Fluffy cheesecake secrets: Tips for a perfect, light dessert

We are slowly forgetting about no-bake cheesecakes with fruit and jelly. The weather definitely does not encourage such desserts. However, a classic cheesecake is always a good idea. Just a few ingredients and it will be ready in no time. We remind you of what to remember to make it fluffy and not dry.

A fluffy cheesecake requires good cottage cheese. You don't have to grind it yourself, but when choosing ready-made cheese, you need to pay attention to its fat content. The fluffiest bakes are based on full-fat cheese. Suitable cottage cheese for cheesecake should not be floating in whey, it should not have lumps, and its consistency should be thick. All the ingredients we use for the cheesecake should be at room temperature, which means taking them out of the fridge at least two hours before baking. Good cheese is already a large part of the success.

• Do you dream of a moist, fluffy cheesecake, but only have low-fat cottage cheese? Add more butter or heavy cream to the cheese mixture.
• A good idea to prevent the cheesecake from being dry is to add fatty cottage cheese (450 g) to the pre-packaged cheese (900 g).
• Eggs have a big impact on whether the cheesecake will be fluffy. If you use a recipe that requires whipped egg whites, the cheesecake will definitely collapse. However, the whipped whites add fluffiness.
• It is also important to beat the yolks (or whole eggs, depending on the recipe) with sugar. Before adding them to the cheese mixture, beat them with sugar on the highest mixer speed for at least 10 minutes. A light, almost white cream should form. Well-beaten eggs make the cheesecake fluffy.
• Beat the cheesecake mixture just until the ingredients combine; the longer you beat it, the less fluffy the cheesecake will be, and it won't rise.
• If you bake the cheesecake in a water bath, it will be fluffy and delicate. Place the cheesecake pan (its bottom should be lined with aluminum foil) in a larger pan or ovenproof dish, into which you pour boiling water up to halfway up the height of the cheesecake pan. The cheesecake is then baked with steam, ensuring high humidity. This way, it bakes evenly everywhere.

Ingredients:

            
• 900 g ground cottage cheese,
• 1 cup of softened butter,
• 1 and 1/3 cups of powdered sugar,
• 6 eggs,
• 1 package of vanilla sugar,
• 2/3 cup of heavy cream,
• 4 tablespoons of potato starch.

Instructions:

1. Separate the yolks from the whites and beat the whites until stiff.
2. Beat the butter until fluffy. While beating, add one yolk and powdered sugar at a time.
3. When the mixture is smooth, reduce the mixer speed and add, in turn: vanilla sugar, heavy cream, and potato starch. Mix until ingredients combine.
4. Fold the cheese mixture with the previously beaten egg whites using a spatula.
5. Grease a springform pan or a small baking tray with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Line it with baking paper. Pour the mixture in and smooth the top.
6. Preheat the oven to 170°C and bake the cheesecake for 60 minutes.
7. Cool the cheesecake gradually, first with the oven door slightly open. Then slide it out, and only remove it from the oven when lukewarm.
8. Serve it with powdered sugar or chocolate glaze.