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Valentine's Day Cheesecake!

  • hautecraving
  • Feb 17, 2015
  • 3 min read

I found a recipe on Pinterest while searching for something to bake for Valentine's Day!

I've tried this recipe twice, I'll post a photo here of the two attempts. Then I'll describe my experience making it! Full Credit goes to Cooking Classy.com!

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Attempt #1 (Left) is with Raspberry sauce and Attempt #2 is with Cherry Sauce. I'll explain at the end what went wrong with the first one.

Ingredients: (i split them up so you know what goes it each part. Full Instructions on original links)

  • 1 store-bought pre-made oreo crust (save the lid) - graham cracker crust works too

  • 1 Tbsp granulated sugar

  • 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch

  • 1/3 cup cold water

  • 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries

  • 12 oz. cream cheese (1 1/2 pkg.), softened

  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar

  • 1 egg

  • 1 egg white

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice

  • 6 oz. white chocolate, chopped or 1 cup white chocolate chips

  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

To start off, I just wanted to say that I hope sharing my experience is helpful. I like knowing and experimenting on what can go wrong. Although the original instructions are extremely helpful, I still messed it up - so here are some tips and tricks to be aware of :)

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I started with the Cherry sauce for my second attempt. I threw in the cold water, cornstarch and sugar, and then put in canned cherry pie sauce - but the recipe calls for frozen or fresh. It worked fine :). I just wanted to point out that I put in the wrong amount of water, my measuring cups are coloured coated but I accidentally picked up the 1/4 cup instead of 1/3 cup. This is the set I have here. Anyways, once that came to a bowl and remained at a boil for 5 minutes - I then put it throw a strainer and tried to get as much as I could through, to get rid of any seeds or lumps and set aside. Then I moved over to my Kitchen Aid and mixed the sugar and creme cheese for a minute or two. Once that was ready, it's time to put in the egg and egg white, then vanilla and lemon juice. I used bottled lemon juice, despite my mother telling me to use a fresh lemon, it still tasted nice and subtle anyways.

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Not sure if you can tell but this mixture (right) is creamier than the similar one above it (left). That's because I added melted chocolate and heavy whipped cream mixture to it. To get this, I used a double boiler to melt white chocolate chips and some whipped cream, then added it to the cream cheese mixture. Once that was done, I poured about a 1/3 cup at a time to the crust mixture. I just have a regular pre-made graham cracker crust here, but the recipe calls for an oreo one. I just wanted to put enough of the mixture in to cover the bottom of it.

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Next, I poured a bit of the Raspberry or Cherry Sauce (this photo is cherry sauce, use whichever you prefer) and I swirled it around with a skewer until the colour went from a deep red to a lighter red, that's when I knew it was mixed in with the creme cheese. Then I poured the rest of the cream cheese mixture over it, making sure all the cherry sauce is covered. Be careful shaking the crust container to even spread the filling - as you can see mine cracked.

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Finally, on to the fun part - the dotting. With the remainder of the cherry sauce, I put it in my piping kit and started from the center outwards. With my first attempt, I began with the outer edges and moved inwards and when it was time to connect them - I had lost my place and it clearly looks like I messed up. The original recipe suggest using a syringe, I may try that next time but for now piping works fine. I think I may have dotted too heavily, because the heart did end up quite thick. Regardless, once I was done the dots, I pulled a skewer through each dot from in the center out, making them look like hearts. Then I baked it on 275 farenheit for about an hour in my convection oven!

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My family honestly loved this and both were gone within days! I'm going to keep working at it because I really wanted to perfect the hearts! It is such a gorgeous cake and perfect for this winter season :)

 
 
 

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