Japanese Cheesecake
Japanese Cheesecake
Japanese Cheesecake
The last time I made this Japanese Cheesecake, the top cracked very badly and it
looked like some railway tracks. This time round, I paid more attention to the
temperature and lowered the heat. The cake had slight split at the surface and
somehow disappeared while cooling in the oven (due to the shrinkage). I will need to
adjust the temperature further to achieve a no-crack cake.
I made this Japanese Cheesecake without my weighing scale and had to trouble Aunty
A to
weigh
the
flours
for
me.
Yields a very soft and light cheesecake. Pardon the white line on the cake, it is the
reflection from my camera's flashlight.
Peach Japanese Cheesecake
Ingredients
(A)
250g Philadephia cream cheese
50g butter
100ml fresh milk
(B)
60g cake flour
20g corn flour
*sifted together
(C)
5 egg yolks
tsp salt
(D)
5 egg whites
tsp cream of tartar
120g fine granulated sugar
Method
Melt (A) in a double boiler. Cool the mixture. (I melt it over direct fire on low heat, stirring
constantly)
Mix well.
Whisk egg white with cream of tartar until foamy. Add in the sugar gradually and whisk
until medium stiff peaks form.
Fold in 1/3 of the whites into the yolk mixture using a rubber spatula till incorporated.
Pour the mixture to the remaining egg whites and fold in gently.
Pour into a 8 round cake pan (line the bottom with parchment paper). I added some
peaches from my leftoverfruit pastry.
Bake cheese cake in a water bath at preheated oven of 160C for 15 mins, reduce
temperature to 150C and bake for another 45 mins.
Turn down the temp to 140C and bake till the cake is golden brown and until skewer
inserted to centre of cake comes out clean. Leave to cool in oven wih door slightly ajar.