Lemon Cheesecake Recipe

When God gives you lemons… make lemonade? No; make lemon cheesecake! With this particular lemon cheesecake recipe, you actually don’t even need lemons… so I guess when God gives you lemon pudding… well, you know what to do!

The best part about this tasty lemon cheesecake is how deliciously simple and quick it is! It’s perfect for moms on the go or just plain people with packed schedules!

In hardly no time at all, you will have created (and be able to enjoy) such a decadent dessert like lemon cheesecake. Sat so long to that 3 hour chilling time… say hello to cheesecake in under an hour!

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients:

Crust:
1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup butter; melted
1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs

Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese
1 package instant lemon pudding
2 cups milk

Directions:

1) Mix sugar; crumbs, and oleo. Bake as for crumb crust. Mix cream cheese until smooth. Gradually blend in 1/2 cup milk until smooth and creamy.

2) Add remaining milk and pudding mix. Beat slowly with egg beater for 1 minute. Do not overbeat. Pour into cooled crust. Chill.

It’s so easy, hardly anyone could do it! I made this lemon cheesecake recipe countless times, especially when my schedule was busy or the days were so nice, I couldn’t bear to stay inside for TOO long!

For a fun variation, try mixing up a simple strawberry glaze for the top or if you’re particularly daring try adding some slicing strawberries to your cheesecake! With one easy addition, you have now created a strawberry-lemon cheesecake recipe of your very own. Without the strawberries, this cheesecake is just as good so go ahead, this lemon cheesecake recipe will take no time at all!

Vegan Cheesecake Recipe

By definition a vegan is one who makes the choice not to consume animals or make use of any animal by-products for food, clothing, or otherwise. It is many times considered a tough lifestyle, but for those who live it, it is very rewarding.

Many times, people may assume that a vegan cannot enjoy the tasty foods we all get to have. In some instances, it’s true… no ice cream, no fried chicken, etc.

On the other hand, they have their own yummy favorites. I have a vegan friend who loves tofu (obviously) and shared her favorite cheesecake recipe with me.

She loves the simplicity of this recipe, not to mention there are no animal products! For this vegan cheesecake, it doesn’t hurt that it tastes pretty good too.

Ingredients:

• 1 (12 ounce) package soft tofu
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2) In a blender, combine the tofu, soy milk, sugar, vanilla extract and maple syrup. Blend until smooth and pour into pie crust.

3) Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool; refrigerate until chilled.

While this vegan cheesecake recipe doesn’t necessarily turn out tasting the same as that cream cheese cheesecake, it is a fun twist on an old favorite. For some added flavors, try slicing some berries and topping your cheesecake with them. It’s a delicious way to add color to this simple vegan cheesecake. Enjoy!

Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

Chocolate cheesecake. Two thumbs up. Caramel cheesecake. Two thumbs up. Caramel chocolate cheesecake. Four thumbs up?! It’s very possible with this caramel chocolate cheesecake recipe!

I have a great friend who just absolutely loves chocolate! He can have chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup and chocolate sprinkles and not even bat an eye! I’ve never been that much of a choc-o-holic myself, but he absolutely loves this recipe! The funny part is so do I.

This recipe is great to make because not only does he love it (with all the chocolate), but so do I (with the chocolate caramel combo).

This caramel chocolate cheesecake recipe is perfect for birthdays, nights in, or special occasion parties. You too will find that this easy chocolate cheesecake is a huge crowd pleaser! Try one out for yourself.

Ingredients:

• 3 (8-oz) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 8 oz fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
• 1 chocolate wafer premade crust (or your favorite recipe!)
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
1) Cook sugar in a dry heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork, until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel without stirring, swirling pan, until deep golden.

2) Remove from heat and carefully add heavy cream (mixture will vigorously steam and caramel will harden). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in chocolate until smooth. Stir in sour cream.

3) Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy, then beat in chocolate mixture on low speed. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated and scraping down bowl between additions.

4) Put springform pan with crust in a shallow baking pan. Pour filling into crust and bake in baking pan (to catch drips) in middle of oven 55 minutes, or until cake is set 3 inches from edge but center is still slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken.

5) Run a knife around top edge of cake to loosen and cool completely in springform pan on a rack. (Cake will continue to set as it cools.) Chill cake, loosely covered, at least 6 hours. Remove side of pan and transfer cake to a plate.

Yum-o! Such a great partnership between caramel and chocolate… you’re sure to wonder why you didn’t stumble across this tasty recipe sooner! Enjoy all you can and wash it down with a big glass of milk…you just might need it.

Simple Cheesecake Recipe

A simple cheesecake recipe can sometimes be hard to find. You want a cheesecake recipe which is delicious yet, simple…easy, but flavorful. It’s a tough balance; at least it was until I found this simple cheesecake recipe. It’s so easy!

While the flavor is simply plain, it gives you so many options as to what to use for topping. Want a cherry cheesecake? Try this recipe with a can of cherry topping (better yet, some fresh cherries!)

