Cheesing It Up for V-Day

adapted from Diana’s Desserts and Sprinkle Bakes

Ingredients
9 oz. cream cheese (one 8 oz. brick plus 1 oz. of another brick)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup fresh, whole milk
6 eggs, room temperature – whites and yolks separated
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 cup plus 1/8 cup extra fine granulated sugar
1/3 cup plus 1 tsp. cake flour (i used regular flour even though it’s not really recommended)
3 tbsp. corn starch

Directions
1. Melt cream cheese, butter and milk over a double boiler.  Cool the mixture.
2. Fold in the flour, the cornflour, egg yolks, lemon juice and mix well.
3. Whisk egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy.  Add in the sugar and whisk until soft peaks form.
4. Add the cheese mixture to the egg white mixture and mix well. Pour into a 8-inch round cake pan (Lightly grease and line the bottom and sides of the pan with greaseproof baking paper or parchment paper).
5. Bake cheesecake in a water bath for 1 hours 10 minutes or until set and golden brown at 160 degrees C (325 degrees F).  When timer sounds, bake for an additional 10-15 minutes with the oven door cracked.
6. Cool on wire rack and serve on cold / room temperature.

I am a sucker for trying out new recipes or taking the average of two recipes and making it my own.  This was no different in this year’s Valentine’s Day dessert.  I’ve always had a liking towards a Japanese Cheesecake.  You might ask, how is that different than Cheesecake Factory cheesecake?  Well, it’s fluffier, softer, not as heavy cream cheese tasting and more cake-like, oh so heavenly really.  You probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen (except I used regular flour instead of cake flour but I hear it will taste even better if you use cake flour) and the hardest part was waiting forever for it to bake.  I’m an impatient baker.  😉  Once done, I used a cookie cutter to make little heart shaped cakelets and Valentine’s Day dessert is served in bite sized heart shaped pieces.  Hope these make your heart go pitter patter, enjoy!

 

20 Comments

  1. February 11, 2012 / 12:07 pm

    looks yummy and sweet

  2. February 11, 2012 / 12:30 pm

    ummm yeah that’s the cutest thing ever. love it.

  3. February 11, 2012 / 12:55 pm

    Yum! That sounds delicious! 🙂

  4. February 11, 2012 / 1:06 pm

    This looks amazing!! Seriously Sandy you are so great at recipes…I am drooling over here.

  5. February 11, 2012 / 2:50 pm

    I don’t like cheesecake (I know, I know! But, bleh! Haha.) but this looks so cute!!

  6. February 11, 2012 / 3:31 pm

    Oh yum! Hope you have a great one, Sandy!

  7. February 11, 2012 / 3:32 pm

    I love Japanese Cheesecake! It was one of my favorite desserts in Hawaii.

  8. February 11, 2012 / 4:41 pm

    OH MY GOSH. tHESE LOOK ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!! LOVE THEM:) xoxoox H

  9. February 11, 2012 / 7:52 pm

    Yum! Cheesecake is my fav dessert, I bet I’d love this!

  10. February 11, 2012 / 7:55 pm

    Thanks for the recipe…I love cheesecake!

  11. February 11, 2012 / 10:56 pm

    omg looks so yummy and the heart shapes are too cute! Thanks for the recipe

  12. February 11, 2012 / 11:28 pm

    It’s the cutest little cheesecake ever!! I will have to give this a whirl someday 🙂

  13. February 12, 2012 / 8:29 am

    Dearest sweet sandy, this cake is so yummieee!! I adore cheesecake and this one is just gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing. Have a lovely merry happy sunday and love to you!

  14. February 12, 2012 / 12:30 pm

    Yum, this looks so delicious and is adorable in the heart shapes! I’m also a sucker for trying new recipes and so I may need to add this one to my growing list of must-trys!

    Hope you had a great weekend Sandy!

    xxx
    Jenna

  15. February 12, 2012 / 1:52 pm

    Mmmm…creamy cheese cake…
    I am your new follower and I entered the Mod Cloth giveaway when I found your blog and I’m happy with that! Nice happy blog

  16. February 13, 2012 / 1:10 pm

    These are perfect! Cheesecake is one of the only desserts my boyfriend likes to eat!

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