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If one thing in life is certain, writing about cheesecake leads to craving cheesecake. So when I had to write a little bit on the history of the New York Cheesecake at work, I knew it was only going to end one way. Namely, me – covered in sugar, my walls – splattered with sour cream, and my first ever New York Cheesecake attempt…
I had to pull out a little turbo baking action on my super busy Saturday, but somehow managed to pull off a convincing New York Cheesecake.
Inspired by this nifty little recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, but with a few tweaks, here is my New York Cheesecake recipe –
What you’ll need
The base
85g butter
180g digestive biscuits
1tbsp caster sugar
A pinch of salt
The filling
900g full fat soft cheese
200ml sour cream
200g caster sugar
3tbsp plain flour
3 large eggs and a yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
Dash of lemon juice
A pinch of salt
The topping
200ml sour cream
1 tbsp caster sugar
Dash of lemon juice
1.) Heat the oven to 190C. Grease the sides of a springform cake tin with butter.
2.) Take out all your pent up aggression on the digestive biscuits. In other words smash them into crumbs with a rolling pin. Then add the sugar and salt, and finally mix in the melted butter.
3.) Press the mixture into the base of the cake tin and bake for 10 minutes, then set aside to cool.
4.) Turn oven down to 170C. Mix sugar, flour and salt.
5.) Beat the soft cheese until light and fluffy, then add a third of the sugar mixture, then half of the sour cream. Repeat, then add the final third of sugar mixture and beat. Stir in vanilla and lemon. Add the eggs one by one, then the yolk, beating until creamy.
6.) Butter the cake tin again, then pour the in mixture and cook for an hour and a half. Keep an eye on the cheesecake to make sure it doesn’t burn and don’t be surprised if it rises – mine did, a lot!
7.) Make the topping by combining sour cream, sugar and lemon. Spread on the cheesecake as soon as it comes out the oven. Pop in the fridge overnight or as long as you can – mine was in for a few hours.
8.) Share with friends, whilst listening to Frank Sinatra, preferably.
