Looking for a recipe idea for mom this Mother’s Day weekend? How about a light and fluffy Japanese style souffle cheesecake? This cheesecake has an air-y almost cottony texture all in cheesecake form! The texture comes from the way the egg whites are beaten into fluffy soft peaks and then folded into the cream cheese mixture to form the batter. The air bubbles then bake up leaving it nice and light and pillow-y good! I like to add a hint of lemon to the cheesecake but otherwise it’s perfect with the standard cheesecake flavour! Yum! This cotton cheesecake is so easy to make and mom will certainly be impressed by your show of appreciation!
Japanese Souffle Cheesecake
A light and fluffy Japanese style souffle or cotton cheesecake that is light and air-y, melt in your mouth good and super easy to make!
ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 5 large eggs, room temperature and separated
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (rice flour for gluten-free)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (optional)
- 1/2 cup sugar
directions
- Heat the cream cheese, egg yolks, butter, milk, lemon zest and juice over low heat, whisking until smooth before removing from heat and mixing in the flour and corn starch.
- Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar into soft peaks, before beating in the sugar.
- Fold the egg whites into the cream cheese mixture 1/3 at a time.
- Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch spring form pan, wrap the bottom of the pan in foil, place in a larger pan with a small amount of hot water and bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the top is lightly golden brown and just a little wiggly, about 30-45 minutes, before removing from the oven and letting cool to room temperature.
Option: With 1/2 cup sugar this is not super sweet! If you would like it sweeter, increase the sugar to 3/4 cups or even 1 cup of sugar.
Option: Melt 3.5 ounces of dark, milk or white chocolate to the cream cheese mixture in step one!
Option: This recipe fits perfectly in an 8 in spring form pan. I like to use a 7 inch spring form pan to allow it to rise more.
Option: Line the pan with parchment paper.
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Great dessert for Mothers Day!
Gorgeous!! it's perfectly fluffy and beautiful!
Great.
Would this still be fluffy if I use reduced-fat cream cheese? What about 2% milk, or should I use whole milk? Thanks. Looks good. Want to make next week, so please reply soon, thanks.
Just made this and it turned out perfect! Did a trial run for a big family celebration tomorrow and think I'll be doing the chocolate version you posted in February. Thank you so much!
lilymoongirl: I'm glad you like it!
I've seen this all over Instagram and Pinterest. I CANNOT wait to give it a go!
How would it work in a 9 inch springform pan? Not high enough?
6942pjka: The cheesecake would not be as high as the ones in my photos but it will still work. Start checking for the cheesecake being done a little earlier in the larger pan. Enjoy!
I don’t have a spring form pan, will it cook ok in a round or square cake pan?
Yes you can! You can line it with parchment paper to make it easier to remove from the pan!
Awesome! Thank you:). Im a big fan of your recipes. One i make quite often is your shrimp pizza. Its amazing
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I believe that it is like the one my grandfather made for his confection store, that my mom talked about. Unfortunately he would not share the recipe so we believed that it had died with him. To see this here almost brought tears to my eyes because I believe that recipes should be shared and never destroyed.
Hi, so do I line the pan with aluminum foil, to use water. Or do I line with parchment paper and foil ? Thanks
I’m going to Double the recipe… Say a prayer… 🙏
Just made this today and we loved it! So light and fluffy with that hint of lemon. I did use two T of lemon instead of one. Thanks Kevin