Vanilla Chocolate Cheesecake // How to make cheesecake recipe

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao powder

💰Cheaper: semi-sweet chocolate

Cacao powder is lower in sugar and calories.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt provides tanginess with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds richness with less saturated fat.

Crack 2 medium eggs into a bowl.

Add a pinch of salt and 80 g of sugar to the eggs.

Add 5 g of vanilla sugar/extract (1 tsp) to the mixture.

Melt 30 g of butter and mix it with 30 ml of hot milk.

Pour the hot milk and butter mixture into the bowl with the egg mixture.

Sift in 30 g of all-purpose flour and 3 g of baking powder (½ tsp).

Sift in 30 g of all-purpose flour and 10 g of cocoa powder.

Prepare a 17 cm ring and preheat the oven to 170 C / 340 F.

Pour the batter into the prepared ring and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Once baked, let it cool.

In a separate bowl, mix 2 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of cocoa powder with 60 ml of hot milk and let it cool.

Soak 7 g of gelatin in 35 g of water and let it swell.

In another bowl, combine 400 g of cream cheese (at room temperature) with 50 g of sugar.

Add 200 g of cold whipping cream (33%) and 20 g of sugar to the cream cheese mixture.

Mix in 50 ml of milk, 1 tsp of vanilla extract/sugar, and 2 tsp of lemon juice.

Dissolve the swollen gelatin and add it to the cream cheese mixture.

Separate 120 g of the cream cheese mixture and mix in 40 g of melted dark chocolate.

Prepare a 12 cm ring and pour the chocolate mixture into it.

Place the chocolate mixture in the freezer for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, pour 1/3 of the remaining cream cheese mixture over the chocolate layer.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Cover the cheesecake and leave it at room temperature for a while before refrigerating it for 5-6 hours.

Once set, dust the top with cocoa powder.

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