cheesecake

[stepbench]

hi. i saw from an old thread of posts that most of you bake your cheesecake at 325 - 350. the recipe i have which is about 40 years old calls for a 400 oven and a water bath. it's a crustless cheesecake. is my oven to high?

[pjm333]

stepbench
A former co worker used to bake cheesecakes the same temp with no problem and he used barely any water..bakes alot quicker obviously but it came out fine..

pat..

[chefbrian]

Well, a cheesecake is really just a custard, not a cake, and I'd say 400* was way too high, even with a baine marie. Those eggs are just going to coagulate and make the cake tough. You have to use a lower temperature to make the cake creamy and soft. I don't see how you're going to avoid cracks in the cake either at the higher temperature. But if you're going to cover the top up somehow I suppose it doesn't matter.