New York cheesecake [easy recipe for the classic which is always in style]

Today I try to answer one of the toughest questions ever. When it comes to my favorite cake I have very high standards. Therefore it’s not easy to decide for one cake or recipe. On one hand I am a big fan of everything with streusel and all the other fruit based cakes.

On the other hand I am also in love with cinnamon rolls, chocolate croissants and of course cheesecake.

Therefore I can’t wait to share with you one of my all time favourites today. This one reminds me so much of my great times when I was working at a big retail chain coffee shop when I was a student.

Okay, so what are the important elements of the perfect cheesecake? First of course a crunchy crust made of cookie crumbs (I took whole-grain cookies), second a very creamy and rich cream cheese filling which melts on your tongue and the last element for me, a slightly sweet-sour raspberry sauce. All together it’s kind of an explosion of flavors in your mouth!

Funny is that the original cheesecake is actually really old and wasn’t created in New York. First variations were created in Greece during the Olympic Games and contained flour, wheat, honey and cheese. When the Romans conquered Greece, they modified it by adding crushed cheese and eggs and served it warm.

Finally they brought the recipe to the Europeans and later to the United States. In 1872, a New York dairy farmer discovered a process which resulted in the creation of cream cheese (everybody knows the brand Philadelphia) and with this Americans started using the magic ingredient cream cheese for the cake.

The famous New York Style cheesecake is served with just the cake no addings of fruit, chocolate or caramel. The german Arnold Reuben (1883-1970) is meant to be the creater of the New York style cheesecake. When I visited New York City, of course I couldn’t resist trying several variations of cheesecake. Finally this recipe combines all the elements which represent the perfect cheesecake for me!

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NEW YORK CHEESECAKE

baked by www.caprisserie.com

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

for the bottom:

• 150 g whole grain cookies
• 50 g rusk
• 85  g butter
• salt

for the filling:

• 125 g White sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar
• 3 eggs
• 500 g cream cheese
• 350 g curd cheese
• optional: 100 g raspberries

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Crumble cookies and rusk and mix with the butter and salt. Press crumb mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
2. In another bowl whisk together eggs, vanilla sugar and white sugar. Add curd cheese and cream cheese
3. Stir cream cheese and sugar with a wooden spoon in a large bowl until evenly incorporated, 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Pour mixture into prepared springform pan and bake for another 40 minutes.
5. After baking, turn off the oven and let it cool in the oven. This prevents forming cracks on the top of the cheesecake.
6. Serve plain or with raspberry mousse.

Have fun baking!

xxx

Caprice