Easy Cake Recipes

In the Jewish religion there is a holiday called Shavuot. One of the customs or traditions associated with this holiday is eating dairy foods such as cheesecake. I’d like to share a few very simple cheesecake recipes with you.

This first recipe is a basic cheesecake:

Basic Cheesecake

Ingredients
16 ounces of cream cheese, softened
8 ounces of sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
8 ounces of Cool Whip
1 graham cracker crust (ready made)

Mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and vanilla. After it’s mixed well, add in the Cool Whip. Pour into pie crusts and chill. If you like fruit on top, you can add cherry pie filling for a wonderful flavor.

We happen to love pumpkin in my house. We always look forward to winter as we know pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread will soon be in our kitchen. This is a simple pumpkin cheesecake recipe using canned pumpkin:

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Ingredients
1 graham cracker crust (ready made)
1 egg yolk (to brush the pie crust)
16 ounces of cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
3 /4 cup sugar
1 can of pumpkin
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger

Brush the pie crust with the egg yolk. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Mix together the cream cheese, sugar and eggs. Your filling should be smooth and without lumps. We use an electric mixer to do this. Add in the pumpkin, cinnamon and ginger. Mix well. Pour pumpkin mixture into the pie crust and bake about 45 minutes. Middle should be set. Allow to cool and then refrigerate for several hours. Cut and serve.

We also love lemon. This is one of the simplest lemon cheesecake recipes I’ve ever seen:

Lemon Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients
1 graham cracker crust (ready made)
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 package instant lemon pudding
2 cups milk

Mix the cream cheese with 1/2 cup of the milk. Your mixture should be creamy. Add in the remaining milk and the pudding. Mix about one minute with an electric mixer. Pour into crust and refrigerate several hours.

And finally, what would Shavuot be without chocolate cheesecake?

Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients
1 graham cracker crust (ready made)
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 package instant chocolate pudding
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate chips

In a blender, mix together the cream cheese, pudding, milk and vanilla. Pour filling into pie crust. Generously sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the pie. Chill several hours and serve.

Shavuot truly is known as the “cheesecake holiday.” I hope you enjoy these easy to make recipes.

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Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese — softened
1/4 cup stick margarine or butter* — softened*
2 teaspoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Directions:
Beat cream cheese, margarine, milk and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on low speed until smooth.

Gradually beat in powdered sugar on low speed, 1 cup at a time, until smooth and spreadable. Frosts one 13 × 9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts one 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake. Refrigerate any remaining frosting.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour*
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups shredded carrots (5 medium)
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
2 1/2 cups Cream Cheese Frosting — (see recipe), if desired

Directions:
Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches, or 2 round pans, 8 × 1 1/2 or 9 × 1 1/2 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.

Mix sugar, oil and eggs in large bowl until blended; beat 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients except carrots, nuts and Cream Cheese Frosting; beat 1 minute. Stir in carrots and nuts. Pour into pan.

Bake rectangle 40 to 45 minutes, rounds 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost rectangle or fill and frost layers with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Ingredients:
Crust:
1 1/2 cups Fine graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup Granulated sugar
1/2 cup Butter (softened)

Filling:
1 pound Cream cheese
1 cup Sour cream
2 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 cup Granulated sugar
2 tablespoons Butter (softened)
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Topping:
3/4 cup Sour cream
1/4 cup Powdered sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 F. For crust combine crumbs, sugar and butter and mix well. Press firmly into 9″ pie-pan covering bottom only. Bake for 8 min., or until the edges are slightly brown. Reduce oven to 350 F. For filling, combine cheese, sour cream, cornstarch, and sugar in bowl of mixer. Mix until sugar has disolved. Add the butter and vanilla and blend until smooth. Be careful not to overmix, or the filling will become too fluffy and will crack when cooling. Pour the filling over the crust. Bake for 30 to 35 min., or until knife inserted 1″ from edge comes out clean. Cool 1 hr. For topping, mix sour cream and powdered sugar. Spread mixture over top of cooled cheesecake. Chill or freeze until ready to eat.

Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese — softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3 eggs
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate — melted and cooled
White Truffle Sauce — (recipe follows)

WHITE TRUFFLE SAUCE
1 (6 ounce) package white chocolate (white baking bar) — chopped
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/2 cup whipping (heavy) cream

Directions:
Heat oven to 275º. Lightly grease springform pan, 9 × 3 inches. Beat cream cheese and vanilla on medium speed in medium bowl until smooth. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Beat in flour. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in chocolate; pour into pan.

Bake about 1 hour 15 minutes or until center is firm. Cool 15 minutes. Run metal spatula along side of cheesecake to loosen before and after refrigerating. Cover and refrigerate about 3 hours or until chilled. Meanwhile, prepare White Truffle Sauce.

Remove cheesecake from side of pan. Let cheesecake stand at room temperature 15 minutes before cutting. Serve cheesecake with sauce and, if desired, fresh raspberries or strawberries. Refrigerate any remaining cheesecake.

WHITE TRUFFLE SAUCE:
Heat baking bar and margarine in heavy 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted (mixture will be thick and grainy); remove from heat. Stir in whipping cream until smooth. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled.