Description
This seasonal version is all cheesecake without a crust, highlighting its pure, creamy pumpkin flavor. Immediately like most cheesecakes, this one is placed in a water bath to ensure even baking.
Ingredients
For the cheesecake base
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese
- 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree (see note)
- ⅔ cup granular sugar substitute or sweetener
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
For garnishing
Directions
- Heat an oven to 325° F. Spray an 8”x 3”-deep cake pan with vegetable cooking spray.
- Line bottom with a round of parchment, wax paper, or spray paper; set aside.
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add pumpkin purée, sugar substitute, vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger; beat until smooth.
- Mix with eggs one at a time, just until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place a cake pan in a deep roasting pan and carefully pour in enough boiling water in roasting pan to reach halfway up sides of cake pan.
- Bake 42 to 45 minutes, until cake is just set in the center. Turn off the oven, open the door, and let stand in oven 15 minutes.
- Remove the cake pan from the water bath and transfer to a wire rack; cool completely.
- Run a knife around an edge of cake, cover and refrigerate until chilled (4 hours or overnight).
- To remove cake from the pan, dip the bottom of pan into hot water for just a few seconds to loosen. Place a serving platter over top and invert.
- Remove the pan and peel off paper. Garnish with mint and pecans.
Tips
Use pure pumpkin purée, not pumpkin pie mix, which is sweetened with sugar.
Source
- Wiki.com/Pumpkin_Cheesecake Pumpkin Cheesecake from Recipes Wiki—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License