Maybe chocolate cheesecake is more “your speed”. This recipe with a hot fudge glaze or sauce is a great addition. Experiment with it. Have fun, bake limitlessly, and love every inch of this simple, simple cheesecake recipe!

Yield: 8 slices

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 prepared graham cracker pie crust

Topping Ideas

• 1/2 cup sour cream (mixed with 2 tbsp sugar)
• 1 cup cherry pie filling
• 2 cups fresh strawberries
• prepared Jello gelatin
• a thin chocolate sauce

Directions

1) Mix cream cheese, sugar, sour cream and eggs.

2) Pour into premade pie crust.

3) Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes or until a 3 inch circle in center jiggles when you “give it a shake”.

4) Cool 3 hours or overnight.

5) Serve with desired topping…enjoy!

My personal favorite topping is a drizzle of chocolate sauce with some freshly sliced strawberries atop this delicious cheesecake. This recipe is perfect for any occasion where a cheesecake is needed in a short amount of time or when ingredients are running low… but cheesecake cravings are running high.

Any time, any day, any reason, any occasion, any slice, any way—it’s a yes to this simple cheesecake recipe. Give it a try for yourself.

Banana Split Cheesecake Recipe

Wow… this banana split cheesecake recipe is insane. The day I ran across this recipe was also the day I baked it; it just sounded so delicious! Who would have thought that you could take two completely different desserts and make one super supreme snack.

The trick is that this recipe is basically a banana cheesecake. The banana split part comes in the topping. What an overflow of toppings…but how tasty!

I’m sure you’re just dying to try this recipe out, just as I was, so why wait any longer. Go ahead… get started now.

Yield: 16 servings

Ingredients:

Crust:

• Non-stick cooking spray
• 1 cup packaged chocolate cookie crumbs (such as Oreo)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine, melted

Filling:

• 4 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups banana; mashed and ripe
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs

Toppings:

• 1/3 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice, drained
• 1/3 cup strawberry sundae syrup
• 1/3 cup chocolate syrup
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 16 maraschino cherries, drained

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 325°.

2) To prepare crust, combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; toss with a fork until moist. Press into bottom of a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray.

3) To prepare filling, beat cheeses and sour cream at high speed of a mixer until smooth. Add 1 1/2 cups sugar, banana, flour, and vanilla; beat well. Add eggs, 1 at a time; beat well after each addition.

4) Pour cheese mixture into prepared pan; bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until almost set. Cheesecake is done when the center barely moves when pan is touched. Remove cheesecake from oven; run a knife around outside edge.

5) Cool cheesecake to room temperature. Cover and chill for at least 8 hours. Top each serving with 1 teaspoon pineapple, 1 teaspoon strawberry syrup, 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup, 3/4 teaspoon pecans, and 1 cherry.

Yum! This delicious (yet unique) cheesecake recipe showcases all the delicious flavors a classic banana split in a new and exciting way. Your friends will be so shocked to see the cheesecake you made them and everyone will be just dying to know the recipe! It can be our little secret!

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Recipe

I love chocolate chip cookies. I also love cheesecake. What would you say if I said you could have both? Believe it because it’s true—you absolutely can with this delicious chocolate chip cheesecake recipe.

This recipe is perfect and I make it a lot at my home, for parties, gatherings, or just because. This chocolate chip cheesecake recipe has just enough chocolate to satisfy, but not so much that the creaminess of the cake is overwhelmed.

In addition, the extra chocolate on top of the cake is a nice little something extra. This chocolate chip cheesecake, a large glass of milk and I’m set! You will be too; just give it a try.

Yield: 10-12 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
• 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine
• 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided
• 1/2 cup whipping cream

Directions:

1) Combine chocolate cookie crumbs and butter, stirring well. Firmly press mixture evenly over the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes.

2) Beat cream cheese at high speed of an electric hand-held mixer until light and fluffy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

3) Stir in vanilla and 2/3 cup chocolate chips. Pour mixture into crust. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes; turn oven off and leave oven door ajar.

4) Leave cheesecake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool a on a wire rack. Cover cheesecake, refrigerate, and chill 8 hours.

5) Melt remaining 2/3 cup chocolate chips in top of double boiler; gradually stir in whipping cream. Stir over low heat until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and spread over cheesecake. Chill thoroughly.

Yum! Making the cheesecake is almost as fun as eating it and adding in the chocolate chips is a fun way to let kids help with this recipe. The fun is unlimited, but the slices aren’t. Luckily, you can make this recipe more than once! Enjoy!

Marbled Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

Strawberry cheesecake is one of my favorite cheesecake recipes of all time. I love strawberries and I could eat them all day long! This recipe for marbled cheesecake is a new twist on an old favorite and although traditional strawberry cheesecake is good, this recipe had me at the word “marbled”.

I remember my grandma was the first person to ever give me a taste of strawberry cheesecake. She had made it for a holiday dessert one year and it was fantastic. From then on I began experimenting with different variations of strawberry cheesecake. Some recipes added kiwi, some added banana, and some just took new stances on the strawberries.

