Ingredients for a Light Cheesecake Recipe

Series Summary

If Ben Franklin could be coaxed into changing his own words posthumously, he might say that dessert is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Though every culture has its own version of dessert, sweet foods are an essential part of the human experience. Their relatively minor role in the nutritional pyramid belies their powerful ability to bring a smile to anyone's face. And dessert almost always reminds us of home, of times spent with family and friends, of special occasions and memorable moments.

In these free dessert cooking classes on video, learn how to make several delicious cheesecake recipes. Our expert will show you what ingredients to use, how to mix them and in what order, how to get the right consistency, using flavorings and toppings, oven settings, how to keep your cheesecake from cracking—and a host of other important cheesecake tips. Try a few of these recipes, including pistachio, raspberry, lemon-flavored, blueberry, and classic New York style cheesecake.

Video Transcript

"Hi here on behalf of Expert Village my name is Andrea Spano and I'm going to show you how to make several different flavored cheesecakes but one basic cheesecake recipe from my new book Not Just Desserts. Today I'm going to show you how to take a basic cheesecake recipe of 5 ingredients and turn it into several different flavored cheesecakes. We're just going to need 5 basic ingredients today we're going to take soften cream cheese at room temperature, heavy whipping cream, granulated sugar, vanilla, and eggs. That's our 5 basic ingredients which we're going to turn into blueberry cheesecake pistachios cheesecake, lemon, raspberry, chocolate swirl, and maybe a few others. Well those cheesecakes look nice and light and fluffy you have to be very careful there's a lot of calories in cheesecakes so it's nothing you want to eat on a daily bases and stay away from those calories."