Strawberry Cheesecake Cake
By
Teresa Jacobson
@foundmyzen
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*I've included a variation for Cherry if you prefer.
(This is my adaptation of a recipe similar on food Wanderings in Asia blog. Photos are mine.)
Ingredients
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STRAWBERRY TOPPING:
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3 cfresh strawberries, diced
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1/3 csugar
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2 Tbspwater, hot
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3 tspcornstarch
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CHEESECAKE FILLING:
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8 ozneufchatel cheese, room temp
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1/4 csugar
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1 largeegg
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CAKE & CRUMB TOPPING:
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2 cflour
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3/4 csugar
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1/2 cbutter (no subs), cold and diced into chunks
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspbaking powder
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1/4 tspsalt
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3/4 cplain greek yogurt (must be greek because it's thicker)
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1 largeegg
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1 tspvanilla
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*CHERRY TOPPING VARIATION:
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12 ozfrozen, pitted black cherries (about 2 cups)
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1/2 cwater, divided
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1/4 csugar
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1 Tbspcornstarch
How to Make Strawberry Cheesecake Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F line bottom of a springform pan with parchment paper cut to size. Set aside.
- In a sauce pan over low heat, combine the strawberries and sugar; cover and cook for about 5 minutes or until berries have released their juice. Meanwhile, stir together cornstarch and water in a small bowl. After strawberries have released their juice, stir in cornstarch mixture; continue to cook and stir until thickened, just a minute or two. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- *Cherry Topping Variation: Place cherries, 1/4 cup water and sugar in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until full rolling boil. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup water and cornstarch; mix until smooth then pour into saucepan with cherries. Cook for about 2 minutes or until boiling and thickened. Remove from heat and cool.
- In a mixing bowl, beat neufchatel cheese, sugar, and egg on medium speed until smooth. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar and cold butter pieces until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside about 2/3 cup to use as topping. In the remaining mixture, stir in the baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, stir together Greek yogurt, egg, and vanilla until well combined. Fold into flour mixture just until blended. Mixture will be thick like biscuit batter.