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Today, I have the pleasure of presenting you a very simple strawberry vanilla cake recipe, which is actually a baked cheesecake recipe with a strawberry jelly topping.
For cheesecake lovers, I suggest you try the Baked Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache recipe, which represents a perfect combination between fluffy cheesecake filling and intense chocolate taste.
This extremely simple but delicious recipe can be successfully used as a birthday cake cheesecake recipe, if you enjoy this combination between cheesecake and fresh strawberries.
If you love fruits and are always looking for a new fresh fruit cake recipe, I suggest you try this Easy Fruit Cake recipe, which will be ready in no time.
Choosing the right ingredients for strawberry vanilla cake recipe
As in all the recipes presented on this blog, the secret for a tasty and delicious dessert lies in choosing top quality ingredients.
In this case, I recommend you to choose a quality white chocolate and, if you have the opportunity, to use organically grown strawberries, to be sure that they have not been sprinkled with chemicals that can be toxic for our body.
If you want to test the properties of your fruits or veggies, I recommend you to try this amazing 6 in 1 Digital Nitrate Tester. I always use it when I buy fruits or veggies that were not grown in family known gardens.
So, for this strawberry vanilla cake recipe you aawill need the following simple ingredients:
- butter (minimum 80% fat)
- simple biscuits
- mascarpone cheese
- cream cheese (e.g. Philadelphia)
- whipping cream
- eggs
- brown sugar/honey
- vanilla extract
- strawberries
- food gelatin
Full step-by-step strawberry vanilla cake recipe
Strawberry Vanilla Cake Recipe – Super Easy Baked Cheesecake
Equipment
- 1 Thermomix / Mixer
- 1 springform
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Pot / Tray with water for water bath
Ingredients
For the biscuits base:
- 120 g unsalted butter cubed
- 250 g biscuits broken into pieces
- 1 tbsp honey
For the cream cheese filling:
- 150 g white chocolate broken into pieces
- 750 g mascarpone cream cheese
- 300 g sour cream cheese
- 400 g whipping cream
- 4 pcs eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp honey
For the strawberry jelly:
- 200 g fresh strawberries cut into halves
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp food gelatin
- 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180oC (356oF)
- Place baking paper in a springform, both on the base and on its sides
- Place butter in the mixing bowl and melt it 2 MIN β 100β (212β)β Speed 1
- Add the broken biscuits and the honey and mix well 10 SEC β Speed 7
- Spread the biscuits base on the bottom of the springform. Use a spoon to press the biscuits base in order to achieve a compact layer
- Place the tray into the refrigerator for 30 minutes
- Rinse the mixing bowl
- Now, add the white chocolate, broken into pieces into the bowl;
- Chop the chocolate 6 SEC β Speed 8
- Melt the chocolate 3 MIN β 100β (212β)β Speed 1 COUNTERCLOCKWISE
- Leave the chocolate to cool for 10 minutes, then add the mascarpone cheese, the cream cheese, the whipping cream and the vanilla extract and mix 20 SEC β Speed 4
- Add the eggs and the honey and mix again for 1 MIN β Speed 4
- Pour the cream cheese mixture over the biscuits base
- TIP: I highly recommend you to bake the cheesecake using water bath. For this, you will need a tray or a pot filled with Β½ water
- Place the tray/pot with water on the bottom of the oven and place the springform with the cheesecake into the preheated oven
- Bake the cheesecake with water bath for 40 minutes
- Then, take out the tray/pot with water, decrease the oven temperature at 160β (320β) and bake the cheesecake for extra 40 minutes
- After this time, take out the cheesecake from the over and leave it to cool at room temperature;
- Meanwhile, letβs make the strawberry jelly;
- Clean and rinse the strawberries; Cut them into halves;
- Place the strawberry into a pot and add the brown sugar;
- Boil the strawberry and the sugar for 10 minutes;
- Into a small cup, mix the food gelatin with the water;
- Turn off the stove and pour this mixture over the strawberry jam. Mix until the gelatin is completed incorporated;
- Leave the jam to cool down and them pour it over the baked cheesecake;
- Place the cheesecake with the strawberry jelly into the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or even overnight;
- After this time, you can slice the baked cheesecake and enjoy a delicious, fine and fresh dessert
Nutrition
The secret for the best strawberry vanilla cake recipe
As I mentioned earlier, for the success of a recipe it is important to use quality ingredients.
For this strawberry vanilla cake recipe, the choice of ingredients is important both for obtaining a fabulous taste and for obtaining three different textures, namely:
- a crispy base of biscuits
- a smooth cheesecake filling
- a fine strawberry jelly topping
So, let’s analyze each texture in turn:
- to obtain a crispy biscuit base layer, especially when we choose to prepare baked cheesecake, it is important to use a fat butter. This means that we will choose a top-quality butter, with at least 80% fat;
- to obtain a smooth and airy cheesecake filling, we will use a combination of mascarpone cheese, cream cheese (e.g. Philadelphia) and whipping cream. All this will be mixed together with a generous quantity of eggs, to ensure that this cream will bind during the baking process;
- finally, the strawberry topping is extremely important. In order to create a suitable dessert for the birthday cake cheesecake recipe, I chose to prepare a strawberry jelly, which is obtained extremely easily by mixing fresh strawberries, brown sugar/honey and food gelatin.
