R) New York Cheesecake
http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/kraft/51183/philadelphia-r-new-york-cheesecake;_ylt=An2mu6yHCvlFy12D_SmqoYBIY.Y5
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Lemon Pudding Cheesecake
http://food.yahoo.com/recipes/kraft/62491/lemon-pudding-cheesecake;_ylt=Au33ydjT.PWMTnP0S7kWAe5IY.Y5
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Answer 5

I always just use the one on the backof the philidelphia creamcheese package......