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Bean08
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Cheesecake Tips Please!
So, how do you get your cheesecake to not crack on top? I absolutely love my grandmother's recipe, but the last time I made it, the top cracked a little.
Thanks!!!
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Posted 4/1/10 10:02 AM  |
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8ternity
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
I heard water bath helps...instead of putting the pan directly into the over...you get a a big pan something like a roasting pan put 1" water and put the cheeesake (with the spring pan) in there...the steam from the water prevents it from cracking.
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| Posted 4/1/10 10:56 AM |
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Bean08
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
Posted by NYPD-Wife
I heard water bath helps...instead of putting the pan directly into the over...you get a a big pan something like a roasting pan put 1" water and put the cheeesake (with the spring pan) in there...the steam from the water prevents it from cracking.
Thanks! I've heard this but have always been afraid to try it...maybe this time I will (and then I'll decide which family gets the uglier cake!)
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| Posted 4/1/10 3:45 PM |
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MrsFrizzle
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
Posted by NYPD-Wife
I heard water bath helps...instead of putting the pan directly into the over...you get a a big pan something like a roasting pan put 1" water and put the cheeesake (with the spring pan) in there...the steam from the water prevents it from cracking.
Definitely the water bath! Although I admit I'm always to lazy to do that, I just cover the top with fruit 
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| Posted 4/1/10 3:49 PM |
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Bean08
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
Posted by jkfris09
Posted by NYPD-Wife
I heard water bath helps...instead of putting the pan directly into the over...you get a a big pan something like a roasting pan put 1" water and put the cheeesake (with the spring pan) in there...the steam from the water prevents it from cracking.
Definitely the water bath! Although I admit I'm always to lazy to do that, I just cover the top with fruit
Ha thanks! Problem is, some of my dh's family (including him) doesn't eat fruits or veggies!!! So I would have to cover it with chocolate! 
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| Posted 4/1/10 4:03 PM |
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jerrysgirl
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
i covered mine with chocolate the last time i made it.
i made italian cheesecake and that didn't crack at all.
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| Posted 4/1/10 5:19 PM |
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8ternity
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
Posted by Bean08
Posted by NYPD-Wife
I heard water bath helps...instead of putting the pan directly into the over...you get a a big pan something like a roasting pan put 1" water and put the cheeesake (with the spring pan) in there...the steam from the water prevents it from cracking.
Thanks! I've heard this but have always been afraid to try it...maybe this time I will (and then I'll decide which family gets the uglier cake!)
I know me too...a friend told me a trick she said to line inside of the spring pan with foil then add the cheesecake batter...thats if you use a spring pan, because sometimes water can get inside.
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| Posted 4/1/10 10:46 PM |
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
Everything needs to be the same temp.
The first time I made it, I had gone food shopping in the morning and left the eggs and cream cheese out until I made them late in the afternoon. Then I baked it in a water bath and let it sit in the oven until it cooled down a little.
The second time I made it, it cracked. I didn't have the eggs at room temp and I think I over beated the cream cheese because it was very liquidly.
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| Posted 4/3/10 8:13 AM |
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Daisy07
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Re: Cheesecake Tips Please!
I cook it for 15 mins at 450, then lower the temp to 225 for an hour and half. It doesn't crack, but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it!
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| Posted 4/3/10 3:06 PM |
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