Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make CHEESECAKE!

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Chef Anna Olson adds a special spooky touch to this cheesecake with chocolate brownie base topped with a creamy mint filling.

Ingredients

Brownie Base

⅓ cup (80 mL) boiling water
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
⅓ cup (80 mL) mayonnaise
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
½ tsp (3 mL) peppermint extract
½ cup (75 g) all-purpose flour
¼ cup (35 g) cocoa powder
½ tsp (3 g) salt

Cheesecake

3 pkg (750 g) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup (200 g) + 2 Tbsp (25 g) granulated sugar, divided
1 cup (250 mL) sour cream (full-fat), divided
2 Tbsp (15 g) cornstarch
1 Tbsp (15 mL) vanilla extract
1 tsp (5 mL) peppermint extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
leaf green food colour paste, for cheesecake
Kelly green food colour paste, for sour cream top

Batty Décor

¾ cup (75 g) chocolate cookie crumbs
1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream
2 Tbsp (25 g) granulated sugar
1 Tbsp (8 g) skim milk powder

Black food colouring paste

5 - 6 oz (170 g) black coloured fondant
small bat cookie cutter or template
Silver Dragees (for eyes)
Floral wire or bamboo skewers
Quick royal icing "glue"

Directions

Brownie Base

1. For the brownie base, preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Grease a 9-inch (23 cm) springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.

2. Pour the boiling water over the chocolate in a large mixing bowl, let this sit for a few seconds and then whisk until smooth (it will seem curdled at first, but it will smooth out). Whisk in the sugar, followed by the mayonnaise and then the egg and egg yolk. Whisk in the vanilla and peppermint extracts. Sift the flour, cocoa and salt overtop and whisk until smooth. Pour this into the prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until the top surface of the brownie is matte. Let this cool completely before making the cheesecake layer.

Cheesecake

1. Increase the oven temperature to 400ºF (200ºC). Using electric beaters or in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium-high speed until fluffy, occasionally scraping the sides of the bowl. While still beating, gradually pour in 1 cup (200 g) of the sugar, stopping at least once to scrape down the bowl. Beat in 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the sour cream, the cornstarch and the extracts, again scraping the bowl as you go. Lightly whisk the eggs and yolk in a cup and add this to the cream cheese gradually, this time mixing on low speed. Use a toothpick to add a little leaf green colour and mix in. Pour this over the cooled brownie base and bake for 10 minutes at 400ºF (200ºC) then lower the oven to 225ºF (107ºC) and bake for another 40 minutes. Turn off the oven and open the oven door, leaving the cheesecake to sit an additional 15 minutes before removing to a rack to cool.

2. As soon as the cheesecake is out of the oven, run a palette knife around the inside edge of the pan to loosen the cheesecake. Whisk the remaining 1/2 cup (125 mL) of sour cream and remaining 2 Tbsp (25 g) of sugar along with Kelly green food colour paste, and spread this over the top of the hot cheesecake. Once the cheesecake has cooled completely (test by touching the bottom of the pan, not the sides) chill overnight.

Batty Décor

1. To decorate the cheesecake, remove the cheesecake from the pan and coat the sides of the cake with chocolate cookie crumbs before placing it onto a platter. Tint the whipping cream with just enough black colouring to make it a stormy grey colour. Whip the cream until it reaches a soft peak and whip in the sugar and skim milk powder (this stabilizes the whipped cream). Dollop and spread this over the cheesecake, but not fully covering the green top.

2. Roll out the black fondant (use icing sugar sparingly, as you roll) to about 1/4-inch (0.6 cm) thick and cut out 5-6 bat shapes. Insert the floral wire or skewers into the bottom of each bat and place on a plate or tray to dry, about 5 hours. Use the quick royal "glue" in a parchment piping cone to glue on the eyes and then insert the skewers into the cake, so the bats look like they are flying over the clouds. Chill the cake until ready to serve.

3. The cheesecake can be baked and chilled a full day ahead of serving, and decorated up to 6 hours ahead.

4. *To make quick royal icing "glue", simply whisk about 1/2 cup (65 g) of icing sugar with a little water until thick without dripping. Spoon this into a parchment cone and use as needed. Allow 1-2 hours to dry.

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Love the cheesecake chill out dance at 3:55 Great recipe!

DateNightwMichelleandDoug
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Perfect cheesecake, taste yummy really.

letisherlin
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This cheesecake is fantastic I love it. Thank you

AussieAngeS
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Unsweetened chocolate 🦓
Sugar 🦄
Mayonnaise 🐴
Eggs 🦇
All purpose flour 🦮
Bake for about 20 minutes 🐸
3 packages of cream cheese 🐲
Sugar 🦎
Sour cream 🐉
Peppermint extract 🦖
Eggs 🦕
Green colouring paste 🐢
Sour cream 🐊
Slightly darker green colouring 🦗
Chocolate cookie crumbs 🐍
Black fondant 🐑
Bamboo skewers 🐁
Whipping cream 🐔
Skim milk powder 🐚

madhushreevijayakumar
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Won’t adding water directly to the chocolate make it split / seize up?

andrewf.
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Like 128 wow this is the best ever!!!! God bless you Anna! Tks for sharing!

reteteusoarecuralu
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yeeesss...you've done it perfectly Ms.Anna!

mariazoraiacanlas
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Omg tasty actually said the use of actually shook

mishal
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Hi Anna, I notice you don't usually use water baths in your cheesecakes. However, they still turn out perfect. There's so much hype about cheesecakes and how finicky they can be. How do you do it?

evamariegulayan
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There’s no doubt you are the Best!! 😍
Thank you

mirandamiranda
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Unsweetened chocolate 🦔
Boiling water 🦀
Sugar 🥝
mayonnaise 🍆
Egg 🤼
Egg yolk😋
Peppermint extract 🍤
All purpose flour 🙏
Bake the cake for about 20 minutes 🛳️
3 packages cream cheese 🍎
Sugar 🐯
Sour cream, 💏
Vanilla 🌷
Peppermint extract 🌾
Green colouring 🚀
Sugar 😘
Darker green colouring 📞
Chocolate cookie crumbs 🖥️
Black fondant ✏️
Bamboo swekers ✏️
Whipped cream 🐆
Dried jays 🥎

madhushreevijayakumar
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Omg Anna love u and your art..you amaze me 🍫❤️💋🥰👍

theresechretien
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My favorite beautiful chef ANNA ~👍✌so great

christineyap
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wow your kitchen looks new again since i started to watch your videos, , , good for halloween cakes

mingoedjudahe.
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Unsweetened chocolate 🤍
Boiling water 🎠
Granulated sugar 🖐️
Mayonnise ⛹️
Vanilla ☠️
Peppermint extract 💕
All purpose flour 😯
Cocoa powder 🧛
Salt 👈

Egg 😷
Bake the brownie base for about 20 minutes 🤑
Cream cheese 🤹
Sugar 💮
Sour cream 💓
Cornstarch 👍
Vanilla 💘
Peppermint extract 🦿
Eggs 🎃
Egg yolk 🌞
Green food coloring paste 🧑‍🍳
Sugar 🤢
Darker green food coloring paste 😳
Chocolate cookie crumbs 🐺
Black fondant 😧

VarshaDV-re
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I like how you say fondont ^^ love your videos ❤️

haihatruong
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Can you please make a Christmas recipe video

rhodanathaniel
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ok i dont want to sound stupid but how did the chocolate not seize with the hot water???

varia
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I think the bats would look even spookier with red eyes. :)

BigMoneysLife
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Anybody notice she takes the "hot" brownie pan out of the oven, holding it with both palms against the sides, without oven mitts?

anonnymous