How do you make cheesecake smooth?!
Answers: When I bake homemade cheesecake it turns really gross because the cheese it so clumpy but I don't know what to do to make it not so... clumpy. Help???
Not sure what would make it lumpy or clumpy if you mix it well. I have never had a problem with this recipe, which is for a baked new york style cheesecake.
Crust:
15 graham crackers, crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup milk
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch springform pan.
In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs with melted butter. Press onto bottom of springform pan.
In a large bowl, mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Blend in milk, and then mix in the eggs one at a time, mixing just enough to incorporate. Mix in sour cream, vanilla and flour until smooth. Pour filling into prepared crust.
Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Turn the oven off, and let cake cool in oven with the door closed for 5 to 6 hours; this prevents cracking. Chill in refrigerator until serving
Personally, I have never made a cheesecake that I needed to cook. I make them and then put them in the fridge to set and they turn out smooth, creamy and yummy.
When I make my cheese cake, I use a recipe from Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
2-8 ounce packages of Cream Cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
I warm the cream cheese to room temp (Microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute) and beat in the sugar until smooth. I add my eggs one at a time and beat until smooth with each addition. I add the vanilla with the last egg.
Pour into a graham cracker crust and bake for about one hour at 350.
This should get you that smooth creamy cheesecake.
Happy baking.
What kind of cream cheese are you using? I'd stick to Philadelphia..I've never tried the generic but heard that it doesn't work as well. Also try softening the cream cheese before using it...I nuke mine in the microwave for a minute or so...
lol well just use a electric mixer and mix it until it becomes really smooth and bake it for about 45 min and wiggle it until just a lil movement left and take it out and put on the counter and cool and than put it in the fridge for about 45 min to an 1 hr than take it out and eat
First make sure your cheese is at room temperature. Add the sugar first. Beat it until combined with the cheese, Add your eggs one at a time and then add any other ingredients.