Strawberry Cheesecake
Desserts are one of my weaknesses. You won’t be able to resist this cheesecake, with its fresh sliced strawberries and light and fluffy texture!
As a child, I was never really a fan of strawberries but over the years I’ve developed a love for these delicious berries!
This recipe creates a light and fluffy cheesecake that’s delicate and creamy in texture. The bottom crust of the cake is made from crushed graham crackers. The amount of crumbs I used in this recipe makes for a thin layer but if you would like to use more, it should work fine. 🙂
Maybe I’ve been watching too many cooking shows lately, but I’ve been feeling like experimenting in my baking. A few weeks ago, on one of the shows on the Food network I saw that one of the cheesecakes had a layer of sour cream, vanilla and sugar spread on top of the hot cheesecake before the end of baking. The cake was then put back into the oven to bake for a little longer.
I was curious how this would turn out since I’ve never heard of someone using sour cream as a topping on cheesecake before. I did what I saw on the Food network and I’m sure glad that I did!
Adding the sour cream, sugar and vanilla to the top of the cheesecake created a light and creamy topping with a slight tartness that complemented the fresh berries very well.
It was DIVINE!!
I was so happy with the results that I’ve decided that any time a make a cheesecake with berries I will be using sour cream on top!
This recipe is “officially” for a strawberry cheesecake but you could definitely use any combination of fresh berries that you like.
This time I just opted for slices of strawberries place on top, but I think next time I may add some fresh raspberries as well.
This strawberry cheesecake would make a perfect dessert served to guests or just as a nice treat for
yourself and your family!
I hope you enjoy this recipe!
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Strawberry Cheesecake
- Yield: 8 – 10 slices of cake 1x
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter, unsalted
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3 (8 oz) packs of cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsps vanilla
- 4 large eggs whites, room temperature
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1 pint of strawberries or berries combination of choice (note: you can use as many or as few as you like)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 8″ spring form cake pan with butter. The pan sides should be at least 2 1/2″ to 3″ high.
- Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over the bottom and sides of the pan. Make sure the sides and bottom are covered. The majority of the crumbs will be on the bottom.
- Onces sides and bottom are coated with crumbs, use a spoon or spatula to spread the crumbs around the bottom of the pan so the amount is roughly even throughout.
- Cream together 1 cup of the sugar with the cream cheese and 1 tsp of the vanilla. Use an electric mixer to combine this well.
- In a separate bowl and using clean beaters, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Use an electric mixer for this.
- Once eggs have formed stiff peaks, gently fold them into the cream cheese. Do this in 3 parts – not all at once.
- Pour the cream cheese batter into the cake pan and spread it around with a spatula to make sure it's even.
- Bake for 35 minutes.
- Combine sour cream with remaining sugar and vanilla (1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla).
- Once the cake has baked for 35 minutes, evenly spread the sour cream mixture over the hot cheesecake.
- Bake in the oven for an additional 10 minutes.
- Once it has finished baking allow to cool on a wire rack (still in the pan) until it reaches room temperature.
- Chill covered in the fridge overnight (still in the pan).
- The next day, remove the cake from the pan and top with fresh slices of strawberries or other fresh berries.
- Category: Dessert
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I love cheesecake, but especially with strawberries! Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe!
That looks so delicious! I haven’t had cheesecake in a while. I should totally try this.
I think I need to make my own cheesecake soon. I’m not a huge fan of strawberries but any other berry would be awesome!
I have never made a cheesecake from scratch before but this one doesn’t look too hard, plus it looks delicious!! That may be motivation right there to make it! LOL!
Strawberry Cheesecake is my favorite cake ever. I will have to try this recipe on the weekend.
Oh I love cheesecake. I think it tastes much better from made from scratch. I remember learning to make cheesecake while I was in highschool. We never used sour cream. I will have to try that to see how it tastes.
That looks amazing. I’ve never made strawberry cheesecake. Or any kind of cheesecake but my husband loves it so I should try! This looks so good.
Oh my goodness, that looks so amazing! I love cheesecake, but only when it’s dressed up with another flavor. Strawberry will do quite nicely!
This looks like somehting my family would love for me to make on the 4th. Im printing the recipe so thanks!!
Strawberry cheesecake is my fave. I like using really big fat fresh berries, mm hmm hmm
I love strawberry cheesecakes even though they give me heartburn, this one looks so sinfully delicious.
I’m a sucker for cheesecakes. I am definitely trying your recipe this weekend. Thankd for sharing.
Ohhhh my gosh this looks amazing! I totally am pinning it for later :]
Thanks
for sharing this. This is actually my comfort food! I will try your recipe.
Love, love , love cheesecake! This looks amazing! I have been searching for a 4th of July desert recipe and I think this is the one.
Cheesecake is my absolute fave and this looks delicious! Ah, I might have to make one for the cookout.
That topping sounds divine! What a wonderful addition.
That sounds absolutely delicious. Cheesecake is my all time favorite. I can’t wait to make this for my family!
Strawberry cheesecake is my absolute favorite. I’ll have to give this recipe a try. It looks delicious.
Cheesecake is my hubby’s favorite dessert and I know he would love to have it at our celebration this weekend. Thanks for the great recipe and I think I’ll be giving it a try to surprise him!
Cheesecake is my favorite dessert! I could seriously eat a piece every day. I don’t think I’ve heard of using sour cream in it either though I am getting old and forgetful lol.