This one was a request for my sister’s birthday. If I could make one thing for the rest of my life it would be cheesecake. I would open a store and just sell different flavours of it I love marking them that much.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 tsp sugar
- 4- 8 ounce packs of cream cheese, room temperature is easier to use
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- Zest of one lemon
- Juice of half a lemon 2 tbsp
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tsp vanilla
Directions
- Set the oven to 350 degrees and grease a springform pan.
- Get a medium sized mixing bowl and combine the graham crumbs, melted butter and 2 tsp of sugar. press the mixture into the bottom of the springform pan and bake for 6 minutes.
- Turn the oven back to 300 degrees.
- While the crust and oven cools. Cream the cheese in a mixer or in a bowl with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Add the sugar and mix some more. Making sure to stop and scrape the sides with a rubber spatula so there’s no lumps and mix again.
- Mix in the eggs followed by the rest of the ingredients until well incorporated.
- Next wrap the bottom of the springform pan with aluminum foil well so water doesn’t get in. Honestly this rarely works fully for me but helps a little.
- Pour the filling over the graham crumb base and give it a little jiggle or run a knife through to get out as much of the air bubbles as possible.
- Lay the the cake in a large roaster and fill halfway with boiling water.
- Bake in the oven at 300 degrees for 1 hour 30 minutes. Then shut the oven off and leave the cake in for about 15-20 minutes.
- Then you want to crack the oven and let the cake cool as slowly as possible. For about another hour or so. I use a heat proof utensil to keep the door open.
- You can then pop it the fridge and cool completely. Serve it up with whatever toppings you like. My favourite is bake apple jam or some people call them cloudberries.
I hope you enjoy this recipe. You can follow along on Tiktok for more of my recipes along with a little video for this one. Have a wonderful day.
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