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Japanese Soufflé Cheesecake

This recipe makes a light, non-cheesy cheesecake. The cake is baked in a water bath. A long, slow bake prevents the crust from cracking.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Resting Time 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 8
Calories 218 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 80 ml milk
  • 40 g butter at room temperature, cut into small pieces
  • 140 g full-fat block cream cheese at room temperature, cut into small pieces
  • 75 g egg yolks
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 50 g cake flour
  • 15 g cornstarch
  • ⅛ tsp salt sift with cake flour and cornstarch
  • 180 g egg whites
  • 90 g caster sugar

Instructions
 

  • Measure and prep ingredients as detailed above.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C (355°F). Put kettle on. Line 18 x 6 cm round cake pan, with parchment paper extending above top of pan by 2-3 cm.
  • Heat milk till hand-hot. Add to butter and cream cheese. Mix evenly. Add egg yolks and lemon juice. Mix evenly. Sieve twice. Add sifted cake flour, cornstarch and salt. Mix till just even.
    80 ml milk, 40 g butter, 140 g full-fat block cream cheese, 75 g egg yolks, 2 tsp lemon juice, 50 g cake flour, 15 g cornstarch, ⅛ tsp salt
  • Whisk egg whites till big bubbles become small. Continue whisking whilst adding sugar gradually. Keep on whisking till egg whites form soft peaks.
    180 g egg whites, 90 g caster sugar
  • Add egg whites to yolk mixture in 3 batches. Mix till half even after first 2 additions, then till just fully even after third addition. Bang mixing bowl against worktop 3-4 times, hard, to remove big air bubbles.
  • Pour batter into cake pan, slowly so that big air bubbles burst as batter flows out of mixing bowl.
  • Reboil water in kettle. Put cake pan in a bigger pan. Fill outer pan with boiling water to about half-way up sides of inner cake pan. Reduce oven temperature to 170°C (340°F). Bake in bottom of oven till top of cake is golden brown and inserted skewer comes out with some crumbs attached, about 1¼ hours.
  • Remove cake from oven. Leave on wire rack to cool down completely. Unmould by inverting onto a plate. Discard parchment paper. Invert onto another plate so that cake is right way up.
  • Cut cake with serrated knife by moving blade either forward or backward, i.e. do not saw. Leftovers should be chilled, covered.