In addition, it is extremely important to make this strawberry vanilla cake recipe the day before serving this amazing dessert, because it needs to be refrigerated for a few hours or overnight.
Also, the way you bake the cheesecake is extremely important. So, in order to get a fluffy and creamy baked cheesecake, I highly recommend you to bake it with water bath. For this, all you need to do is place a pot filled with water on the bottom on the oven, when you bake the cheesecake.
Kidsfriendly strawberry vanilla cake recipe
Because I am a mother and I always try to adapt my recipes to a suitable diet for the harmonious development of children, I managed to prepare a kidsfriendly strawberry vanilla cake recipe this time, as well.
Practically, to obtain a kidsfriendly recipe, the most important aspect is to give up sugar or use it in extremely small quantities.
So, to get a kidsfriendly birthday cake cheesecake recipe with strawberry jelly topping, I proceeded as follows:
- for the biscuits base layer, I replaced the sugar with honey. This ensured that I would still have a sweet biscuit crust, without using sugar;
- for the cheesecake filling, I also used honey instead of sugar;
- for the strawberry jelly, I used an extremely small amount of brown sugar, to obtain the strawberry syrup. There is no need to do the same as me, as it is possible to replace the sugar with honey in the jelly as well.
Serving and presentation
As I already mentioned, this strawberry vanilla cake recipe can be successfully used for birthday cake cheesecake recipe. I prepared this fresh fruit cake recipe for Easter, considering that it is a fresh and fine dessert, enjoyed both by adults and children.
So, after keeping this strawberry jelly baked cheesecake in the fridge for a few hours, or overnight, I recommend that you slice it and serve it as a dessert for any kind of occasion, a simple family meal or even a birthday.
This strawberry vanilla cake recipe can be kept in the refrigerator for a few days, preferably in a tray covered with plastic film, or even with a lid or a plate placed on top of the tray. Be careful not to touch the jelly, as I don’t think you want to crush its appearance.
FAQβs
How to make strawberry vanilla cake recipe from scratch?
Basically, all you have to do is prepare a baked cheesecake, to which you add a top layer of strawberry jelly. So, prepare a base made of biscuits with melted butter, add a generous layer of mascarpone cream, vanilla and whipped cream, to which you must add eggs, to bind. At the end, add the strawberry jelly and this is how you get this amazing strawberry vanilla cake recipe.
How to make strawberry vanilla chocolate cake recipe?
For an amazing strawberry vanilla chocolate cake recipe, you have to prepare a baked chocolate cheesecake. So, prepare a base made of biscuits with melted butter, add a generous layer of mascarpone cream, vanilla, whipped cream and melted white chocolate to which you must add eggs, to bind. At the end, add the strawberry jelly and this is how you get this amazing strawberry vanilla cake recipe.
How to make vanilla cake recipe with strawberry frosting?
Basically, all you have to do is prepare a baked cheesecake, to which you add a top layer of strawberry jelly. So, prepare a base made of biscuits with melted butter, add a generous layer of mascarpone cream, vanilla and whipped cream, to which you must add eggs, to bind. At the end, add the strawberry jelly and this is how you get this amazing strawberry vanilla cake recipe.
What is the difference between baked cheesecake and not baked cheesecake?
The difference between baked cheesecake and unbaked cheesecake consists, in addition to the cooking method, in the ingredients that form the basis of the cream cheese.
Therefore, in the case of baked cheesecake, it is absolutely necessary to add eggs to the cream cheese and cream, in order to bind and obtain a fluffy cream.
In the case of unbaked cheesecake, the cream will bind only if we add gelatin or agar-agar.
Both baked cheesecake and unbaked cheesecake must be cold for a few hours before being served.
Is baked cheesecake cooked?
Baked cheesecake is, as its name suggests, a cooked dessert. Basically, to make a baked cheesecake, you need to follow several steps:
1. prepare the biscuit base by mixing melted butter;
2. to prepare a cream cheese layer which usually consists of: cream cheese, whipping cream, eggs and various flavors;
3. place the biscuit base in the tray, pour the cream cheese over it and bake the dessert in the oven for about 50 minutes.
Finally, it is absolutely necessary for this baked cheesecake to stay in the refrigerator for a few hours or even overnight.
What is the difference between New York cheesecake and baked cheesecake?
The difference between New York cheesecake and other types of cheesecake is the amount of cream cheese used.
So, in the case of most of cheesecakes, normally, the combination of cream cheese, heavy cream and various flavors is used to obtain a fluffy and creamy layer of cream cheese.
In the case of New York cheesecake, the proportion of cream cheese is higher, which makes the layer of cream cheese denser.
Is baked cheesecake healthy?
Baked cheesecake can be considered a healthy dessert as long as we use sugar in moderation. Moreover, the choice of high-quality ingredients, such as butter with a minimum of 80% fat, whipping cream with a minimum of 30% fat, and the choice of organic products, for example eggs, guarantees that we can enjoy a delicious and healthy dessert, in same time.
Is baked cheesecake kidsfriendly?
Baked cheesecake can be considered a kidsfriendly dessert as long as we use sugar in moderation. In addition, if we want to offer it to children who have a sugar-free diet, or to people suffering from diabetes, we can replace sugar with honey.
Also, the choice of high-quality ingredients, such as butter with a minimum of 80% fat, whipping cream with a minimum of 30% fat, and the choice of organic products, guarantees that we can enjoy a delicious and healthy dessert, in same time.
