Japanese Soufflé Cheesecake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Filling
Ingredients:
Japanese Soufflé Cheesecake
- 6 eggs
- 250g cream cheese
- 100g milk
- 60g butter
- 50g self raising flour
- 2tsp lemon zest
- 80g sugar
Strawberry Cream Cheese Filling
- 100g strawberries
- 20g sugar
- 4tbsp lemon juice
- 300mL double cream
- 18g sugar
- 30g sweetened condensed milk
- 3/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 240g cream cheese
Decoration
- Strawberries
- Mixed berries
Equipment:
- 20cm cake pan
- Sieve
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Grater
- Mixing bowls
- (Electric mixer)
Prep time:
1.5hrs
Cooking time:
1hr
Refrigerating time:
5hrs
Steps:
Japanese Soufflé Cheesecake
- Preheat the oven to 150°C.
- Separate 6 eggs into egg yolks and egg white.
- Mix 250g of cream cheese and 100g of milk in a warm water bath using a spatula.
- Add 60g of butter into the mixture and mix well, wait for it to cool down.
- Add in egg yolks in three additions, mix well.
- Sieve in 50g of self raising flour, mix well.
- Add 2tsp of lemon zest into the batter, mix well.
- Whisk 6 egg white with an electric mixer whilst adding 80g of sugar gradually until you get a firm peak.
- Gently fold in 1/3 of the egg white into the mixture, repeat until all the egg white is added and that the mixture is mixed well using a spatula.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan, bake at 150°C for 30mins.
- Bake for another 30mins at 120°C, leave it in the oven for 30mins before taking it out.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Filling
- To make strawberry purée, add 100g of strawberries, 20g of sugar and 4tbsp of lemon juice into a small pan. Turn on low heat for the purée to simmer.
- Whisk 300mL of double cream, 18g of sugar, 30g of sweetened condensed milk and 3/2tsp of vanilla extract until a soft peak is formed.
- Pour the strawberry purée into the mixture, mix well.
- Add 240g of cream cheese into the batter, mix until it is smooth.
Assembling the cake
- Wash the strawberries.
- Cut the cheesecake in half, place the bottom half back into the cake pan.
- Cut the strawberries vertically into halves, stand the strawberries around the edge of the cake pan on the cheesecake.
- Pour the batter on top, ensure that it fills the gap between the strawberries.
- Place the top half of the cheesecake on top, refrigerate for at least 5hrs.
- To decorate the cake, place some berries on top.
Tips
- 1 lemon produces about 2tsp of lemon zest and 4tbsp of lemon juice. So 1 lemon is needed for this recipe.
- If you want to decorate the top of the cake with strawberry cream, save 2tsp of strawberry purée and add it into whisked cream.