# Vanilla and Cherry Cheesecake

This is a delicious vanilla and cherry cheesecake recipe that involves cooking cherries with sugar and then blending cream cheese, eggs, sugar, cream, and vanilla before baking and topping with the cherry mixture.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups cherries
- 1 cup sugar
- 16 oz cream cheese
- 3 eggs
- 0.75 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract

## Instructions

1. Cook cherries and 1/2 cup sugar over medium heat on a sauce pan until reduced (about 15 minutes stirring lightly).
2. Blend cream cheese, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, cream and vanilla.
3. Pour the mixture into a 7-inch springform cake pan lined with parchment paper.
4. Place a pan with water in the bottom rack of the oven.
5. Place cheesecake in the middle rack of the oven.
6. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.
7. Let cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate for 8 hours.
8. Top with the cherry mixture.
9. Cut and serve the cheesecake.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- blender
- 7-inch springform cake pan
- parchment paper
- oven

## Tips

- The cheesecake will be jiggly in the center after baking.
- Let cool completely at room temperature, then refrigerate for 8 hours.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15y31xCB44/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/22af407a-6b02-4574-a0a7-f722339a30ad
- Extracted: 2025-07-15

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