It's not a cheesecake blog until there is at least one recipe for a New York style cheesecake.
New York Style Cheesecake
Makes 1 - 9 inch spring form pan
Ingredients:
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sour cream
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 3/4 cups white sugar
1/8 cup cornstarch
1 fluid ounce amaretto liqueur
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 eggs
1 egg yolks
Directions:
- Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
- Place oven shelf in the center of oven and preheat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Wrap the outside of a 9 inch spring form pan with foil.
- Generously butter the inside of the pan.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Mix in sugar and cornstarch.
- Blend in sour cream and whipping cream.
- Add amaretto and vanilla.
- Stir in eggs and egg yolk one at a time, mixing thoroughly between each addition.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Pour mixture into prepared spring form pan.
- Place pan in another pan at least one inch wider than cake pan and add warm water to the outer pan to create a water bath for the cake (this prevents cracks in your cheesecake).
- Bake on the center rack of oven for 70 minutes.
- Turn oven off and allow to cool with oven door open for one hour.
- Remove cake from water bath.
- Chill at least 3 hours before removing from spring form pan.