You'll be making a refrigerator cheesecake. There are plenty or recipes available on the web.
The crust is usually made by combining crushed biscuit crumbs with sugar and melted butter. This mix is then pressed into the base of a pie dish and refrigerated while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
Fillings usually consist of yoghurt and or whipped cream, possibly eggs (yolks may be separated and whites beaten stiffly), perhaps fruit, Chocolate Chips or melted chocolate, perhaps gelatine. Melted marshmallows is another option.
The prepared filling is piled into the chilled pastry crust and returned to the refrigerator - if it contained melted chocolate/butter, melted marshmallows or gelatine it will set in the fridge. if not it can be placed in the freezer and served as a frozen dessert, thawing it for about 30 minutes before slicing.
yes you can use soft cream cheese for baking.
The only cheese in cheesecake is the cream cheese.
The cheese cake will freeze, however the cream cheese frosting will not.
A delicious alternative ingredient to cream cheese for making a cheesecake is mascarpone cheese. Mascarpone cheese has a rich and creamy texture that works well in cheesecake recipes, providing a slightly different flavor profile compared to cream cheese.
Cream cheese is usually the main ingredient in Cheesecake, But a variation can be done with yogurt.
Some would say there is really no best cream cheese, but the most common brand used in cheesecake is Philadelphia brand cream cheese. It's actually my preferred brand for homemade cheesecake, too.
you use cream cheese not regular cheese
To make cream cheese for cheesecake, you can combine milk and a starter culture, let it ferment, then strain it to remove the whey. This process creates a thick and creamy cheese that is perfect for making cheesecake.
Some alternative ingredients that can be used to make a delicious cheesecake without cream cheese include ricotta cheese, mascarpone cheese, Greek yogurt, or tofu.
Cheesecake got its name because it has cream cheese in it.
The chemistry of cheesecake involves interactions between proteins, fats, sugar, and acids. Proteins from eggs and cream cheese coagulate during baking to give the cheesecake structure. Fats from cream cheese and butter add richness and contribute to the texture of the cheesecake. Sugar helps sweeten the dessert and also contributes to browning during baking, while acids from ingredients like lemon juice or sour cream provide flavor balance and help stabilize the structure of the cheesecake.
it is the creamy texture