Blood Orange Cheesecake

This creamy citrus cheesecake has the perfect amount of orange flavour while the blood oranges give it a perfect pink hue! This is a perfect winter dessert!

I absolutely love, love, love blood oranges! I get so excited each year when I see them in the grocery store. They never seem to last long in stores and if you blink, you will miss them. I recently bought some blood oranges, brought them home and thought what to make with them. It sprung to me - cheesecake! I absolutely love cheesecake and am considering it my personal mission to create tons of cheesecake recipes for this blog!

Jump straight to the recipe!

• What ingredients do I need? ?
• How do I make a cheesecake? ?
• How do I make a water bath? ?
• Recipe

What ingredients do I need? ?

• Graham cracker crumbs
• Salted butter - you can use unsalted and add a pinch of salt to it if you want.
• Cream cheese - I use full fat cream cheese for better flavour.
• Granulated sugar
• Flour - A bit of all purpose flour keeps the cheesecake from cracking.
• Blood orange juice - you will need about 5 blood oranges to make enough juice for the filling and the whipped cream.
• Large eggs
• Heavy cream
• Powdered sugar

How do I make a cheesecake? ?

Cheesecakes can be intimidating to make, but once you try making one, you will realize it's quite easy but a little time consuming. The trick is to to take your time and do all the steps, i.e. don't skip on the water bath. This is a super essential step to ensure the cheesecake bakes evenly and helps it keep from drying out and cracking.

To start, I decided on a graham cracker crust. I thought that this crust would compliment the blood orange cheesecake filling better than vanilla wafer crumbs or chocolate.

Every cheesecake filling starts with cream cheese. Mix the cream cheese, sugar and a bit of flour together until it is smooth. I use a bit of flour in my cheesecakes because it helps the cheesecake keep from cracking during baking.

Next add in blood orange juice. I used fresh blood orange juice. You will need about 4 blood oranges to get the ½ cup juice needed for this recipe. I contemplated adding in blood orange zest as well, but decided that I wanted a smooth cheesecake filling and left them out. This cheesecake filling has the perfect amount of blood orange taste.

Add in eggs, one at a time and mix until you have a smooth filling. Then the cheesecake is ready to be baked.

How do I make a water bath? ?

To bake the cheesecake, you want to use a water bath. Ever since I started baking my cheesecakes in a water bath, my cheesecakes have come out perfect. So don't skip this step!

I like to cover the outsides of my springform pan with aluminum foil. Then I wrap a crockpot liner around the pan so it sits just below the rim of the pan. Tie the excess liner in a knot and place your springform pan in a larger pan or dish. Pour water into the larger pan until it reaches halfway up the springform pan.

I made this particular cheesecake in a water bath and didn't use a crockpot liner as I didn't realize I had run out of them. I did a few layers of aluminum foil and water still made it's way in. So take it from me: Crockpot liners = no saggy crusts!

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