I don’t know how many recipes I went through, but this one definitely took the cake… the cheesecake! It’s smooth, it’s creamy, it’s strawberries—it’s perfect!

Yield: serves 12 guests

Ingredients:

Crust:
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar

Cheesecake:
24 ounces cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
10 ounces frozen strawberries (thawed), in syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch

Directions:

1) Puree strawberries and cornstarch in blender. Heat in a saucepan over medium heat until thickened, then cool. Combine melted butter, graham cracker crumbs and sugar; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

2) Bake at 350 F. for 10 minutes. Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

3) Pour half of the batter over the crust then add half of the strawberry mixture by spoonfuls to the batter. Pour remaining batter into the pan then add the remaining strawberry mixture by spoonfuls. Swirl the mixture with a knife until it resembles a marbled effect.

4) Bake at 300 degrees (F) for 50-60 minutes or until set. Allow cheesecake to cool then remove from rim of pan. Chill overnight before serving.

I absolutely love this recipe and the fact that it is swirled just adds an extra little fun effect. This recipe is especially fun for younger kids who tend to love swirling the batter! It’s a delicious cheesecake recipe for the whole family and I give it two big thumbs up!

No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake Recipe

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved Oreos. Dunked, halved, or right out of the bag, it just seemed like they were always “just right”. Now that I’m older I love to add Oreos to any recipe I can! This recipe is so much fun because it’s a delicious cheesecake, with the simplicity of no bake!

The recipe is smooth and creamy and great for the hot summers, although I like it in any season! My grandma is the queen of cheesecakes and although this recipe is no-bake, I’d say that it sure holds it’s own with the best of them! So take a bite, a sliver, a slice—what ever you like best… and dig into this delicious no-bake cookies-n-cream cheesecake!

Yield: one 9 inch cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 24 chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos), finely crumbled, about 2 cups

• 6 tablespoons margarine, room temperature

• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin

• 1/4 cup cold water

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 3/4 cup milk

• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

• coarsely crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos), about 1 to 1 1/2 cups

Directions:

1) Combine fine cookie crumbs and soft margarine; press into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. In a saucepan, soften gelatin in cold water; stir over low heat until dissolved.

2) In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and sugar, mixing at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer until well blended,

3) Gradually add gelatin mixture and milk, mixing until well blended. Chill until mixture is thickened but not set; fold in whipped cream.

4) Reserve 1 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture; pour remaining cream cheese mixture over crust.

5) Top with coarsely crumbled cookies then remaining cream cheese mixture. Chill until firm (about 3 hours).

Once the cheesecake is done and chilled, I love to pour a glass of milk and have a piece A.S.A.P. Sharing with my family is a must and the cheesecake is usually gone within a day. I don’t really mind though… this just means I can make a fresh Oreo cheesecake tomorrow!

New York Style Cheesecake Recipe

New York Style Cheesecake is a delicious classic and while I may not be from New York this fantastic recipe really does make you feel like you’ve just jumped right into Town Square! Okay, so that may be a slight exaggeration, but I really do love this recipe. I’ve even got a hunch that if you tried it, you’d love it too.

It’s creamy, it’s thick, it’s original (so you can top it with ANYTHING), and it’s so easy. I, personally, love it with either strawberries or a warm caramel drizzle. It’s great any season and any time of the day.For all the beginner bakers out there and those who just like a little cake every now and them– this recipe truly is amazing!

Yield: 9 or 10 inch cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
• 3 Tbsp. Flour
• 3 Tbsp. Sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 3 Tbsp. Butter; melted
• 1 cup sour cream
• 4 pk (8-oz) cream cheese
• 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
• 1 cup Sugar
• Topping of your choice (optional)

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix crumbs, sugar, and butter. Press onto bottom of 9 or 10-inch spring-form pan Bake 10 minutes.

2) Beat cream cheese, sugar, and flour at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in sour cream and vanilla. Pour over crust. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. Turn oven off and let cake sit in oven with the door propped open until oven has cooled.

3) Loosen cake from rim of pan. Rim can be removed when completely cooled. Best flavor is developed if refrigerated. Any kind of crumbs can be used.

Yum! This New-York cheesecake recipe is just so tasty. Also, with this recipe there are many variations you can try to see what you like best! I’ve substituted nuts, Nilla wafers or even Oreo cookie crumbs for the grham cracker crust. Also, you could try using margarine instead of the butter. I personally, think it skimps down on the flavor, but again, its all about what YOU like.

Even the cream cheese and sour cream can be altered…more or less depending on what you prefer.
That is the great thing about this recipe. It is so hard to mess up and for me, that’s a good thing! I remember that this was one of the first recipes I used when I started baking on my own. It’s delicious and looks lovely, but really– when would New York style cheesecake NOT be good? Never!

Brownie Twist Cheesecake Recipe

If you are like me, then when dessert time rolls around, you have a hard time choosing just one…will it be a brownie or cheesecake?

Well, fellow dessert-lovers, have no fear! I have just the dessert for you! This chocolate cheesecake, with a brownie twist, is a wonderful compromise to your dessert dilemma. Read more

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