Best Tie Dye Cheesecake Recipes

THE TIE DYE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter three 9-inch round cake pans or line them with wax paper or parchment paper and butter the paper.
• Divide the Classic Vanilla Cake batter evenly among 5 small bowls. Add food coloring to each bowl--1 drop at a time--until the desired intensity of each color is reached. Scoop each color into a disposable pastry bag and snip the tip of the bag. I tie the ends of the pastry bags with plastic wrap or rubber bands to keep the batter in. Pipe the batter into the first pan, one color at a time, one over the next. (You could also use a spoon, but the pastry bags make this much easier.) Repeat with the remaining 2 pans.
• To make the tie dye effect, carefully drag a skewer completely through the batter from the center out to create a pattern with the colors. Don't overmix the colors.
• Bake until the middle of the cake feels springy when you gently press your finger against it, 35 to 40 minutes. Set the cakes aside to cool completely before icing.
• Level the cakes with a serrated knife. Place one layer on a cake turntable and frost the top with the Vanilla Icing. Add the second cake layer and frost the top. Place the third layer on top and cover the entire cake with a "crumb" coat of vanilla icing. I do a crumb coat--a thin layer of icing spread around the cake to seal in all the crumbs and ensure a neat finish. Unless it's a chocolate cake, the crumb coat is done with vanilla icing. It looks so clean and creates a nice blank canvas for decorating.
• Divide the Vanilla Glaze between 2 mixing bowls. Add pink food coloring to one bowl and blue food coloring to the other bowl--1 drop at a time--until the desired intensity of each color is reached. The food coloring will thin out the glaze a bit. You can always add more liquid, but you can't take it away. Working with an offset spatula, spread pink glaze over the top of the cake and let it drip down the sides. Spread the blue glaze over the pink, but do not let it completely cover the pink. Finally, spoon more pink glaze onto the center of the cake top. Alternate the glazes just like you did with the batter. Use a skewer to pull the glaze from the center out to the edge and make the tie dye design. Work quickly before the glaze starts to dry.
• With a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip the butter for 1 minute on high speed, then scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add the granulated sugar and beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again. Add the vanilla extract. While mixing at medium-low speed, add the eggs one at a time. Scrape down the edges of the bowl midway through.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, and sea salt in a separate bowl. With the mixer on low speed, add half the flour mixture. When it's mostly incorporated, add half the milk. Add the remainder of the dry and wet ingredients, scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions. Stop mixing as soon as you have a smooth batter.
• With a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the butter on high speed for 1 minute. Add the vanilla and whip just to incorporate.
• In a separate bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the sugar mixture 1 cup at a time until completely incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl between additions. Whip on high speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy.
• With a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla. Mix on low speed until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add a little more milk to thin it to the desired consistency.
• If not using within 10 minutes of mixing, cover the bowl with plastic wrap to keep the glaze from drying out. Store at room temperature.

TIE DYE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a 9" springform pan with cooking spray.
• In a small bowl combine Oreo crumbs and melted butter until throughly combined.
• Press crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan and about 1/2 inch up the side.
• Bake 12 - 15 minutes until the crumbs are set.
• Let cool on a wire rack
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add sugar and beat on high for an additional 3 minutes.
• Add vanilla extract and salt and mix until just combined.
• Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the side of the bowl with a spatula after each addition.
• Add sour cream and mix until combined.
• Add heavy cream and mix until combined.
• Divide the batter into four bowls. Add a few drops of food coloring to each one.
• Transfer colorful batter to four separate pipping bags. Twist the tops and and place them in a large bowl.
• Starting with one color, cut the bottom of the pipping bag and place a few generous dollops of batter all over the crust. Repeat with another colors (making sure you evenly distribute them) until you reach the top of the pan.
• Once your dollops are filled to the top, stick a knife down into the batter and make a swirling like motion all over the pan.
• Wrap the outside of your springform pan in aluminum foil.
• Place the pan inside a high-sided roasting pan.
• Create a water bath by filling the roasting pan with hot water until you reach halfway up the side of the cheesecake pan.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• After an hour and a half, turn the oven off and crack the door open 1 inch.
• Leave the cheesecake like this for 1 hour.
• After an hour, take the cheesecake out of the oven and place aluminum foil over the top (making sure the foil does not actually touch the cheesecake).
• Place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
• In a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, mix heavy whipping cream on a high speed until it begins to thicken.
• Add powdered sugar and whip until the cream has become firm.
• Put whipping cream into a prepared piping bag with a star tip.
• Pipe stars all over the top of the cheesecake.
• Add sprinkles.

TIE-DYE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325ºF.
• Mix together the graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar and salt and press into bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool completely. Wrap up the bottom and sides of pan with a large piece of foil and put in a large roasting pan.
• Beat the cream cheese and sugar, in a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the sour cream and mix until just combined. Add the heavy cream and mix until just combined. Mix in the eggs, by hand, 1 at time. Then mix in the vanilla, lemon juice, by hand as well, until just combined. (Overmixing can turn your cheesecake into a souffle.)
• Using a ladle, divide the cheesecake batter into 4 separate bowls. Dye each a separate color; blue, pink, purple and yellow. Add enough food coloring so that the colors are very vibrant and intense.
• Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to drop spoonfuls of the batter onto the crust, alternating the colors, until all the batter has been scooped. Use a wooden skewer and drag it through the colors to marble them for tie-dye effect, making sure the skewer reaches down to the bottom of the pan. Transfer the pan to the roasting pan. Add enough hot water to come about halfway up the side of the springform pan.
• Bake until the outside of the cake is set and the center is still slightly loose, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Turn the oven off and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another hour. Remove the cheesecake from the roasting pan to a cooling rack. Run a knife around the edge and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
• Unmold the cheesecake and transfer to a serving plate or cake stand. Serve slices with a dollop of whipped cream.

TIE-DYED CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Put rack in center of oven; preheat to 325*F. Coat 9x3 spring form pan with cooking spray. Wrap outside of pan with foil. Combine cracker crumbs and butter. Press onto pan bottom. Bake 6 minutes. Put roasting pan on center oven rack; fill halfway with water.
• At medium speed, beat cheese and sugar until smooth. At low speed, beat in next 4 ingredients, until smooth.
• Divide batter among 4 bowls; tint 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 pink with red coloring and 1 purple. Pour into pan, one color at a time STARTING with yellow. Gently swirl batters. Place pan in water-filled roasting pan.
• Bake 1 hour, 25 minutes until center jiggles slightly. Turn oven off. Let stand in water in oven 1 hour, 40 minutes with door closed. Remove from oven; run knife around edge. Cool and Chill overnight.