Super Duper Boston Cream Cheesecake Recipes

Steps:

• Make the cheesecake: Line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Combine the gelatin with 2 tablespoons water in a small microwave-safe bowl and set aside to soften, about 5 minutes. Beat the cream cheese on medium-high speed in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer) until completely smooth, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the confectioners' sugar, sour cream, lemon juice, vanilla and a pinch of kosher salt, and beat on medium-high speed until incorporated and smooth, about 1 minute.
• Microwave the gelatin until melted, stirring as needed, about 30 seconds. Add the gelatin to the cream cheese mixture and beat on medium-high speed to combine, about 30 seconds. Pour the cream cheese-gelatin mixture into the springform pan and refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottoms and sides of a 9-inch cake pan; dust with flour and tap out the excess.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and fine salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter, granulated sugar and oil in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light in color and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla, until combined.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and alternate adding in the flour mixture and the milk, adding the flour in three additions and the milk in two, starting and ending with the flour. Mix just until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 2 hours.
• To assemble: Evenly cut the cake in half horizontally with a serrated knife so you have two cakes that are the same height. Remove the sides of the springform pan. Place the bottom layer cake upside down on top of the cheesecake and flip it over so that the cheesecake is now on top of the cake. Remove the parchment paper from the top of the cheesecake and place onto a cake plate or cake stand. Top with the second cake layer and place in the fridge while you make your ganache.
• Make the ganache: Place the chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring the heavy cream and butter to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour over the chocolate and let it stand for 5 minutes. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
• Remove the cake from the fridge and pour the ganache over the top of the cake, smoothing out the top with a small offset spatula and letting it drip over the sides. Refrigerate until the chocolate sets, about 20 minutes. Slice and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package; pour into 9-inch springform pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.
• Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over cake layer in pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• Microwave COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 to 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is blended, stirring after each minute. Cool 15 min.; slowly pour over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS:.
• GREASE bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Prepare cake mix as directed on package; pour batter evenly into springform pan and bake at 325°F for 25 minutes if using a silver springform pan. (Bake at 300°F for 20 minutes if using a dark nonstick springform pan.) Cool.
• BEAT cream cheese, granulated sugar and 1 teaspoons of the vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended.
• Blend in sour cream; pour over cake layer.
• BAKE at 325°F for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is almost set if using a silver springform pan. (Bake at 300°F for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is almost set if using a dark nonstick springform pan.).
• Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• PLACE chocolate, milk and butter in medium microwavable bowl and microwave on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted, stirring after 1 minute.
• Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Add powdered sugar and remaining 1 teaspoons vanilla; mix well and spread over cooled cheesecake.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
• VARIATIONS:.
• You can use any 1 layer cake mix and/or comparable size cheesecake recipe.
• If you prefer a harder chocolate topping use my recipe #155392.

Steps:

• 1. HEAT OVEN TO 350 F.
• 2. CAKE BOTTOM Grease bottom of 9 inch springform pan.Prepare cake mix as directed on package: pour batter evenly into springform pan. Bake 20 min.
• 3. FILLING Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla at medium speed with electric mixer til well blended. Add eggs, one at a time ,mixing at low speed after each addition, just until blended. Blend in sour cream; pour over cake layer. BAKE AGAIN for 35 min. or until center is almost set.Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; Cool before removing rim of pan.
• 4. TOPPING Melt chocolate and margarine over low heat, stirring until smooth.Remove from heat. Add water and remaining ingredients; Mix well. Spread over cooled cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
• 5. NOTE- I have never seen a one layer cake mix package,so I just used a regular 2 layer yellow cake mix and doubled the recipe. My family did'nt mind that I made 2 instead of one! I'm sure your's won't either. ENJOY

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 350F. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour cake mix into a foil lined 10' inch spring form pan that has been sprayed with pam. Bake 20 minutes. Beat cream cheese w/ sugar and vanilla, until light and fluffy.Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in sour cream.
• 2. Spread over baked cake. Bake for another 35 minutes longer. Cool in pan for several minutes. Then loosen from the edges of pan. Let stand until completely cooled. Remove sides of pan. In the top of a double boiler heat water, chocolate and butter until melted stirring constantly. Remove from heat and beat in vanilla and confectioners sugar. Spread over cheesecake. Chill at least 2 or more hours before serving. Enjoy!

