Dining Food FOOD AND TRAVEL Recipes

Yum Alert: Rainbow Cheesecake Minis

Written by Ashley

Find your pot ‘o gold, over the cheesecake rainbow.

Patty’s Day may be behind us, but we can still appreciate finding a wee pot ‘o gold over the rainbow, any day. Happy Friday!

Rainbow Cheesecake Minis

Makes 10-12 Individual Cheesecakes

Preparation: Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Line muffin pan wells with paper. Set aside five empty bowls and for each color preparation.

  • 20 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 small dots of each of these colors: purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red

Instructions:

  1. Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. T urn mixer speed to low and add heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract and mix to combine. Add one egg at time and mix to combine.
  2. Divide finish cheesecake batter into five bowls (approximately ½ cup each).  Add approximately 2 drops of food color to each bowl.   Mix food color into batter until streaks disappear.
  3. Place each colored batter into a separate pastry bag. Pipe one single layer of each color into every well. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Recipe via BakersRoyale

About the author

Ashley

a fun-loving, twenty-something living in Brooklyn. She spends most of her time absorbing all the life, tofu and whiskey that NYC has to offer. Her current obsessions? BDG High-waisted leggings, vintage boot shopping in Williamsburg, Katherine Kwei's sling bag and Melanie Marie's two-finger horn ring.