One of the constant challenges of owning a bakery is coming up with new items to entice the clientele. This Carrot Cake Cheesecake was one of the more unusual cakes we featured from time to time.
It consists of two layers of carrot cake sandwiched with a creamy cheesecake and finished with the traditional cream cheese frosting.
When I made this for the blog, I forgot to water bath the cheesecake layer. I thought you would enjoy seeing the difference between the water bathed layer and the one I forgot to water bath. Not only did they look different, the texture of the cheesecakes differed. The one on the left had no water bath. The one on the right did. As you can see, it is flat and even.I also found that making the cheesecake layer in a processor yielded a firmer cheesecake than if it is made in a mixer. However, both ways work. Continue reading