Steps:

• To make the crust: Butter a 9-inch springform pan - choose one that has sides that are 2 3/4 inches high (if the sides are lower, you will have cheesecake batter left over) - and wrap the bottom of the pan in a double layer of aluminum foil.
• Stir the crumbs, sugar and salt together in a medium bowl. Pour over the melted butter and stir until all of the dry ingredients are uniformly moist. (I do this with my fingers.) Turn the ingredients into the springform pan and use your fingers to pat an even layer of crumbs along the bottom of the pan and about halfway up the sides. Don't worry if the sides are not perfectly even or if the crumbs reach above or below the midway point on the sides. Put the pan in the freezer while you preheat the over. (The crust can be covered and frozen for up to 2 months.)
• Center a rack in the over, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place the springform on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Set the crust aside to cool on a rack while you make the cheesecake.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• To make the cheesecake: Put a kettle of water on to boil.
• Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese at medium speed until it is soft and creamy, about 4 minutes. With the mixer running, add the sugar and salt and continue to beat for another 4 minutes or so, until the cream cheese is light. Beat in the vanilla. Add the eggs, one by one, beating for 1 full minute after each addition - you want a well-aerated batter. Reduce the mixer speed to low and stir in the sour cream and/or heavy cream.
• Put the foil-wrapped springform pan in a roasting pan that is large enough to hold the pan with some space around it.
• Give the batter a few stirs with a rubber spatula, just to make sure that nothing has been left unmixed at the bottom of the bowl, and scrape the batter into the springform pan. The batter will reach the rim of the pan. (If you have a pan with lower sides and have leftover batter, you can bake the batter in a buttered ramekin or small soufflé mold.) Put the roasting pan in the oven and pour enough boiling water into the roaster to come halfway up the sides of the springform pan.
• Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour 30 minutes, at which point the top will be browned (and perhaps cracked) and may have risen just a little above the rim of the pan. Turn off the oven's heat and prop the oven door open with a wooden spoon. Allow the cheesecake to luxuriate in its water bath for another hour.
• After 1 hour, carefully pull the setup out of the oven, lift the springform pan out of the roaster - be careful, there may be some hot water in the aluminum foil - and remove the foil. Let the cheesecake come to room temperature on a cooling rack.
• When the cake is cool, cover the top lightly and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, although overnight is better.
• At serving time, remove the sides of the springform pan - you can use a hairdryer to do this - and set the cake on a serving platter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• CAKE BOTTOM - Grease bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Prepare cake mix as directed on package. Pour batter into the springform pan. Bake 20 minutes at 350°.
• FILLING - Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, mixing at low speed after each addition, just until the mixture is well blended. Blend in the sour cream. Pour the batter over the cake layer.
• Place pan in oven and bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until the center is almost set. Run a butter knife or metal spatula around the rim of the pan to loosen the cake. Cool before removing rim of pan.
• TOPPING - Melt chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Add the boiling water, powdered sugar and vanilla; mix well. Spread the chocolate mixture over the cooled cheesecake.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

Steps:

• Grease bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Prepare cake batter as directed on package; pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 25 minutes if using a silver springform pan. (Bake at 300°F for 20 minutes if using a dark nonstick springform pan.) Cool.
• Beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Add sour cream; mix well.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over cake layer in pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is almost set if using a silver springform pan. (Bake at 300°F for 40 to 45 minutes or until center is almost set if using a dark nonstick springform pan.).
• Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan.
• Place chocolate, milk and butter in medium microwavable bowl.
• Microwave on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted, stirring after 1 minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Add powdered sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla; mix well.
• Spread over cooled cheesecake.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.