Creamy Gulab Jamun Cheesecake
Creamy Gulab Jamun Cheesecake is a unique twist to Pakistani desserts. Imagine a crust topped with the mouthwatering batter and Gulab Jamuns.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Resting Time7 hours hrs
Total Time8 hours hrs 25 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: fusion, Indian, Pakistani
Diet: Halal
Keyword: cheesecake, gulab jamun, gulab jamun cheesecake
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 696kcal
Beater
Foil
Springform pan
oven
Crust
- 12 graham cracker
- 32 biscoff biscuits
- 6 tbsp butter melted
- ⅙ tsp salt
Batter
- 32 oz cream cheese 4 blocks/ needs to be room temperature
- ⅔ cup sour cream
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp rose essence kewra can be substituted
- 1 tsp green cardamom powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- large Gulab Jamun the number of gulab jamuns depends how big is the springform pan is
Garnish
- edible rose patels
- powdered pistachios
- sheera from gulab jamun optional
Preheat the oven to 325 F.
Wrap foil around the springform pan, (please see the video how to do properly.)
Lay a parchment paper on the bottom of the pan, and apply some baking spray
Crust
Add Biscoff biscuits in a food processor. Grind the biscoff until they are little crumbs.
Now add graham crackers and grind them until it's crumbly.
Take out the biscuits and crackers' crumbs out in a bowl.
Add salt, melted butter, mix well.
Lay ¼ inch layer of the crumb mixture and smooth it out with a glass.
Batter
In a bowl, add the room temperature cream cheese.
Add sugar to it and beat it for 45 seconds.
Next add sour cream and beat that for 20 seconds.
Add rose essence, pure vanilla extract, salt, green cardamom powder and beat for 15 seconds.
Now the beater is not needed.
Add one egg and fold in the batter until it gets fully incorporated with the mixture.
Next add the second eggs do the same thing again
Lastly, add the third egg and fold it until it gets fully incorporated with the mixture.
Assemble
Pour the batter on top of the crust and smooth it out.
After pouring the batter on top of the crust, start dropping Gulab Jamuns in the batter.
Take a rectangle baking pan with 1 in-1½ inch long sides.
Fill it ¾ of the pan with water.
Place the springform pan that has the cheesecake in this water bath.
Bake and Set
Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in a water bath.
Turn off the oven.
Don't touch the cheesecake at all, open the oven door and let it open for 50 minutes or there would be bubbles on top of the cheesecake.
Now take it out of the oven, shut the oven door and place it on the counter for 10 minute.
After ten minutes, place it in the fridge overnight to set.
Next morning, Take it out of the fridge.
Pour some sheera from the Gulab Jamun (optional)
Garnish with rose patels and pistachio powder.
Enjoy!
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 696kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 31g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 148mg | Sodium: 689mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 1905IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 149mg | Iron: 1mg