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Birthday Cake Cheesecake

Birthday Cake Cheesecake

Ingredients

Crust

  • 48 vanilla wafers crushed
  • 4 tbsp butter melted

Cake

  • 24 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 large eggs beaten
  • 1 cup full fat sour cream
  • 1 1/3 cup yellow cake mix
  • 1/4 cup sprinkles

Instructions

Crust

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees

  2. Combine crushed vanilla wafers and butter

  3. Press firmly into bottom of a 9" Springform pan

  4. Bake for 10 minutes, then cool for 10 minutes

Cake

  1. Increase oven temp to 375 degrees

  2. Beat cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar on the lowest speed of your mixer until well blended

  3. Add the cake mix and continue beating until no lumps remain. Keep the mixer on low speed.

  4. Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition

  5. Fold in the sour cream

  6. Spoon into the crumb lined Springform pan

  7. Cover the outside bottom of the Springform pan with aluminum foil and bring the foil up the sides. This will keep any water from seeping into the crust.

  8. Place the pan in a hot water bath with the water coming about 1/2 way up the sides of the foil covered pan.

  9. Bake at 375 F for 50 minutes.

  10. Turn oven off but do not open the door. Leave for 1 hour. Do not open the door during this time.

  11. Remove cake from oven and water bath.

  12. Allow to cool on the counter for 1 hour.

  13. Cover and chill for 6 hours

  14. Garnish with piped whipped topping and sprinkles