Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake – Sally’s Baking Dependancy

This cinnamon swirl cheesecake strikes the proper steadiness with regards to each taste and texture: not too candy however not too tangy; wealthy and decadent however not too heavy… if Goldilocks had her alternative of desserts, she’d select this one as a result of it’s excellent. 😉

Right here’s Why You’ll Love This Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake

• Every part you’re keen on about traditional cheesecake, plus a cinnamon roll-like filling!
• Creamy, wealthy, velvety-smooth cheesecake melts in your mouth
• Cinnamon-brown sugar filling in each chunk
• Sandwiched between a thick, buttery graham cracker crust and a fluffy whipped cream topping
• Could make it as smaller-batch cheesecake bars—particulars beneath

Use a Graham Cracker Crust

The crust is principally the identical as my conventional graham cracker crust, however with extra crumbs and fewer butter, as a result of cheesecake is so heavy and moist.

The crust seems buttery, gentle, and crunchy on the identical time. Give it a 10-minute head begin within the oven earlier than including the filling.

For the Filling & Cinnamon Crumb Swirl

1. Brick Cream Cheese: Use 32 ounces of full-fat brick cream cheese. Ensure you’re shopping for the bricks of cream cheese and never cream cheese unfold, which has larger water content material and gained’t permit your cheesecake to arrange.
2. Sugar: We’re utilizing granulated sugar to sweeten the cheesecake batter, and brown sugar for the cinnamon crumble swirl (identical to we use within the filling for cinnamon rolls).
3. Bitter Cream: Makes for a {smooth} and velvety texture, and offers it that frivolously tangy taste. With out it, you’ll simply be consuming… baked cream cheese.
4. Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract provides taste, particularly selfmade vanilla extract! You can additionally use vanilla bean paste as a substitute.
5. Eggs: 3 eggs are the ultimate ingredient. You’ll beat the eggs in final, one by one, till they’re *simply* included. Don’t overmix the batter after you add the eggs. It will whip air into the cheesecake batter, leading to a cracked, deflated cheesecake.
6. Flour, Cinnamon, & Melted Butter: Blended along with the brown sugar, these substances make up the cinnamon-roll-style filling that will get swirled all through the cheesecake.

The cheesecake batter is my ordinary go-to, though I diminished the bitter cream to make up for the additional quantity of all of the cinnamon swirl layers. I tailored the cinnamon filling from a cinnamon roll cheesecake I got here throughout on Delish; it’s a scaled-up model of the topping on my cinnamon crunch bread!

How you can Assemble Your Cinnamon Roll Swirl Cheesecake

After you’ve made the crust, make the cheesecake batter. It comes collectively shortly and simply with a mixer. Will probably be exceptionally creamy, like this:

Making the cinnamon filling is even simpler: you simply want a bowl and a fork to combine it collectively.

To assemble, layer the cheesecake batter with the cinnamon filling into the crust. 1st layer of cheesecake; 1st layer of cinnamon swirl filling; 2nd layer of cheesecake; 2nd layer of cinnamon swirl; third layer of cheesecake; and third layer of the cinnamon filling sprinkled on prime.

Swirl all of it along with a knife, like this:

Did you discover how the pan is wrapped in aluminum foil right here? That’s since you’ll bake it in a…

Cheesecake Water Bathtub

I promise a water tub is nothing sophisticated. All you’re doing is putting the springform pan in a roasting pan, filling it with sizzling water, and baking. What’s the purpose, you ask?

The steam from the new water will raise the cheesecake up slowly and evenly, lowering the chance of cracks on the floor.

I even have a complete publish and video tutorial for How you can Make a Cheesecake Water Bathtub. Belief me once I say that taking a number of additional minutes to organize a water tub for this cheesecake recipe is effectively value it.

Cool & Chill (That is Necessary!)

Ending Touches

A light-weight layer of whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon is a straightforward but lovely method to prime this cinnamon swirl cheesecake.

Attempt It as Cinnamon Swirl Cheesecake Bars

For those who’d prefer to make a smaller-batch model of this recipe, you may (roughly) halve the recipe and make it as cheesecake bars in a 9-inch sq. baking pan. See the directions included within the recipe Notes beneath. We LOVED it this manner, too!

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