Classic Cheesecake + Food Processor Perfection Cookbook Giveaway

I guess everyone has a food processor in their kitchen. The question is how frequent do you use it. For me, it’s mostly for savoury cooking. Like shredding vegetables, making dips, and… oh wait, I guess that’s it – shredding carrots and making hummus.

Food processor is undeniably a very useful kitchen fixture. Sometimes we just forget about that, and let that multi-tasking tool collecting dust in the cabinet. Have you ever regretted buying one?

classic cheesecake

Huge thanks to the American’s Test Kitchen‘s new cookbook Food Processor Perfection. This comprehensive cookbook helps any cooks to unleash the power of the all-in-one mutitasker. It shows you how diverse a food processor can be – a meat grinder, a box grater, a food mill, a stand mixer, a blender, a mandolin… And in no time, you can easily come up with salads, burgers, breads, appetizers, cakes, ice cream… Whether you’re new to using a food processor you’re in search of ways to make better use of a processor you’d had in your cupboard for years, this book will show you how to make it your new sous-chef and an indispensable part of your day-to-day life in the kitchen, no matter what you’re cooking.

My biggest discovery from Food Processor Perfection is to use the food processor to make a classic cheesecake. I love how the processor’s blade deftly cuts the cream cheese, along with the other ingredients, into a thoroughly smooth batter and actually produces fewer pesky air bubbles than a stand mixer. The cookbook also suggests to ditch the water bath, an all-time messy failure for me, by baking the cake at a very low temperature for a longer period of time. And it works like magic – my classic cheesecake has a silky, smooth, crack-free cake surface.

If you have a dust-collecting food processor waiting to shine in your kitchen, you need this amazing book! And I’m excited to give away a copy to one lucky reader, thanks to America’s Test Kitchen. Simply leave me a comment below telling me one thing that you would love to make with your food processor before June 21, 2017 (Wednesday) midnight PST. You can also tag a friend, follow Oh Sweet Day! and follow America’s Test Kitchen on Instagram for extra entries. One lucky winner will be selected at random and announced on this post.

*** Congratulations to Lenna Walimaa, the winner of Food Processor Perfection by America’s Test Kitchen. Thank you all for participating! ***

Ingredients (8-inch cake):
Crust
1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumb
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
Cheesecake
2 packages of Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
2 cups sour cream, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
zest and juice of a lemon
3 large eggs, room temperature
Whipped Cream Topping
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
2 cups fresh berries and cherries

Directions:
Preheat oven at 350F. Grease an 8-inch springform pan.
Make the crust by mixing all the crust ingredients together in a food processor.
Press the mixture onto the bottom of the springform pan. Bake crust for 10 to 12 minutes. Set aside to cool. Turn down oven temperature to 250F.
In a clean and dry food processor. mix cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest and juice until combined.
Add eggs, one at a time, until incorporated.
Pour the filling in the prepare pan.
Bake for 80 to 90 minutes, or until the edge of the cheesecake is puffed but the centre is still wobbly and wet looking.
Turn off the oven with the door slightly opened, let the cheesecake sit in the oven to cool completely, at least an hour.
Remove from the oven. Chill for overnight.
Remove cake from springform pan and place on the serving plate.
To prepare the topping, whisk the whipping cream and powdered sugar until it holds firm peaks. Gently spread a thick layer of whipped cream on top of the cake.
Garnish with the berries and cherries. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top before serving.

34 comments

  1. Hello what attachment on the food processor is required for the cream cheese etc filling?

    Thank you!

  2. I have a mini food processor that I like to make dips and dressings with. I would probably make more baked goods with my food processer. My three year old likes to bake so I am just learning as I am more of cook!

  3. Macaron recipes always say to put the almond flour and powdered sugar in a food processor before sifting but im too lazy to get out ours that I just skip that step. I would like to make a smoother macaron batter!

  4. I love my food processor and make lots of things. Hummus, pesto, and shredding and grinding hard cheeses. I’d love to try this cheesecake…it looks sooo easy!

  5. I am distraught, have just broken the lid on my trusty processor but when I replace will make hummus.

  6. how many grams is EACH package of cream cheese? (there are different sizes so I don’t know…)

  7. Yes it has dust, used last Christmas, would love to know how “really” use it to help make cooking fun again. :) xo

  8. Gorgeous cake! I would love to use my food processor to make something I’ve never made! Maybe bread!

  9. Beautiful cheesecake. I have always wanted a food processor but had one. It would be so good to win one.

  10. I love the food processor for herby sauces like chimichurri and pesto, but also for all kinds of fillings and spreads like cheve and ricotta based ravioli.

  11. I love using the food processor! But I would love to use the slicing function to slice fruits for beautiful pies! I also love to make hummus with my food processor :)

  12. I would love to try this cheesecake recipe. I have never successfully made a good cheesecake- either cracked, dense, or overbaked. My mother in law would be so happy if I made a cheesecake for her!

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