Rainbow Cookie Cheesecake
To make this rainbow cookie cheesecake you need to start with rainbow cookies. Here is the link to my homemade cookies that I used. For a shortcut, I am sure you could use some high quality bakery rainbow cookies, if you prefer.
You may need:
9 inch springform pan
Rainbow Cookie Cheesecake
Ingredients
Crust
- 1¼ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 5 T. butter
- 5 T. sugar
Cheesecake
- 24 ounces soft cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 3T. flour
- 1 c. sour cream
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 10 rainbow cookies, cut in half (extra rainbow cookies for the top of the cake)
- Extra rainbows for the top
Ganache
- ¾ c. heavy cream
- 5 ounces semi sweet chocolate, bars not chips
whipped cream
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- ¼ T. powdered sugar
- pink food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Mix crust ingredients and press into sides and bottom of 9 inch springform pan.
- Bake 10 mins and let cool.
- Lower temp to 300.
- Beat cream cheese and sugar on low to combine.
- Add flour.
- Add sour cream.
- Add one egg at a time and vanilla.
- Place a few rainbows into the batter.
- Pour into crust.
- Bake 1 hour.
- Shut oven but leave cake in the oven with door closed for 30 more mins.
- Remove, cool and chill.
Ganache
- Heat cream to a simmer.
- Add chocolate and cover 2 mins.
- Whisk smooth and pour on cooled cheesecake.
Whipped cream
- Beat all to stiff peaks.
- Pipe onto the cake and top with more rainbow cookies.
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