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Sour cream Cheesecake disaster

My wife attempted to make this cheesecake from Alton Brown:

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followed all the directions with the hour of baking opening the door for1 minute and then closing the door and letting it sit in the oven and aftersitting in the frig for at least 12 hours we cut the cake. Well I should have known something was not going to be right because the top of the cheese cake just didn't look done. It seems pretty solid when I took it out, but at cutting time we realized that the center of the cake was barely the consistency of pudding.

Has anyone else baked this cake?

Reply to
Cliff Hartle
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I haven't baked that one. Did you pre-heat the water bath as directed? My first thought, even before looking at the link, was that the cake wasn't baked long enough due to 1) the ingredients were too cold to start with; 2) the oven temperature was incorrect due to the oven not being calibrated; 3) the water bath wasn't hot enough to begin with. I generally use deep, 12 inch skillet that I fill with water and bring to a boil on top of the stove. I put the cheesecake in the pan and then put it all in the oven. An alternative is to put the cake in the pan, put it all in the oven and then fill it with boiling water.

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Vox Humana

I think she boiled the water in a teapot and there was plenty of water the pan went into a roasting pan.

Also the filling ingredients were sitting on the counter for an houror so before mixing.

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>> > We followed all the directions with the hour of baking opening the door > for> > 1 minute and then closing the door and letting it sit in the oven and > after> > sitting in the frig for at least 12 hours we cut the cake.> >

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Cliff Hartle

The recipe looks fine, but with 250 F it might work fine in an electric=20 oven that is tight with a good thermostat, might not work too well in a=20 gas oven.

Take the temp inside the middle of the cheesecake if you can't judge it=20 by jiggle. The temp should be minimum of 160 F by the time you turn the heat off.

--=20 Sincerly,

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