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If you are a cheesecake lover and a lemon lover, this lemon cheesecake is your ultimate dessert. I started with a simple, buttery, lemon shortbread cookie base and topped it with a creamy lemon cheesecake where whipped cream gets beaten to soft peaks before being folded into the cheesecake batter.
A tart and sweet homemade lemon curd tops it all of before being garnished with candied lemon zest; truly a the ultimate tart and sweet, lemon lovers dream dessert.
A word about baking a cheesecake in a bain marie before starting the recipe. A bain marie is simply a water bath that buffers the direct heat from the sides and bottom of the baking pan to more evenly bake the cheesecake from the sides to the center.
I bake my cheesecakes in a 9 or 10 inch spring form pan that has the bottom and sides wrapped in multiple layers of wide heavy duty aluminum foil which forms a sort of boat that the cheesecake pan sits in. The roll of aluminum foil that I use is about 16 inches wide.
I use at least 4 layers of foil to make sure that no water leaks in and ruins the crust of my cheesecake. The aluminum foil wrapped pan is then placed inside a larger baking pan; I use a 12 inch cake pan. Boiling water is then poured into the larger pan filling it from 1/2 to 2/3 of the way to the top.
I find it best to pour the boiling water into the pan after it is placed on the rack in the oven as you are less likely to splash water onto the cheesecake or inside the aluminum foil. I reuse the aluminum foil for several future cheesecakes, adding a couple of layers to it each time just to be safe.
Even if you choose not to use the bain marie method, wrapping the spring form pan with a few layers of foil, really helps to buffer the heat and help the cheesecake bake more evenly.
The Ultimate Lemon Cheesecake recipe has a lemon cookie base, lemon mousse cheesecake body, lemon curd topping and garnish of candied lemon peel. That will satisfy any lemon lover out there.
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