World's Best Cheese Cake (Cheesecake)

"My dad makes the best cheese cake in the world! This is his recipe and it uses cream cheese, whipping cream and sour cream!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Dry mix graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon and mix in melted butter, until uniform and all crumbs are wetted out.
  • Press into the bottom of a spring form pan and up the sides an inch or so. Set aside.
  • Mix cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until soft and workable.
  • Add eggs, 1/2 C sugar and vanilla and mix with electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add whipping cream slowly with mixing to avoid lumping.
  • Pour batter into prepared crust, and bake for 45 minutes.
  • Mix sour cream and 1/4 C sugar and spread this evenly over the baked cheese cake.
  • Bake for 15 more minutes.
  • Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Top with fruit pie filling if desired.

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Reviews

  1. It’s new year 2024 and we are still making this cheese cake for every occasion! My brother came and visited and this cheese cake was all he requested. My previous review: I’ve had to make this for my cheesecake fan (my sister) the last 4 years for the holidays now. it is the BEST cheese cake EVER.
     
  2. This cheesecake is awesome! Perfect creamy texture and great flavor. I make a crust similar to Cheesecake Factory and use part graham crackers, part Nilla wafers, and part chopped walnuts and pecans with just a couple TBSP of melted butter. I mix a couple TBSP of sour cream in with the cream cheese and only put a little bit of the sour cream/sugar mixture on top (not the whole cup). Sometimes, I add a splash of Limoncello to the batter as well. My favorite cheesecake recipe!
     
  3. I have to tell you this is the best cheese cake I have ever had. I wanted to make a cheese cake for easter and I couldn't find my mothers' recipe so I came online hoping to find a good one! Well this one was great and was a big hit, everyone loved it and it was so easy to make! THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR EASTER DESSERT GREAT! Kaylee J Boston, MA
     
  4. I randomly figured out that the classic cheese cake recipe I had was lacking, the results were not always the same...the results ranged from creamy to too stiff. To get more consistent results I began to add whipping cream and sour cream. The general consensus of other reviewers for this recipe is that this is the best, I must agree! I use this recipe in either the mini pie shells (adjusting the cooking time), 9 inch graham cracker shell or double it and use 1/2 sheet to make a larger portion. I also add honey to taste to the crust, the filling, and the sour cream topping. At times I use brown sugar instead of white sugar achieving satisfactory results as well. My results have been consistent and family members totally satisfied - one family member at his entire cheese cake. *Note: I noticed that the generic brands of cream cheese had more consistent creamier results when the whipping cream and sour cream were added to the filling.
     
  5. Absolutely a wonderful cheese cake. Our family is allergic to wheat so we could not use regular graham crackers, I used Recipe #340812 as a gluten free graham cracker crust. My family is so excited that they can have cheese cake. thank you for posting a wonderful recipe that I can make with ease at home.
     
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Tweaks

  1. none. no tweaks. so much perfection in this recipe.
     
  2. I randomly figured out that the classic cheese cake recipe I had was lacking, the results were not always the same...the results ranged from creamy to too stiff. To get more consistent results I began to add whipping cream and sour cream. The general consensus of other reviewers for this recipe is that this is the best, I must agree! I use this recipe in either the mini pie shells (adjusting the cooking time), 9 inch graham cracker shell or double it and use 1/2 sheet to make a larger portion. I also add honey to taste to the crust, the filling, and the sour cream topping. At times I use brown sugar instead of white sugar achieving satisfactory results as well. My results have been consistent and family members totally satisfied - one family member at his entire cheese cake. *Note: I noticed that the generic brands of cream cheese had more consistent creamier results when the whipping cream and sour cream were added to the filling.
     

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I am a Christian wife and mother of 3 kids. Since my DH's high cholesterol, we've been eating better. I never used to like cooking. Since eating better, I've liked learning and preparing new recipes. My kids haven't reconciled themselves to the new eating yet. I grind my own grain and make all my own breads.?Working 2 hours a day in the local high school lunch room.??I am homeschooling my high schooler.? ?Also found out 1 child has multiple food allergies (wheat, dairy, tomato, chocolate, etc) and another is gluten sensitive. So, we just started (July 09) eating gluten and dairy free. I've been busy with getting our house market ready, even though it's not the best time for that.?
 
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