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CopyCat Cheesecake Factory Confetti Cheesecake

Ingredients
  

Funfetti Cake Layers

  • 1 ⅔ cup flour
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 8 Tablespoons soft butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • cup sprinkles do not use nonpareils-use jimmies (You will need even more for garnish later!)

Cheesecake Layer

  • 8 Tablespons softened butter
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 16 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1.5 ounces cook and serve vanilla pudding use half a package
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Buttercream

  • 1 pound butter soft
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • Beat butter and sugars creamy.
  • Add egg, milk and sour cream and blend.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Stir in all dry ingredients just till blended.
  • Fold in sprinkles very lightly!
  • Pour into two greased 9 inch pans lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake at 350 for approx 35 mins.
  • Can loosely cover with foil after 20 mins so they do not brown much.
  • Let cool.
  • Turn out of pans and pop in freezer -firm cakes are easier to frost/assemble.

Cheesecake Layer

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Grease one 9 inch pan with shortening, line the pan with parchment and then grease the parchment. Lightly butter the pan sides and Set aside.
  • Cream butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment.
  • Add cream cheese a little at a time until smooth.
  • Add eggs one at a time.
  • Add remaining ingredients.
  • Mix again until smooth.
  • Pour in pan..
  • Bake approx 55-60 mins till golden on top and cooked through.
  • Do not turn out cheesecake when it is finished baking.
  • Pop in freezer and leave until frozen solid.
  • Turn out frozen cheesecake layer and peel parchment from the bottom.

Buttercream

  • Whip butter.
  • Add sugar.
  • Add cream and beat on high until fluffy!
  • If too thick, add more cream.
  • Divide into 3 bowls.
  • Color one pnk, one blue, leave one white

Assembly

  • Lay one funfetti layer on cake plate.
  • Top with blue frosting.
  • Next place the cheesecake on top and cover it with pink frosting.
  • Add second funfetti layer and top with white frosting and extra sprinkles!
  • Keep chilled and bring to room temp when serving.