Japanese Light Cheesecake

Japanese cheesecake is a very light, fluffy, not too sweet cheesecake with a very cheesecake-y flavour. Most cheesecakes on the market are like bricks of lard and are so rich that you want to hurl after one high caloric piece. This recipe has a fraction of the sugar, cream cheese and eggs than most cheesecake recipes but it has a rich yet light texture. It is also more labor intense than most cheesecake recipes but it's 100% worth the effort.

Ingredients:

Base:

2 Eggs

40g Plain flour, sifted

1/2tbs Cake Emulsifier

1Tbs Water

30g Caster Sugar

50ml Corn Oil

Cream Cheese Mixture:

A:400g Fresh Milk

250g Cream Cheese

60g Plain Flour

B:5 Egg Yolks

20g Lemon Juice

C:5 Egg Whites

100g Caster Sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius. Linea 8" round baking tin with grease proof paper.


2. Mix all the sponge cake ingredients except corn oil at high speed until fluffy. Lowe the speed, add in corn oil and stir well.


3. Pour batter into the prepared baking tin and bake in the preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 25-30 minutes or until cooked. Remove cake from tin and leave to cool on wire rack.


4. Leave the oven on at 180 degree Celsius. Line a 8" round cake tin with grease proof paper and put in the sponge cake prepared above.


5. Double-boil fresh milk and cream cheese until dissolved. Add plain flour, stir and cook until the mixture has thickened. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Add B and stir well.


6. Whisk C at high speed until soft peak is formed. Slowly mix in mixture (5).


7. Strain the cheese mixture on top of the sponge cake.


8. Steam bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180 degree Celsius for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 140 degree Celsius and bake for another 1 hour and 45 minutes or until cooked.


9. Leave cake to cool in the oven with the door ajar 1 hour. Chill in the fridge for 4 hours. Remove cake from tin and place onto a cake board. Cut into pieces and serve.

Note: Click on here for some useful tips for baking cheesecakes.

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