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Cotton Candy Cheesecake Recipe

Course: Dessert
Author: Public Lives, Secret Recipes

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.

Notes

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