Ingredients for Pumpkin Cheesecake

Series Summary

Cheesecake is the dessert for all occasions. It might be after a classy meal on a first date, maybe with family after a warm and hearty home cooked meal, while sipping coffee at a cafe downtown, or just in the middle of the night as a late night snack. Cheesecake is as diverse as it is delicious and it is surprisingly easy to make with very few ingredients.

In this free video series, our expert will make one of the many variations of cheesecake with Pumpkin Cheesecake. This delicious holiday themed treat is easy and fun to make, so learn each step for preparing the crust, mixing the ingredients, and beating the cream cheese. You will also learn how to make a delicious pecan topping for this unique pumpkin cheesecake recipe.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Jennifer Cail and on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to make this delicious spicy pumpkin cheesecake. First, let's talk about the ingredients and equipment that we'll need to make our pumpkin cheesecake. Now, the most important piece of equipment that you'll have is your nine inch spring form pan. Now this is vital for making cheesecakes because they're so delicate you cannot take them out of a pan, without a removable bottom. To make the crust for our cheesecake we're going to need gingersnap cookies, about twenty small ones, or a quarter of a pound, pecans which we're going to grind up with the cookies, and then half a stick of butter which we'll melt in order to bind the ingredients together, and also some brown sugar. Now for the actual cheesecake, we will of course need one pound of cream cheese, one cup of pumpkin, some brown sugar, and then cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and last but not least, all spice. "