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
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees
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Combine crushed vanilla wafers and butter
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Press firmly into bottom of a 9" Springform pan
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Bake for 10 minutes, then cool for 10 minutes
Cake
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Increase oven temp to 375 degrees
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Beat cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar on the lowest speed of your mixer until well blended
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Add the cake mix and continue beating until no lumps remain. Keep the mixer on low speed.
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Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition
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Fold in the sour cream
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Spoon into the crumb lined Springform pan
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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.
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Place the pan in a hot water bath with the water coming about 1/2 way up the sides of the foil covered pan.
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Bake at 375 F for 50 minutes.
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Turn oven off but do not open the door. Leave for 1 hour. Do not open the door during this time.
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Remove cake from oven and water bath.
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Allow to cool on the counter for 1 hour.
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Cover and chill for 6 hours
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Garnish with piped whipped topping and sprinkles
So yummy! I used white cake since I do not like yellow, but I imagine any flavor cake mix would be good in this. I also made a blondie crust instead of vanilla wafers. Cheesecake and white cake together was wonderful and will probably be my birthday cake every year now! Thank you!