Is there any suitable substitute for sour cream in a cheesecake recipe?!

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In baking, you can substitute 1 cup yogurt for 1 cup sour cream or 3/4 cup yogurt, sour milk or buttermilk plus 1/3 cup melted butter. For making dips, you can use 1 cup yogurt instead of 1 cup sour cream. Drain the yogurt in a sieve lined in cheesecloth for 30 minutes so it won't be watery.And for making a sauce, substitute 1 cup yogurt, 1 tbsp. flour and 2 tsp. water for water for 1 cup sour cream.

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You could probably leave it out (many cheesecake recipes leave the sour cream for the topping and baked on during the last 10 minutes of baking)

But instead of risking it not turning out, use a recipe that doesn't rely on sour cream in the batter

Chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

2 cups finely ground chocolate cookie crumbs
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
3 large eggs
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, warmed
8 large peanut butter cups, coarsely chopped

Method
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Coat bottom and sides of a springform pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, stir together cookie crumbs and melted butter until well combined; evenly press into bottom of pan. Bake 8 minutes or until crisp.

In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until creamy - about 2 minutes. Beat in granulated sugar and vanilla until incorporated. Beat in melted chocolate until incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just combined. Pour batter over crust, and swirl peanut butter into the mixture. Bake 55-60 minutes or until well risen, set, and only slightly jiggly. In the last five minutes of baking, sprinkle peanut butter cups over the top.

Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Lightly cover and refrigerate until cold - about 4 hours - or until ready to serve.

Makes 12 servings

Ricotta is great, also I use neufandel along with the cream cheese, cottage cheese put in processor for a couple turns is also good.

well cheesecake needs some sort of cream to it so instead of sour cream try sweetned ricotta cheese or better yet cream cheese with some sugar in it. yum!