Cotton Candy Cheesecake Recipe - Public Lives, Secret Recipes

It seems like lately we live in an Instagrammable unicorn & mermaid everything filled world. Amiright? Why bother getting the coffee if it isn’t pink & topped with candy? Who even wants toast unless it’s swirled with pastel cream cheese? And obviously skip the cheesecake, that is unless it’s cotton candy flavored & marbled in pink & blue… So you’re welcome in advance for this beauty of a dessert that tastes just as good as it looks. Yes, it’s worth every calorie & everyone who tries a bite will instantly love you. For extra fun, we suggest topping it with swirled pink & blue frosting along with some sugar sprinkles because, well, why not!

Cotton Candy Cheesecake Recipe

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Author: Public Lives, Secret Recipes

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

for the cheesecake:
16 oz cream cheese, softened
1¼ cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp all purpose flour
½ cup full fat greek yogurt
1 cup cotton candy
1 tbsp vanilla extract
5 large eggs
for the swirl:
pink food coloring
blue food coloring

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. In large mixing bowl combine all cheesecake ingredients using an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Divide batter into 2 medium bowls & add desired amount of blue food coloring to one bowl & desired amount of pink food coloring to another. Carefully pour spoonfuls of the different colored batters side-by-side into the greased baking dish, alternating colors while swirling them together.
Bake the cheesecake for 60 minutes & then turn off the oven. Allow the cheesecake to sit in the warm oven for 30 minutes or until it’s set. Let cheesecake cool & then place in the fridge for 12 hours.

Supplies

large mixing bowl
electric mixer
2 medium bowls
baking spray
circle baking dish (9in is what we used)
toothpick
cake stand

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