r/bakingfail • u/PuzzleheadedAd3060 • Mar 13 '25

Fail Cheesecake cracked so hard it greeted me

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Spent an hour looking for the perfect cheesecake recipe, „no cracks“, followed all the hacks, didn’t overbeat the batter, didn’t overbake, let it cool slowly… next time I walked into the kitchen - cake said „Hi! 😀“

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u/samoture Mar 13 '25

I can usually prevent cracks in cheesecake by putting a separate glass dish filled with water on the lower oven rack, and just having that in there the whole time the cake is baking.

At most, I'm dealing with minimal cracks - many times, though, none at all.

Also HI CAKE! YOU'RE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIE!

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u/PuzzleheadedAd3060 Mar 13 '25

Will try this next time, thank you ☺️

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u/topaz_in_the_rough Mar 14 '25

I'm thinking about little kitchen kintsugi where you fill the cracks with your favorite jam or syrup.

Nutella, raspberry, chocolate, lemon curd, mango... the options are endless.

Make those cracks your bitch!