Spongy Japanese Cheesecake
This spongy, light cheesecake is good plain, with fresh fruit topping, or you can even frost it.
Servings per recipe: 8
Calories per serving: 301
Preparation time: 20m
Total cooking time: 3h 10m
Ingredients:
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 10 tablespoons cake flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 6 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons superfine sugar
Directions:
- 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
- 2 Place cream cheese in a bowl with milk; soak for 20 minutes.
- 3 Heat cream cheese with milk and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently, until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely, at least 15 minutes.
- 4 Sift cake flour and cornstarch together into a bowl. Sift again into the cream cheese mixture; mix well. Add egg yolks and lemon juice and mix well.
- 5 Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until foamy; add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating on high speed until soft peaks form.
- 6 Fold cream cheese mixture into egg white mixture until well mixed; pour into the prepared pan. Place pan inside a larger baking dish and fill the baking dish with water until it reaches halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
- 7 Bake in the preheated oven until cheesecake is set and golden brown on top, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Turn off oven and leave cake in oven with door ajar for 1 hour. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrion facts:
Total Fat | 17.8g | 27% |
Saturated Fat | 10.0g | |
Cholesterol | 197mg | 66% |
Sodium | 174mg | 7% |
Potassium | 141mg | 4% |
Total Carbohydrates | 27.8g | 9% |
Dietary Fiber | 0.2g | |
Protein | 8.2g | 16% |
Sugars | 17g | |
Vitamin A | 719IU | |
Vitamin C | 1mg | |
Calcium | 61mg | |
Iron | 1mg | |
Thiamin | 0mg | |
Niacin | 2mg | |
Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
Magnesium | 9mg | |
Folate | 44mcg |