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Water Bath for Cheesecake
A water bath, also known as a bain marie, is the baker’s secret to creamy cheesecake perfection. It's also a wonderful way to bake custard or bread pudding. All you need for a water bath is a deep roasting pan and foil.
Cook Time
1 hr mins
Additional Time
7 hrs 45 mins
Total Time
9 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 1 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 roasting pan, large enough to contain cheesecake pan such as a turkey roaster
- 1 springform pan
- heavy-duty aluminum foil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to the temperature required for your recipe. Wrap springform pan (or other pan) in two layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Arrange a dish towel in the bottom of a heavy roasting pan.
- Add crust to the bottom of springform pan and bake according to your recipe instructions. Remove from oven and set in prepared roasting pan (on dish towel). Bring a kettle or saucepan of water to boil.
- Add cheesecake filling to the baked crust. Transfer the roasting pan (with unbaked cheesecake on dish towel) to an oven rack.
- Pour boiling water into the roasting pan until it reaches about halfway up the sides of the pan. Bake cheesecake according to recipe instructions.
- Follow recipe instructions, or let cheesecake cool in the roasting pan for 45 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool until barely warm, about 2 ½ to 3 hours longer. Run a knife around the inside edge of the springform pan about once per hour to loosen the cake.
- Wrap the pan tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours. To unmold the cheesecake, wrap a kitchen towel wet with hot water around the cake pan for 1 minute. Remove the sides of the pan and carefully slide the cake onto a cake platter.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
1kcal
(0%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 1kcal | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.