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Cinnabun Cheesecake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients
  

Cinnamon Crumbs

  • 110 grams light brown sugar
  • 1 ½ T. cinnamon
  • 25 grams flour
  • 1 T. melted butter

Crust

  • 150 grams Nilla Wafer crumbs
  • 3 T. sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 4 T. butter Use up to 1 T. more if too dry-I used just 4 T.

Cheesecake

  • 16 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 80 grams sour cream
  • 1 T. vanilla
  • 1 T. heavy cream
  • 140 grams sugar
  • 2 T. cornstarch
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 T. butter room temperature
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 c. powdered sugar
  • Splash of Heavy whipping cream to make it easier to pipe

Garnish

  • mini cinnamon rolls

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven 300. Spray Pam into a 6x3 pan with removable bottom and line with parchemnt.

Cinnamon Crumbs

  • Combine all. Will be dry "pebbles"-you don't want it too wet so avoid adding extra butter. Set aside

Crust

  • Combine all and press into bottom and up sides of pan. Bake 12 mins on a rack lined pan. Cool.

Cheesecake

  • Mix the cream cheese on medium high 4-5 mins until creamy.
  • Scrape down the bowl a couple of times.
  • Add the sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla, sugar, and cornstarch.
  • Mix on low until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  • It should be smooth and creamy.
  • Add the eggs on low just until combined and finish mixing with a spatula.
  • Pour it into the cooled crust in three additions, alternating with the cinnamon crumbs. Reserve a few crumbs for the final cheesecake.
  • Bake on the lined sheet again at 300 for 12 minutes.
  • Reduce temp to 225 and bake 95 mins.
  • Shut oven heat and leave in the oven for 1 hour.
  • Crack door open slightly for another hour.
  • Remove and chill overnight.
  • Remove sides of pan and the bottom and place on cake board.
  • Decorate with frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Beat butter and cream cheese to combine.
  • Once smooth, add vanilla and powdered sugar.
  • Slowly add cream to help thin it a bit.
  • Pipe with a pastry bag.

Garnish

  • Pipe some frosting on the mini rolls and top the cake with them.
  • Sprinkle on reserved crumbs.